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Kessler Foundation receives grant to continue the long-running "MS Fellowship in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation" program

John DeLuca, PhD, senior vice president of research and training at Kessler Foundation, received a five-year, $468,019 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to continue the long-running "MS Fellowship in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation" program.

9 Sep 2022

MolGen Joins Life Sciences & Health Dutch Economic Mission to California

MolGen B.V. of Veenendaal (NL), participates in the 24th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) held in Manchester, United Kingdom on 7-10 September 2022.

From AgriGenX 9 Sep 2022

Scientists identify genetic variants linked to an increased risk of developing Hodgkin lymphoma

Why did my child get cancer? Clinicians have longed for a way to help answer this question. Doctors knew Hodgkin lymphoma sometimes occurs in families, but why this happens has been a mystery. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have now helped solve it.

9 Sep 2022

Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M™ - which previously demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over the following 12 months in young west African children in 2021.

9 Sep 2022

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to rate their diet as poor and are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to women without disabilities, according to a new study led by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

‘He stood his ground’: California state Senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country's strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year after a momentous tenure that made him a top target of the boisterous and burgeoning movement against vaccination mandates.

6 Sep 2022

In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life

As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should we define when life ends? Cardiopulmonary bypass machines could keep the blood pumping and ventilators could maintain breathing long after a patient's natural ability to perform those vital functions had ceased.

6 Sep 2022

Researchers secure $20.5 million NIH grant to beat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been awarded a $20.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.

2 Sep 2022

Researchers identify multiple genes and rare variants linked with Crohn's disease susceptibility

An international consortium of researchers has identified genetic variants in 10 genes that elevate a person's susceptibility to Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease.

29 Aug 2022

Implanted brain-stimulating device disrupts craving-related signals and reduces bingeing episodes

A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating disorder (BED), according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

29 Aug 2022

Association between different physical activities and longevity of elder individuals

Researchers investigated whether different leisure time physical activities (LT-PA) were differentially associated with all-cause mortality and mortality risks from cancer or cardiovascular disorders among elder individuals.

29 Aug 2022

Trial shows superiority of AI in assessing cardiac function to sonographer assessment

In patients undergoing echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function, preliminary assessment by artificial intelligence (AI) is superior to initial sonographer assessment, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.

28 Aug 2022

A dozen kinds of animals associated with causing rat lungworm disease in humans

A review of decades of research revealed more than a dozen kinds of animals in addition to slugs and snails have caused rat lungworm disease in people around the world.

26 Aug 2022

Research receives NSF funding to fight against medical device infections

When Martha Grady tells her students about her research, she describes it as "shooting lasers at stuff to see what happens."

26 Aug 2022

How the world’s first fully powered prosthetic leg could revolutionize powered prosthetics

In this interview, News Medical speaks to Marcus D’Ambrosio, COO of Adaract, and Joseph Hill, CEO of Adaract, about how the world’s first fully powered prosthetic leg could revolutionize the world of powered prosthetics.

26 Aug 2022

More than 50 new surgical hubs will open for tacking the Covid backlogs

Over 50 new surgical hubs will open across the country to help bust the Covid backlogs and offer hundreds of thousands more patients quicker access to vital procedures, the Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay has announced today.

25 Aug 2022

New diagnoses of neurological and psychiatric disorders remain common two years after COVID-19

New diagnoses of disorders including psychosis, dementia, seizures and ‘brain fog’ remain commoner two years after COVID-19 than after other respiratory infections, whereas the increased risks of depression and anxiety after COVID-19 are short-lived and there is no overall excess of cases.

25 Aug 2022

Many leisure time activities associated with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer

Older adults who participate weekly in many different types of leisure time activities, such as walking for exercise, jogging, swimming laps, or playing tennis, may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

24 Aug 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to negotiate for lower medical bills

Negotiating medical bills is often possible. It sounds hard — and it can be — but what if we got it down to a science? Mapped out all the moves ahead of time? Jared Walker and his team at the nonprofit Dollar For are running a big experiment to see whether they can do just that.

24 Aug 2022

Sanders-Brown director receives $1.5 million grant to advance research on Alzheimer's treatment

Linda J. Van Eldik, Ph.D., director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is part of a $1.5 million grant to help further research into a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

19 Aug 2022

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Kessler Foundation receives grant to continue the long-running "MS Fellowship in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation" program

MolGen Joins Life Sciences & Health Dutch Economic Mission to California

Scientists identify genetic variants linked to an increased risk of developing Hodgkin lymphoma

Booster vaccination maintains high efficacy against malaria in African children

Poor diet, food insecurity more common among women with women with disabilities

‘He stood his ground’: California state Senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life

Researchers secure $20.5 million NIH grant to beat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Researchers identify multiple genes and rare variants linked with Crohn's disease susceptibility

Implanted brain-stimulating device disrupts craving-related signals and reduces bingeing episodes

Association between different physical activities and longevity of elder individuals

Trial shows superiority of AI in assessing cardiac function to sonographer assessment

A dozen kinds of animals associated with causing rat lungworm disease in humans

Research receives NSF funding to fight against medical device infections

How the world’s first fully powered prosthetic leg could revolutionize powered prosthetics

More than 50 new surgical hubs will open for tacking the Covid backlogs

New diagnoses of neurological and psychiatric disorders remain common two years after COVID-19

Many leisure time activities associated with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer

‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to negotiate for lower medical bills

Sanders-Brown director receives $1.5 million grant to advance research on Alzheimer's treatment

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