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New study looks at the role of beta cells in triggering autoimmunity

Research into the causes of type 1 diabetes often focuses on the autoimmune response, where the immune system destroys pancreatic islet beta cells that produce insulin.

28 Jun 2022

COVID-19 mortality rates by race and ethnicity in U.S. state prisons

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers estimated the rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths among individuals incarcerated in the state prisons of the United States (U.S.).

28 Jun 2022

Penn Medicine receives $9 million to advance research on imaging technology that illuminates tumors

Building on Penn Medicine's years of research and use of imaging technology that illuminates tumor tissue - helping clinicians more easily detect and remove it - the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a five-year, $9 million research grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to push the field forward, particularly for lung cancer patients.

28 Jun 2022

Study identifies a new mechanism that explains how immune cells learn to discern friend from foe

The human immune system is a nearly perfect defense mechanism. It protects the body from disease-causing bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. It detects nascent tumors and eradicates them. It cleans up cellular debris at the site of injury or infection.

28 Jun 2022

New word-score model can estimate the amount of hidden hearing loss in human ears

Researchers from Mass Eye and Ear have developed a word-score model capable of estimating the amount of hidden hearing loss in human ears.

28 Jun 2022

Managing smoking cessation via a healthcare system model seems better than telephone quitline

A healthcare system model that offered tobacco cessation treatment to smokers being discharged from a hospital produced a higher rate of tobacco abstinence during the three- month program than referral to a state-based telephone quitline.

28 Jun 2022

Parental depression screening could help identify families in need of mental health support

Screening both mothers and fathers for depression beyond their child's first birthday in pediatric offices – the current standard practice – could identify families in need of mental health and other critical resources, according to a Rutgers study.

28 Jun 2022

New tool shows high predictive ability for long-term future suicidality

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are studying new ways to predict to prevent suicidality.

27 Jun 2022

Adherence to Mediterranean-style diet may prevent frailty, study finds

A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming a Mediterranean-style diet may prevent frailty.

27 Jun 2022

Simple scan can reveal if people are at increased risk of late-life dementia

Late-life dementia is becoming increasingly common in people after 80 years of age.

27 Jun 2022

Data-driven simulation model projects three key strategies that could save many lives from opioid crisis

A significant challenge in addressing the country's opioid crisis is that policies based on past patterns of behavior may have unintended consequences because those patterns change over time.

24 Jun 2022

Study underscores the strong protective effect of flu vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer's disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

24 Jun 2022

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Nearly six million older adults have Alzheimer's disease in the United States, a number expected to double by 2050.

24 Jun 2022

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How concerned should they be?

24 Jun 2022

Health care startups turn to ‘coaches’ to help patients cope and monitor treatment

In 2011, Sean Duffy and Adrian James were sitting in San Francisco's Dolores Park debating what to call some workers at the company they founded, Omada Health.

24 Jun 2022

Girls and boys show similar rates of concerns for ASD, research finds

Published in Biological Psychiatry, a multidisciplinary study led by the University of Minnesota demonstrated that an equal number of girls and boys can be identified as having concerns for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when screened earlier, correcting large gender differences in current diagnoses

23 Jun 2022

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New study looks at the role of beta cells in triggering autoimmunity

COVID-19 mortality rates by race and ethnicity in U.S. state prisons

Penn Medicine receives $9 million to advance research on imaging technology that illuminates tumors

Study identifies a new mechanism that explains how immune cells learn to discern friend from foe

New word-score model can estimate the amount of hidden hearing loss in human ears

Managing smoking cessation via a healthcare system model seems better than telephone quitline

Parental depression screening could help identify families in need of mental health support

New tool shows high predictive ability for long-term future suicidality

Adherence to Mediterranean-style diet may prevent frailty, study finds

Simple scan can reveal if people are at increased risk of late-life dementia

Data-driven simulation model projects three key strategies that could save many lives from opioid crisis

Study underscores the strong protective effect of flu vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Health care startups turn to ‘coaches’ to help patients cope and monitor treatment

Girls and boys show similar rates of concerns for ASD, research finds

'Brain bleeds' in infants can affect visual outcomes at the end of their primary school years

Molecular tumor profiling in pediatric cancer patients significantly impacts clinical care

Researchers model a complex childhood disease on-a-chip

Study provides better understanding of the brain pathways that control nausea

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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