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New model provides a deep physiology-based explanation of how deep brain stimulation works

People with Parkinson's disease and their doctors confront many unknowns, including the answer to exactly how deep brain stimulation (DBS) relieves some of the motor symptoms patients experience.

16 May 2022

Exploring age-associated differences in T lymphocyte immune responses after BNT162b2 vaccination

Researchers compared the immunogenicity of or and reactogenicity to the BNT162b2 vaccine in Japanese adults and elders.

16 May 2022

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease leads to premature senescence of the immune system

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, with results reported in an article published in the journal Immunity & Ageing, shows that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to premature senescence (age-related impairment) of the immune system.

13 May 2022

The longitudinal progression of health outcomes in COVID-19 survivors with different initial disease severity

Researchers determined the evolution of health outcomes in individuals hospitalized due to acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Wuhan, China.

13 May 2022

Bayesian viral allele selection for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the selection effects in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using Bayesian viral allele selection.

12 May 2022

New alcohol consumption patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

In a recent study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, researchers evaluated alcohol drinking patterns over 42 weeks post-onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

12 May 2022

Novel network analysis technology can pinpoint seizure originating brain regions in minutes

Fresh techniques to aid seizure diagnosis and surgical planning stand to benefit millions of epilepsy patients, but the path to progress has been slow and challenging.

12 May 2022

Perceived stigmatization is common among patients with NAFLD, study finds

About seven out of ten patients (69%) who suffer from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) perceive some stigmatization in their daily life, according to a study led by a team of the University of Barcelona, the Liver and Digestive Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Centre, the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute.

12 May 2022

Evaluating mental health of adults with neurodevelopmental disorders during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety, depression, and mental well-being of adults with neurodevelopmental disorders in the United Kingdom.

12 May 2022

Study modeling tumor evolution reveals a central tradeoff that could be exploited for cancer treatment

Though the mutations accumulated by cancer cells occur more or less randomly, certain regions of genes essential to cancer growth appear to be more frequently mutated than others in established tumors.

11 May 2022

Study reveals how the creativity of people evolved during the first COVID-19 lockdown

Covid-19 took us by surprise and the exceptional situation of the first lockdown required great capacities of adaptation, in particular for our brain.

11 May 2022

New Clinical Practice Resource released to guide the treatment of patients with hearing loss

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has released a new Clinical Practice Resource that will help direct the treatment of patients with hearing loss: "Clinical Evaluation and Etiologic Diagnosis of Hearing Loss: A Clinical Practice Resource of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics."

10 May 2022

Henry Ford Health offers a non-surgical treatment option for localized prostate cancer

Henry Ford Health is the first in Michigan to offer Robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. This non-surgical treatment option spares surrounding healthy tissue, while allowing for a quicker treatment time and recovery for the patient.

10 May 2022

Machine learning analyzes temperament data to classify infants by gender and age

It's hard to tell the difference between a newborn boy and girl based solely on temperament characteristics such as the baby's propensity to display fear, smile or laugh. But once babies reach around a year old that begins to change.

10 May 2022

Predictive marker and potential treatment option for IBD discovered

There is an urgent need for new and better treatments for people who suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a group of disorders that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

10 May 2022

Simulating molecular dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spike variants in the locked conformation

Researchers retrieved the first-ever sequenced spike (S) protein structures of the original Wuhan-Hu 1 SARS-CoV-2 strain, the Alpha, Delta, Delta-plus variants, and Omicron sub-variants BA.1 and BA.2 and compared their structural and molecular level variations.

10 May 2022

Systematic review with meta-analysis of the current evidence regarding the incidence of long COVID symptomatology

The researchers searched several databases looking for observational studies on the incidence of long COVID symptoms and signs by organ system, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria.

10 May 2022

Differences in COVID-19 outcomes related to sex

Researchers looked at gender variations in COVID-19 outcomes such as hospitalization, ICU admission, mortality, and heart damage.

9 May 2022

Evidence of croup associated with SARS-CoV-2

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society aimed to characterize the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2-associated croup among children presenting to the ED during the phase when Omicron variant transmission was high.

9 May 2022

Workplace mistreatment found to be common among all physicians

According to new research from Boston Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, almost a quarter of physicians who responded to a survey at Stanford Medicine experienced workplace mistreatment, with patients and visitors being the most common source.

6 May 2022

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New model provides a deep physiology-based explanation of how deep brain stimulation works

Exploring age-associated differences in T lymphocyte immune responses after BNT162b2 vaccination

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease leads to premature senescence of the immune system

The longitudinal progression of health outcomes in COVID-19 survivors with different initial disease severity

Bayesian viral allele selection for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

New alcohol consumption patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

Novel network analysis technology can pinpoint seizure originating brain regions in minutes

Perceived stigmatization is common among patients with NAFLD, study finds

Evaluating mental health of adults with neurodevelopmental disorders during COVID-19 pandemic

Study modeling tumor evolution reveals a central tradeoff that could be exploited for cancer treatment

Study reveals how the creativity of people evolved during the first COVID-19 lockdown

New Clinical Practice Resource released to guide the treatment of patients with hearing loss

Henry Ford Health offers a non-surgical treatment option for localized prostate cancer

Machine learning analyzes temperament data to classify infants by gender and age

Predictive marker and potential treatment option for IBD discovered

Simulating molecular dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spike variants in the locked conformation

Systematic review with meta-analysis of the current evidence regarding the incidence of long COVID symptomatology

Differences in COVID-19 outcomes related to sex

Evidence of croup associated with SARS-CoV-2

Workplace mistreatment found to be common among all physicians

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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