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How your brain plans a route: A peek into navigational thinking

A study in Scientific Reports unveils the human brain's hierarchical processing for navigation, beginning with low-level 2D image analysis, followed by simultaneous mid-level 3D and high-level semantic processing, before concluding with navigational affordance representations, offering new insights into cognitive navigation strategies.

7 Mar 2024

More steps a day keep the doctor away

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine reveals a clear dose-response relationship between daily step count and reduced risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease, underscoring the importance of walking more, especially for sedentary individuals, with 9,000 to 10,500 steps per day as the optimal range for health benefits.

7 Mar 2024

Understanding long COVID: A call for better diagnosis and treatment

A recent review in Nature Reviews Microbiology summarizes the complex mechanisms, significant impacts, and the urgent need for enhanced diagnostics and treatments for long COVID, affecting over 65 million people globally with diverse, debilitating symptoms and systemic health issues.

7 Mar 2024

Breakthrough in CRISPR delivery promises safer gene editing

Recent research in PNAS highlights advancements in non-viral, cell-specific delivery methods for CRISPR-Cas systems, emphasizing their potential to enhance research and gene therapy applications by minimizing risks associated with off-target effects and improving targeted delivery.

7 Mar 2024

Parental obesity linked to higher odds of adult offspring obesity

Individuals have six times the odds of living with obesity in middle age if both their parents lived with obesity at that age, new research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024, Venice, 12-15 May), has found. Having one parent living with obesity trebles the odds.

7 Mar 2024

Adipose-derived stem cell exosomes play protective roles in mitigating myocardial injury

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. This study was aimed at investigating the expression and therapeutic potential of circRNAs from adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) exosomes (ADSC-Exos) for cardiomyocyte injury.

7 Mar 2024

Reevaluating aspirin for heart attack and stroke prevention in seniors

One in four older adults take aspirin at least three times a week, mostly in hopes of preventing heart attacks and strokes, a new poll shows.

7 Mar 2024

New study aims to reduce bias in AI health prediction models

Rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have opened the way for the creation of a huge range of new healthcare tools, but to ensure that these tools do not exacerbate preexisting health inequities, researchers urge the use of more representative data in their development.

7 Mar 2024

Proteins regulating plasminogen-plasmin levels can help predict COVID-19 severity

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare systems has been significant. The sudden surge in infected cases overwhelmed hospitals and disrupted routine healthcare services, thus further worsening public health.

7 Mar 2024

Study evaluates diet, exercise patterns among colorectal cancer patients with overweight/obesity

Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease associated with the development of several other diseases, including cancer. The present study aims to evaluate the eating habits, physical activity, and clinical profiles of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with overweight/obesity.

7 Mar 2024

Rapid molecular testing transforms treatment for community-acquired pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition affecting the lungs, typically resulting from an infection with viruses or bacteria.

7 Mar 2024

Common age-associated changes in the blood found to be a risk factor for acute kidney injury

A U.S.-Canadian research collaboration led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center has identified common, age-associated changes in the blood as a risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), which occurs in more than 1 in 5 hospitalized adults worldwide.

7 Mar 2024

"Copy-paste" genetic mechanism increases the genetic diversity of malaria parasite

By dissecting the genetic diversity of the most deadly human malaria parasite – Plasmodium falciparum – researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified a mechanism of 'copy-paste' genetics that increases the genetic diversity of the parasite at accelerated time scales.

7 Mar 2024

Kobe University study identifies FAM81A as key player for synaptic function

A protein that appears in postsynaptic protein agglomerations has been found to be crucial to their formation.

7 Mar 2024

MIT researchers identify key brain circuit for vocalization control

MIT researchers have discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe out, and stop talking when you breathe in.

7 Mar 2024

DNA-tailored diet could help manage blood glucose and reduce risk of type 2 diabetes progression

A UK trial has found a DNA-tailored diet could help manage blood glucose and reduce risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals.

7 Mar 2024

Unraveling typical disease trajectories in multimorbid patients from birth to death

In a recent study published in npj Digital Medicine, Complexity Science Hub researchers analyzed a comprehensive dataset of 44 million hospital stays in Austria.

7 Mar 2024

Neuroscientists link visual perception shifts to walking rhythm

For the first time, neuroscientists have established a link between shifts in our visual perception and the cadence of our steps while walking.

7 Mar 2024

Inherited genetic factors may predict elevated risk of new cancers among childhood cancer survivors

Common inherited genetic factors that predict cancer risk in the general population may also predict elevated risk of new cancers among childhood cancer survivors, according to a study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

7 Mar 2024

Study links higher mortality among rural elderly to understaffed Norwegian municipalities

Elderly people living in rural areas in Norway have higher mortality rates if they are discharged to a municipality that has too many patients and not enough caregivers to provide services.

7 Mar 2024

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How your brain plans a route: A peek into navigational thinking

More steps a day keep the doctor away

Understanding long COVID: A call for better diagnosis and treatment

Breakthrough in CRISPR delivery promises safer gene editing

Parental obesity linked to higher odds of adult offspring obesity

Adipose-derived stem cell exosomes play protective roles in mitigating myocardial injury

Reevaluating aspirin for heart attack and stroke prevention in seniors

New study aims to reduce bias in AI health prediction models

Proteins regulating plasminogen-plasmin levels can help predict COVID-19 severity

Study evaluates diet, exercise patterns among colorectal cancer patients with overweight/obesity

Rapid molecular testing transforms treatment for community-acquired pneumonia

Common age-associated changes in the blood found to be a risk factor for acute kidney injury

"Copy-paste" genetic mechanism increases the genetic diversity of malaria parasite

Kobe University study identifies FAM81A as key player for synaptic function

MIT researchers identify key brain circuit for vocalization control

DNA-tailored diet could help manage blood glucose and reduce risk of type 2 diabetes progression

Unraveling typical disease trajectories in multimorbid patients from birth to death

Neuroscientists link visual perception shifts to walking rhythm

Inherited genetic factors may predict elevated risk of new cancers among childhood cancer survivors

Study links higher mortality among rural elderly to understaffed Norwegian municipalities

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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