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Childhood adversity may trigger obesity in adolescence

Study links adverse childhood experiences to increased obesity risk in adolescence, mediated by behavioral issues and self-concept.

25 Jan 2024

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement.

25 Jan 2024

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn's disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

25 Jan 2024

EU initiative develops advanced diagnostics with light and AI

Led by the UPC's Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development, an international consortium of universities, hospitals and companies is developing new technologies based on light and AI to improve the diagnosis of several diseases.

25 Jan 2024

Experts urge the inclusion of low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines

A call to include recommendations on low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines has been made by an international group of experts today in the American Heart Association's scientific journal Hypertension.

25 Jan 2024

Unbiased assessment of vamorolone for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

The drug vamorolone (Agamree) has been hailed as a promising new drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

25 Jan 2024

Pilot study demonstrates feasibility of multimodal group treatment for veterans with PTSD

Retiring from the U.S. Army in 2016 left Lawrence resident Matt Hastings unmoored. Hastings, a former combat aviation brigade chief, had been someone with skills in demand: He was the only one who could fly certain missions, who had qualifications and experience other instructors needed.

25 Jan 2024

The colonoscopies were free. But the ‘surgical trays’ came with $600 price tags.

Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors' orders last year after they both turned 45, now the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer.

25 Jan 2024

Gastric bypass shows slight edge over sleeve gastrectomy in long-term study

The long-term weight loss effects of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in people with obesity.

25 Jan 2024

Do yellow fever vaccines truly provide effective lifelong protection against the disease after a single dose?

The long-term protection offered by one dose of vaccine against yellow fever.

25 Jan 2024

Scientific review explores adzuki beans' efficacy in diabetes prevention and management

Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) supplementation to prevent and manage type 2 diabetes (T2D).

25 Jan 2024

Low back pain? There’s good and bad news

Researchers performed a meta-analysis on the clinical course of acute, subacute, and persistent lower back pain.

25 Jan 2024

New study reveals optimal drug sequencing for postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment

The effectiveness and safety of available sequential treatments for the long-term management of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

25 Jan 2024

New insights into why immunotherapy works for some cancers, not others

A multi-institutional study co-authored by University of Texas at Arlington scientists uncovered a mechanism by which cancer cells prevent the immune system from activating and attacking the cancerous invaders.

24 Jan 2024

Mood boosters reduce inflammation in IBD by 18%, study finds

New King's College London research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease by 18 per cent, compared to having no mood intervention.

24 Jan 2024

Social isolation poses greater mortality risk than loneliness in obese individuals, study finds

A study in "JAMA Network Open" reveals that social isolation, more than loneliness, is strongly associated with increased mortality risk in obese individuals compared to those with normal weight.

24 Jan 2024

Penn analysis shows low risk of secondary cancers following CAR T cell therapy

The development of any type of second cancer following CAR T cell therapy is a rare occurrence, as found in an analysis of more than 400 patients treated at Penn Medicine, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported today in Nature Medicine.

24 Jan 2024

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Childhood adversity may trigger obesity in adolescence

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

EU initiative develops advanced diagnostics with light and AI

Experts urge the inclusion of low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines

Unbiased assessment of vamorolone for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Pilot study demonstrates feasibility of multimodal group treatment for veterans with PTSD

The colonoscopies were free. But the ‘surgical trays’ came with $600 price tags.

Gastric bypass shows slight edge over sleeve gastrectomy in long-term study

Do yellow fever vaccines truly provide effective lifelong protection against the disease after a single dose?

Scientific review explores adzuki beans' efficacy in diabetes prevention and management

Low back pain? There’s good and bad news

New study reveals optimal drug sequencing for postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment

New insights into why immunotherapy works for some cancers, not others

Mood boosters reduce inflammation in IBD by 18%, study finds

Social isolation poses greater mortality risk than loneliness in obese individuals, study finds

Penn analysis shows low risk of secondary cancers following CAR T cell therapy

NHS health checks linked to reduced risk of heart, brain, kidney, and liver diseases

Licorice intake raises blood pressure more than expected, challenges safe limit guidelines

Deep learning model COMPOSER enhances early sepsis detection and patient survival

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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