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Men who lack interest in sex are at heightened risk of premature death

A recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE evaluated the association between sexual interest and mortality.

10 Jan 2023

Blood-based markers could lead to earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease begins decades before any symptoms, such as memory loss, start to show. Consequently, early diagnosis increases the chances of slowing the disease down with drugs.

10 Jan 2023

Protein Medin: A new treatment target for Alzheimer's

A recent study published in the journal Nature reported the co-aggregation of medin, a fragment of lactadherin, with vascular amyloid-β in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

10 Jan 2023

UC researcher focuses on studying how gene mutations help pancreatic cancer grow

Only about 11% of people will survive five years after the detection of advanced pancreatic cancer. Such a low rate of success in treating pancreatic cancer is due to its late detection and an incomplete understanding of the disease development processes.

10 Jan 2023

Medicaid expansion led to improved postpartum health for low-income birthing people

According to health care experts, the benefits for brand-new parents and their infants having access to health care during pregnancy as well as during the postpartum period are indisputable.

10 Jan 2023

Injectable hydrogel suppresses infections and promotes healing around prosthetics

Total hip and knee replacements are challenging enough for patients. When an infection occurs in the aftermath, the results are often disastrous, requiring potent antibiotics and revisionary surgery.

10 Jan 2023

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters in children

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol in children, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

10 Jan 2023

Dual COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations are associated with reduced infection rates

University of North Florida Brooks College of Health faculty recently published a study showing dual COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations are associated with reduced infection rates and can be an effective strategy to reduce the contagious respiratory disease burden during the winter.

10 Jan 2023

Separated families provide less financial and emotional support to their adult children

A recent study finds that families with separated parents provide less financial and emotional support to their adult children.

10 Jan 2023

Study describes a mechanism associated with the production of neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is a type of chronic pain caused by damage to the nervous system due mainly to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and arthritis, or to the side effects of some kinds of chemotherapy.

10 Jan 2023

Yale researchers identify neuronal basis of impaired consciousness in children with absence epilepsy

Imagine slipping in and out of consciousness hundreds of times per day, staying awake the whole time but having no sense of awareness during these lapses.

10 Jan 2023

Drug combination elicits efficacious anti-tumor immunity against immunotherapy-resistant cancers

Immunotherapy is a way of treating cancer by reprogramming the patient's immune system to attack their tumor.

10 Jan 2023

Older adults with greater severity of hearing loss more likely to have dementia, study finds

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were more likely to have dementia, but the likelihood of dementia was lower among hearing aid users compared to non-users.

10 Jan 2023

Simple, cost-effective injection can protect premature babies from cerebral palsy

A program to increase the use of magnesium sulfate, a £1 injection that helps prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, is effective according to a National Institute for Health and Care Research funded evaluation.

10 Jan 2023

Spike protein mutations in Omicron subvariants increase their susceptibility to reductive cleavage of disulfide bonds

Researchers discovered that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is susceptible to cleavage at the disulfide bonds, and the vulnerability to reductive cleavage varies across variants, with the Omicron variant family being highly susceptible to reduction.

10 Jan 2023

Fluid on the lungs associated with open water swimming

Fluid on the lungs, or pulmonary edema as it's formally known, is a relatively little known hazard associated with open water swimming, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a woman with the condition.

10 Jan 2023

Children living near airports have higher blood lead levels, study finds

A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, finds that children living near one California airport have higher lead levels in their blood.

10 Jan 2023

Study explores incidence, severity, and long COVID associations of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Researchers used electronic health records to characterize the incidence, biomarkers, attributes, and severity of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections and evaluated the association between reinfections and long coronavirus disease (COVID).

10 Jan 2023

Researchers demonstrate the role of Klotho protein in the formation of osteoarthritis

Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered a new mechanism that links age-related cartilage tissue stiffening with the repression of a key protein associated with longevity.

10 Jan 2023

Genomic analysis of mpox virus genomes reveal multiple lineages with human-to-human transmissibility

Researchers from Nigeria and the United Kingdom (U.K.) analyzed mpox virus genomes and found that divergent lineages of the mpox virus exhibiting human-to-human transmission existed in the Nigerian population before the 2022 spread of the virus outside of the endemic regions.

10 Jan 2023

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Men who lack interest in sex are at heightened risk of premature death

Blood-based markers could lead to earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease

Protein Medin: A new treatment target for Alzheimer's

UC researcher focuses on studying how gene mutations help pancreatic cancer grow

Medicaid expansion led to improved postpartum health for low-income birthing people

Injectable hydrogel suppresses infections and promotes healing around prosthetics

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters in children

Dual COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations are associated with reduced infection rates

Separated families provide less financial and emotional support to their adult children

Study describes a mechanism associated with the production of neuropathic pain

Yale researchers identify neuronal basis of impaired consciousness in children with absence epilepsy

Drug combination elicits efficacious anti-tumor immunity against immunotherapy-resistant cancers

Older adults with greater severity of hearing loss more likely to have dementia, study finds

Simple, cost-effective injection can protect premature babies from cerebral palsy

Spike protein mutations in Omicron subvariants increase their susceptibility to reductive cleavage of disulfide bonds

Fluid on the lungs associated with open water swimming

Children living near airports have higher blood lead levels, study finds

Study explores incidence, severity, and long COVID associations of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Researchers demonstrate the role of Klotho protein in the formation of osteoarthritis

Genomic analysis of mpox virus genomes reveal multiple lineages with human-to-human transmissibility

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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