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Adolescent illicit drug use stays below pre-pandemic levels in 2023, survey finds

The percentage of teenagers reporting they used any illicit substances in 2023 held steady below the pre-pandemic levels reported in 2020, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future survey.

13 Dec 2023

Cumulative loneliness in mid- to later-life may be a risk factor for mortality

Working from well-established research on the detrimental health effects of loneliness, University of Michigan researchers set out to study whether feeling lonely at multiple times through the years leads to more serious illness and higher mortality risk in mid to later life.

13 Dec 2023

Targeting cholesterol metabolism for the treatment of serrated colorectal neoplasms

Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

13 Dec 2023

Heart attack breakthrough: New protocol saves 71% of patients with deadly complication

Published results of a large, national heart attack study show that patients with a life-threatening complication known as cardiogenic shock survived at a significantly higher rate when treated with a protocol developed by cardiologists at Henry Ford Health, in collaboration with 80 hospitals nationwide.

13 Dec 2023

$153,000 grant fuels research on new approaches to inhibit STAT3 and develop novel cancer treatments

With an estimated 1.9 million new cases and more than 600,000 deaths each year, cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the U.S., trailing only heart disease. And while there are more than 200 types of cancer, the abnormal synthesis of a protein known as STAT3 is unique to the majority of tumors.

13 Dec 2023

Space health experts aim to explore blood flow restriction training among astronauts

Space health experts at Northumbria University have won a global competition that will enable them to explore blood flow restriction training among astronauts during spaceflight.

13 Dec 2023

Infective endocarditis deaths spike among young adults, research shows

Death rates related to infective endocarditis declined in most adults across the U.S. within the last two decades, yet accelerated among young adults ages 25 to 44 years old, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

13 Dec 2023

Understanding why cutting-edge cell therapies cause an increased risk of heart rhythm disorders

A type of cell that plays a crucial role in tissue repair after a heart attack may also inadvertently be why cutting-edge cell therapies cause an increased risk of rhythm disorders, according to a new study from the Universities of Surrey and Oxford.

13 Dec 2023

Study finds people with cognitive disabilities are less satisfied with health care

People with cognitive disabilities – like autism, attention deficit and memory loss – are less satisfied with their health care than those in the general population, according to a study published by a Rutgers researcher.

13 Dec 2023

Light activity holds promise for combating childhood obesity

Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood caused increased body fat and abdominal fat in a new follow-up study.

13 Dec 2023

Epigenetic changes can contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes

Do epigenetic changes cause type 2 diabetes, or do the changes occur only after a person has become ill? A new study by researchers at Lund University provides increased support for the idea that epigenetic changes can cause type 2 diabetes.

13 Dec 2023

Trajectories of cigarette smoking and physical activity between early adolescence and adulthood

Population subgroups with similar behavioral patterns between adolescence and adulthood.

13 Dec 2023

Can vitamin C reduce the severity of the common cold?

The effect of vitamin C supplementation on common cold severity and duration.

13 Dec 2023

Are COVID-19 outcomes, including severe COVID-19 and persistent symptoms, associated with economic hardship among US families?

Researchers investigated the relationship between COVID-19 health outcomes, economic hardship during the pandemic, and pre-pandemic socioeconomic status in United States families.

13 Dec 2023

Dietary and lifestyle interventions for reducing cardiometabolic risk in PCOS

Dietary and lifestyle interventions that might help reduce cardiometabolic risk in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

13 Dec 2023

The ability of the AI chatbot GPT-4 to appropriately perform probabilistic reasoning in diagnosis vs a large survey of human clinicians

Researchers evaluated the proficiency of Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) AI in probabilistic reasoning compared to human clinicians by assessing pretest and posttest probability estimates in diagnostic cases.

13 Dec 2023

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Adolescent illicit drug use stays below pre-pandemic levels in 2023, survey finds

Cumulative loneliness in mid- to later-life may be a risk factor for mortality

Targeting cholesterol metabolism for the treatment of serrated colorectal neoplasms

Heart attack breakthrough: New protocol saves 71% of patients with deadly complication

$153,000 grant fuels research on new approaches to inhibit STAT3 and develop novel cancer treatments

Space health experts aim to explore blood flow restriction training among astronauts

Infective endocarditis deaths spike among young adults, research shows

Understanding why cutting-edge cell therapies cause an increased risk of heart rhythm disorders

Study finds people with cognitive disabilities are less satisfied with health care

Light activity holds promise for combating childhood obesity

Epigenetic changes can contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes

Trajectories of cigarette smoking and physical activity between early adolescence and adulthood

Can vitamin C reduce the severity of the common cold?

Are COVID-19 outcomes, including severe COVID-19 and persistent symptoms, associated with economic hardship among US families?

Dietary and lifestyle interventions for reducing cardiometabolic risk in PCOS

The ability of the AI chatbot GPT-4 to appropriately perform probabilistic reasoning in diagnosis vs a large survey of human clinicians

Innovative robotic right ventricle developed to mimic heart biomechanics

Does mindfulness promote good health?

Organoid study opens new avenues in pulmonary neuroendocrine cancer therapy

Protective genetic variant shields Black Americans from kidney disease risk

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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