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What is the association between fast-food intake and liver steatosis?

Researchers quantified the adverse effects of fast-food intake on liver steatosis in new research.

18 Jan 2023

Epigenetic alternations associated with common genital malformation in male babies

An alarming increase in the occurrence of the most common genital malformation in male babies, hypospadias, is likely due to environmental factors, such as toxicant exposure, which alter epigenetic programming in a forming penis.

18 Jan 2023

Body dissatisfaction found to be primary cause of eating disorders

Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman's lifespan, including at midlife.

18 Jan 2023

Negative mood causes re-analysis of information conflicting between familiar knowledge and discourse content

In a new study, researchers explored how mood influences the processing of relatively neutral discourse content.

18 Jan 2023

Upregulation of Robo4 expression reduces mortality from severe infection

The researchers screened a library of drugs using a mouse endothelial cell line to identify pathways that are involved in the regulation of Robo4 and found that two competitive SMAD signaling pathways appear to regulate Robo4 expression.

18 Jan 2023

What is the impact of maternal hypertension and mental disorders on neonatal outcomes?

Researchers explored the impact of maternal hypertension and mental disorders on harmful neonatal outcomes.

18 Jan 2023

Exploring a novel amplicon-based mpox virus sequencing strategy

Researchers described the development of a sequencing strategy based on amplicons for mpox detection.

18 Jan 2023

Exposure to World Trade Center particulate matter accelerates cognitive deterioration in mice model of Alzheimer's

Mice exposed to World Trade Center dust exhibit a significant impairment in spatial recognition and short- and long-term memory, as well as changes in genes related to immune-inflammatory responses and blood-brain barrier disruption, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published January 17 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

17 Jan 2023

The "Great Escape" by SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1

In a recent article published in the Lancet Microbe, researchers in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom quantified the antigenic diversity of new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) subvariants, BQ.1.1, BM.1.1.1, and XBB.1, all derivatives of the variant of concern (VOC) Omicron, which emerged in late 2022.

17 Jan 2023

Semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients found to be different from healthy individuals

In a study published last month in Schizophrenia Bulletin, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University revealed that the semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients are very different from those in healthy humans.

17 Jan 2023

An in-depth meta-analysis highlights COVID-19's pregnancy dangers

Researchers assess the risk of maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality in women diagnosed with COVID-19 during pregnancy.

17 Jan 2023

Study suggests a link between dietary exposure to nitrites and risk of type 2 diabetes

Nitrites and nitrates occur naturally in water and soil and are commonly ingested from drinking water and dietary sources.

17 Jan 2023

Cancer mortality in the U.S. has declined 33% since the 90s

The American Cancer Society has recently published the statistics of cancer incidence and mortality for 2023 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

17 Jan 2023

Future COVID-19 control will require vaccines that induce better mucosal immunity

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in France explored the relationship between long-term immunoglobulin (Ig)-A response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and taste and smell disorders.

17 Jan 2023

Association between coronary artery calcium dispersion and mortality

Scientists determine whether the estimation of coronary artery calcium dispersion could determine all-cause and causes of specific mortality.

17 Jan 2023

Researchers identify plasma metabolomic markers for the Mediterranean diet among pregnant women

A recent study identifies blood metabolomic markers and metabolite panels linked to the Mediterranean diet in pregnant women.

17 Jan 2023

On four flights out of China in December, 22% of passengers were SARS-CoV-2 positive

Researchers document COVID-19 screening results in Italy of 556 flight passengers from two Chinese provinces in late December 2022.

17 Jan 2023

Study finds no difference in the survival benefit of two diuretics for heart failure patients

Two drugs widely used to treat adults with heart failure – furosemide and torsemide – showed no difference in their ability to improve patient survival when compared, according to findings from a clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health.

17 Jan 2023

Simple nasal spray effective at easing sleep-disordered breathing in children

A simple nasal spray significantly reduced snoring and breathing difficulties in children and halved the number needing to have their tonsils removed, according to a new study.

17 Jan 2023

Researchers examine impact of gamification on the effectiveness of digital health interventions

The mHealth intervention was evaluated to determine its impact on an individual’s sleep duration and physical activity.

17 Jan 2023

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What is the association between fast-food intake and liver steatosis?

Epigenetic alternations associated with common genital malformation in male babies

Body dissatisfaction found to be primary cause of eating disorders

Negative mood causes re-analysis of information conflicting between familiar knowledge and discourse content

Upregulation of Robo4 expression reduces mortality from severe infection

What is the impact of maternal hypertension and mental disorders on neonatal outcomes?

Exploring a novel amplicon-based mpox virus sequencing strategy

Exposure to World Trade Center particulate matter accelerates cognitive deterioration in mice model of Alzheimer's

The "Great Escape" by SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1

Semantic networks in the brains of schizophrenia patients found to be different from healthy individuals

An in-depth meta-analysis highlights COVID-19's pregnancy dangers

Study suggests a link between dietary exposure to nitrites and risk of type 2 diabetes

Cancer mortality in the U.S. has declined 33% since the 90s

Future COVID-19 control will require vaccines that induce better mucosal immunity

Association between coronary artery calcium dispersion and mortality

Researchers identify plasma metabolomic markers for the Mediterranean diet among pregnant women

On four flights out of China in December, 22% of passengers were SARS-CoV-2 positive

Study finds no difference in the survival benefit of two diuretics for heart failure patients

Simple nasal spray effective at easing sleep-disordered breathing in children

Researchers examine impact of gamification on the effectiveness of digital health interventions

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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