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New discovery could shift the focus of Parkinson’s disease treatment

Researchers from the University of Queensland have identified that a gene associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's Disease also contributes to a build-up of cell debris in the brain.

24 Feb 2023

Discovery of a T cell subset points to new treatment for COPD exacerbations

Respiratory viral infections pose significant morbidity and mortality to patients with chronic lung diseases like emphysema and COPD, causing exacerbations that drive destruction of normal lung tissue, and leading to one of the most common diagnoses for hospital admissions.

24 Feb 2023

Physical activity more effective than counseling or medications to manage depression

University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counseling or the leading medications.

24 Feb 2023

Apolipoprotein E4 promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers characterize the effects of neuronal apolipoprotein E4 on Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathology.

23 Feb 2023

Study highlights COVID-19 vaccine safety among children

Researchers evaluate COVID-19 vaccine-associated serious adverse events following immunization among five- to 17-year-old children.

23 Feb 2023

Following third dose of BNT162b2, adverse events increased in those with prior COVID-19

Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection exacerbates the adverse reactions experienced after receipt of the third booster dose.

23 Feb 2023

NQO2 gene as a novel potential target in Parkinson’s disease

A new study under review at the journal Scientific Reports and currently available on the Research Square* preprint server aimed to analyze the toxic effects of 6OHDA along with a related role of NQO2 in murine and human astrocytes.

23 Feb 2023

Study of adult e-cigarette users' attempts and experiences of quitting

Many e-cigarette (vape) users intend to quit, but there are few evidence-based interventions to help them do so. Due to this lack of interventions for e-cigarette cessation, researchers in the United States studied how and why users attempt to quit independently. The study, published in the journal Environmental Research and Public Health, analyzed both barriers and facilitators to quitting e-cigarettes.

23 Feb 2023

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

According to a new, nationwide study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), millions of people in the United States continued to miss critical cancer screening tests during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Feb 2023

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Patients with hypertension paired with a community health worker (CHW) through their primary care practice were more than three and a half times as likely to achieve blood pressure control within six months compared to patients who were not.

23 Feb 2023

Mystical and insightful psychedelic experience may be linked to positive mental health outcomes

A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study.

23 Feb 2023

Reducing social media use improves appearance and weight esteem in distressed teens

Teens and young adults who reduced their social media use by 50% for just a few weeks saw significant improvement in how they felt about both their weight and their overall appearance compared with peers who maintained consistent levels of social media use, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

23 Feb 2023

Study finds protein biomarkers in women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorder symptoms

Cedars-Sinai investigators found that women who developed mood and anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had specific altered proteins circulating in their bloodstream in the third trimester.

23 Feb 2023

UMSOM researchers unravel the molecular components involved in abdominal aneurysms

When the artery that supplies the stomach and the liver forms a bulge that ruptures, this medical emergency results in the deaths of 50 percent of patients before they reach the hospital.

23 Feb 2023

Cleaner air improves lung capacity of children and adolescents

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal reports.

23 Feb 2023

$3 million NIH grant funds new study on how dance can promote cognitive health

Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine will receive $3 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help researchers take the next steps in nearly a decade of research that indicates dance can promote cognitive health.

23 Feb 2023

Pennington Biomedical assistant professor seeks to better understand why people with diabetes develop hypoglycemia

For someone with type 1 diabetes, it's imperative they test their blood sugar levels regularly, and insulin is utilized to keep blood sugar regulated.

23 Feb 2023

Skipping meals can trigger a negative effect on immune cells

Fasting may be detrimental to fighting off infection, and could lead to an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

23 Feb 2023

New ensemble learning model could predict dementia in older drivers with excellent accuracy

Using ensemble learning techniques and longitudinal data from a large naturalistic driving study, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have developed a novel, interpretable and highly accurate algorithm for predicting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers.

23 Feb 2023

Study focuses on the impact of obstetric injuries on women’s lives two decades later

Bowel leakage, the need for anal incontinence protection and a restricted social life may cause severe, decades-long suffering among women with obstetric injuries to the anal opening, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg.

23 Feb 2023

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New discovery could shift the focus of Parkinson’s disease treatment

Discovery of a T cell subset points to new treatment for COPD exacerbations

Physical activity more effective than counseling or medications to manage depression

Apolipoprotein E4 promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Study highlights COVID-19 vaccine safety among children

Following third dose of BNT162b2, adverse events increased in those with prior COVID-19

NQO2 gene as a novel potential target in Parkinson’s disease

Study of adult e-cigarette users' attempts and experiences of quitting

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Mystical and insightful psychedelic experience may be linked to positive mental health outcomes

Reducing social media use improves appearance and weight esteem in distressed teens

Study finds protein biomarkers in women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorder symptoms

UMSOM researchers unravel the molecular components involved in abdominal aneurysms

Cleaner air improves lung capacity of children and adolescents

$3 million NIH grant funds new study on how dance can promote cognitive health

Pennington Biomedical assistant professor seeks to better understand why people with diabetes develop hypoglycemia

Skipping meals can trigger a negative effect on immune cells

New ensemble learning model could predict dementia in older drivers with excellent accuracy

Study focuses on the impact of obstetric injuries on women’s lives two decades later

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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