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Criteria to assess for multiple sclerosis in adults may be insufficient for pediatric patients

Criteria used by neurologists to assess for multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults may fail to identify the illness in children with imaging suspicious for the disease, an oversight that could delay treatment of the disease at its earliest stages, according to a Rutgers study.

16 Mar 2023

Creating more effective and safe treatments for COVID-19

When approaching a task, members of a team need to work in synergy. Nothing can be accomplished if you're pulling in different directions.

16 Mar 2023

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

16 Mar 2023

Stimulus-sensitive polymeric micelles show promise for future targeted drug delivery and chemotherapy

Researchers documented the various polymeric materials that can be used to synthesize micelles, which can then be used for targeted cancer therapy by tailoring the micelles to respond to stimuli.

16 Mar 2023

Study highlights a persistent life expectancy gap among patients living with sickle cell disease

While research has long established disparities in health outcomes among individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD), few studies have quantified these gaps.

16 Mar 2023

Is there an association between COVID-19 and an increased incidence of temporomandibular disorders?

Researchers assessed the association between COVID-19-related stress, depression, anxiety, and temporomandibular disorders from childhood to adulthood.

16 Mar 2023

Altered spreading of neuronal avalanches in temporal lobe epilepsy linked to cognitive performance

New research by the Human Brain Project has found that in the brains of patients with epilepsy, changes in large-scale neuronal activations can be detected in the brain's resting state activity, even when no seizure is ongoing.

16 Mar 2023

One-Pot-LAMP: A promising tool for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis

Researchers assessed the efficiency of a genetic decoding system for diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

16 Mar 2023

Multivariate brain-wide associated studies can be replicable with substantially smaller sample sizes

Since the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the 1990s, the reliance on neuroimaging has skyrocketed as researchers investigate how fMRI data from the brain at rest, and anatomical brain structure itself, can be used to predict individual traits, such as depression, cognitive decline, and brain disorders.

16 Mar 2023

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus - Strep B - would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, a team led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found.

16 Mar 2023

Phase 2 clinical trial investigates the effectiveness of innovative procedure to control Type 2 diabetes

More than 37 million Americans have diabetes, and approximately 90-95% have Type 2 diabetes.

16 Mar 2023

A high-throughput CAMP assay for the evaluation of the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial response

A recent developed a novel and high-throughput assay to evaluate cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide.

16 Mar 2023

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Infants born to mothers prescribed opioids after delivery, mostly after a cesarean, are at no greater risk of harm shortly after birth than infants of mothers not prescribed opioids, finds a large study from Canada published by The BMJ today.

16 Mar 2023

Forecasting adverse effects and prognosis in TB patients using AI

A recent study applied AI to forecast the prognosis and adverse effects of TB.

16 Mar 2023

Common meat-free proteins may trigger allergic complaints in some legume-allergic patients

Many people keen to reduce their meat consumption are turning to substitutes made of legumes packed with protein, vitamins, and fiber.

16 Mar 2023

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Trust in information given out by the government on cancer fell sharply among the Black population, by almost half, during the COVID-19 pandemic findings of a national US study have shown.

16 Mar 2023

Short sleep duration at night associated with increased risk of peripheral artery disease

Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours.

16 Mar 2023

MS relapse risk not likely to increase after fertility treatments, study finds

There's good news for those with multiple sclerosis (MS). A new study has found that female participants were no more likely to have a flare-up of the disease after receiving fertility treatments than they were before their treatments.

16 Mar 2023

Life expectancy in the UK falls down the global ranks, analysis shows

A new analysis of global rankings of life expectancy over seven decades shows the UK has done worse than all G7 countries except the USA.

16 Mar 2023

Study offers valuable insights about how young people understand chronic pain

Whether it’s headaches, abdominal pain, or unrelenting joint soreness, up to a third of young people in Australia experience chronic pain.

16 Mar 2023

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Criteria to assess for multiple sclerosis in adults may be insufficient for pediatric patients

Creating more effective and safe treatments for COVID-19

Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain, study finds

Stimulus-sensitive polymeric micelles show promise for future targeted drug delivery and chemotherapy

Study highlights a persistent life expectancy gap among patients living with sickle cell disease

Is there an association between COVID-19 and an increased incidence of temporomandibular disorders?

Altered spreading of neuronal avalanches in temporal lobe epilepsy linked to cognitive performance

One-Pot-LAMP: A promising tool for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis

Multivariate brain-wide associated studies can be replicable with substantially smaller sample sizes

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

Phase 2 clinical trial investigates the effectiveness of innovative procedure to control Type 2 diabetes

A high-throughput CAMP assay for the evaluation of the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial response

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Forecasting adverse effects and prognosis in TB patients using AI

Common meat-free proteins may trigger allergic complaints in some legume-allergic patients

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Short sleep duration at night associated with increased risk of peripheral artery disease

MS relapse risk not likely to increase after fertility treatments, study finds

Life expectancy in the UK falls down the global ranks, analysis shows

Study offers valuable insights about how young people understand chronic pain

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