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Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded $12 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to create a center to elucidate novel causes of, and contributing factors to, food allergies and atopic dermatitis.

25 Jan 2023

New interactive tool helps to calculate risk of developing advanced breast cancer

Breast cancer is now the leading cause of global cancer incidence among women but determining who will develop breast cancer is still a challenge for the medical community.

25 Jan 2023

Scientists reveal how genetic changes lead to differences in the size of cancer cells

Cancer cells can shrink or super-size themselves to survive drug treatment or other challenges within their environment, researchers have discovered.

25 Jan 2023

Genomic screening can facilitate early detection of thyroid cancer in patients with RET gene variants

Population-based genomic screening can facilitate early detection of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in patients with variants in the RET gene, a new Geisinger study found.

25 Jan 2023

Physical fitness directly related to mental health in Compulsory Secondary Education students

The study conducted at the Universitat Jaume I by Carlos Bou Sospedra in his doctoral thesis entitled "Condición física y salud mental en estudiantes de ESO: Proyecto DADOS" has demonstrated that physical fitness is directly related to mental health in the Compulsory Secondary Education students who participated in the study.

25 Jan 2023

Breathing and tilting motions of influenza glycoproteins could be exploited to better defend against flu

The potential "tripledemic" of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infection continues to be a concern.

25 Jan 2023

Ospemifene and systemic hormone therapy improve vulvovaginal atrophy symptoms, study suggests

As women age, they are more susceptible to vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse because of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA).

25 Jan 2023

Maternal occupation linked with higher risks of miscarriage and stillbirth

In an analysis of 2010–2019 information on more than 1.8 million employed and non-employed pregnant women in South Korea, certain occupations were linked with higher risks of miscarriage and stillbirth.

25 Jan 2023

Study finds link between self-stigma and glycated hemoglobin in people with type 1 diabetes

Individuals with chronic medical conditions may experience self-stigma, or negative beliefs, emotional reactions, and behaviors towards themselves as a result of their illness.

25 Jan 2023

E-cigarette aerosols can cause cellular and molecular changes in the lungs

New research published in The FASEB Journal indicates that e-cigarettes can cause cellular and molecular changes in the lungs.

25 Jan 2023

Simple test could help clinicians spot abnormal blood levels of dopamine in patients

Altered levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine are apparent in various conditions, such as Parkinson's disease and depression.

25 Jan 2023

Deaf patients break barriers by co-designing their own care with University of Utah Health

Navigating health care is hard enough when English is your first language - imagine the difficulty when American Sign is your first language.

25 Jan 2023

Missed nursing care linked to higher odds of adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants

Sometimes hospital staff nurses cannot provide required care due to time constraints. This reality can contribute to potentially dire outcomes for very low birthweight (VLBW) infants, who weigh less than 3.3 lbs. at birth.

24 Jan 2023

New study evaluates post-COVID symptoms persistent for up to two years in non-hospitalized patients

Researchers followed up for two years with non-hospitalized post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in France and determined when they returned to work. These patients had persistent symptoms, with some utterly incapacitating symptoms lasting as long as 22 months in some cases, that hindered them from working again and leading quality life.

24 Jan 2023

Study reveals sex differences in response to drugs targeting tauopathies

Microglia are cells that are central to both brain health as well as disease progression in many neurological conditions.

24 Jan 2023

Novel amyloid protein discovered from canine mammary tumors

A collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has discovered a novel amyloid protein from canine mammary tumors.

24 Jan 2023

UT Southwestern experts offer several techniques for secondary intraocular lens placement

Patients undergoing cataract surgery typically have their natural lens replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). But complications occasionally arise that require the placement of a more surgically challenging secondary IOL.

24 Jan 2023

Researchers develop a portable sensor to detect heavy metals in sweat

Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are present in batteries, cosmetics, food and other things that are part of everyday life.

24 Jan 2023

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California.

24 Jan 2023

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Recently, scientists sought to address this shortcoming and reviewed the existing literature to understand the indirect impact, on mental health, of strategies that were applied to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children and adolescents.

23 Jan 2023

Education News and Research

Mount Sinai scientists earn $12 million to elucidate novel causes of food allergies and atopic dermatitis

New interactive tool helps to calculate risk of developing advanced breast cancer

Scientists reveal how genetic changes lead to differences in the size of cancer cells

Genomic screening can facilitate early detection of thyroid cancer in patients with RET gene variants

Physical fitness directly related to mental health in Compulsory Secondary Education students

Breathing and tilting motions of influenza glycoproteins could be exploited to better defend against flu

Ospemifene and systemic hormone therapy improve vulvovaginal atrophy symptoms, study suggests

Maternal occupation linked with higher risks of miscarriage and stillbirth

Study finds link between self-stigma and glycated hemoglobin in people with type 1 diabetes

E-cigarette aerosols can cause cellular and molecular changes in the lungs

Simple test could help clinicians spot abnormal blood levels of dopamine in patients

Deaf patients break barriers by co-designing their own care with University of Utah Health

Missed nursing care linked to higher odds of adverse outcomes for very low birthweight infants

New study evaluates post-COVID symptoms persistent for up to two years in non-hospitalized patients

Study reveals sex differences in response to drugs targeting tauopathies

Novel amyloid protein discovered from canine mammary tumors

UT Southwestern experts offer several techniques for secondary intraocular lens placement

Researchers develop a portable sensor to detect heavy metals in sweat

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

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