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MDMA-assisted therapy reduces PTSD symptoms dramatically

New study shows MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduces symptoms in individuals with moderate to severe PTSD, outperforming traditional therapy and medications. The study, covering multiple sites in the U.S. and Israel, indicates that while effective, further research is needed to explore potential side effects and effectiveness across diverse groups.

17 Sep 2023

What's really in your mouthwash? Turkish study spills the minty truth

Researchers review the ingredients and potential health impacts of commercially available mouthwashes in Turkey, revealing a mix of beneficial and potentially harmful components. The study highlights the need for further research on the health effects of mouthwash ingredients, especially given the high incidence of dental disorders in Turkey.

17 Sep 2023

Turning fish waste into cancer fighters: How abalone viscera peptides could be the next big thing in medicine

Researchers explore the potential of bioactive peptides from abalone fish viscera for their antimicrobial and anticancer properties. The study finds promising activity against various bacterial and fungal strains, as well as cytotoxic effects on prostate cancer cells.

17 Sep 2023

Study reveals ideal napping strategy for night shift workers

New analysis of pilot studies on night shift naps conducted from 2012 to 2018 revealed the ideal snoozing strategy that might help counteract drowsiness and fatigue during a 16-hour overnight duty. The findings can also benefit new parents.

15 Sep 2023

Pharmacists experienced increased workloads and tougher work environments during the pandemic

Customers showing up even when they were sick, not agreeing with the restrictions, and many new tasks for staff.

15 Sep 2023

Stuart Orkin receives the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize for development of sickle cell disease therapy

For his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and applying those insights to develop a therapy for sickle cell disease and other blood diseases, the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania awarded Stuart Orkin, MD the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine.

15 Sep 2023

Anesthesiology physician-scientist pipeline trails other specialties, particularly among women

Anesthesiology researchers are responsible for some of medicine's most significant advances, from the Apgar score that tests a newborn's health to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

15 Sep 2023

UK Markey Cancer Center becomes NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced today that it has earned a National Cancer Institute "Comprehensive" Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI. Markey is the first and only center in Kentucky to achieve this designation, and the next-closest Comprehensive Cancer Center is nearly 200 miles from Lexington.

15 Sep 2023

Using sea slug brains to map human brain development

A University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientist has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke to advance knowledge on human brain development by using an unusual subject: the brain of the sea slug.

15 Sep 2023

NIH launches Phase 1 trial of new investigational universal influenza vaccine

Enrollment in a Phase 1 trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

15 Sep 2023

Study finds no evidence that YouTube promoted anti-vaccine sentiment during the pandemic

New research led by data science experts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and United Nations Global Pulse found that there is no strong evidence that YouTube promoted anti-vaccine sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 Sep 2023

VTCSOM awarded grants to enhance health systems science education

Health systems science is an emerging field that focuses on how care is delivered, how health professionals collaborate, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery.

15 Sep 2023

Neighborhood disadvantage associated with differences in microstructure of the brain's cortex

You are what you eat, according to the adage. But it's not just the body that's impacted. According to research from UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood can affect food choices, weight gain and even the microstructure of the brain.

15 Sep 2023

Klebsiella: Emerging multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent threats to health

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Members of the genus, Klebsiella, are becoming increasingly challenging to control due to the recent convergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and hypervirulent (hv) phenotypes in some species of concern to One Health.

15 Sep 2023

Study upends common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease

A new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease.

15 Sep 2023

California lawmakers approve nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers

A sweeping agreement between labor and the health industry would gradually raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of health workers in California to a nation-leading $25 an hour while ending a years-long battle over dialysis clinics.

15 Sep 2023

BU researchers receive NIH grant to identify genetic factors for Alzheimer's disease

The National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging recently awarded a $13.7 million grant to a project led by Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine principal investigators Lindsay Farrer, PhD, chief of biomedical genetics and distinguished professor of genetics, and Richard Sherva, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in biomedical genetics, for research using whole genome sequencing and other approaches to identify genetic factors for Alzheimer disease (AD) in Jews currently living in Israel who trace their ancestors to southern Spain and locations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Arab citizens of Israel.

15 Sep 2023

Research News and Research

MDMA-assisted therapy reduces PTSD symptoms dramatically

What's really in your mouthwash? Turkish study spills the minty truth

Turning fish waste into cancer fighters: How abalone viscera peptides could be the next big thing in medicine

Study reveals ideal napping strategy for night shift workers

Pharmacists experienced increased workloads and tougher work environments during the pandemic

Stuart Orkin receives the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize for development of sickle cell disease therapy

Anesthesiology physician-scientist pipeline trails other specialties, particularly among women

UK Markey Cancer Center becomes NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center

Using sea slug brains to map human brain development

NIH launches Phase 1 trial of new investigational universal influenza vaccine

Study finds no evidence that YouTube promoted anti-vaccine sentiment during the pandemic

VTCSOM awarded grants to enhance health systems science education

Neighborhood disadvantage associated with differences in microstructure of the brain's cortex

Klebsiella: Emerging multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent threats to health

Study upends common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease

California lawmakers approve nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers

BU researchers receive NIH grant to identify genetic factors for Alzheimer's disease

Purdue researcher receives $1.38 million to fight against drug-resistant malaria in developing countries

Study examines what hinders and what promotes healthy sexual behaviors among university students

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