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Chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease threaten burn victims' survival

Despite enormous medical advances, severe burns are still potentially life-threatening injuries. Clinical scores, which take relevant parameters into account, are available to doctors as a decision-making aid for therapeutic measures and to assess the probability of patient survival.

17 Jan 2024

Nicotine replacement products offer safe quit option for pregnant smokers

A new analysis of trial data on pregnant smokers, led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, finds that the regular use of nicotine replacement products during pregnancy is not associated with adverse pregnancy events or poor pregnancy outcomes.

17 Jan 2024

AI-driven algorithm accurately predicts death, complications after percutaneous coronary intervention

When a person has one or more blocked arteries, providers may choose to conduct a minimally invasive procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI.

17 Jan 2024

$2.8M grant targets copper's role in deadly kidney cancer

Copper is an essential trace element required to produce energy in the body and allows humans to live in our atmosphere.

17 Jan 2024

Comprehensive analysis of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 samples detects co-infections and intra-host recombination

Researchers evaluated the prevalence of co-infection and intra-host recombination in over 2 million global SARS-CoV-2 cases and developed strategies for accurate identification and analysis of recombinant strains.

17 Jan 2024

Overcoming adherence challenges: Innovative patch enables controlled drug delivery

A breakthrough in transdermal drug delivery.

17 Jan 2024

Study shows promise of gene-based screening to fight colorectal cancer

Hereditary risk of colorectal cancer should be assessed in a more comprehensive way, shows a study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

17 Jan 2024

Study links teenage stress to cardiometabolic risk later in life

Young adults who reported higher stress during their teenage years to adulthood were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors than their peers who reported less stress, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

17 Jan 2024

Researchers uncover the role of inherited genetic variants in rare type of blood cancer

Large-scale genetic analysis has helped researchers uncover the interplay between cancer-driving genetic mutations and inherited genetic variants in a rare type of blood cancer.

17 Jan 2024

Are vacation days taken and working while on vacation associated with physician burnout?

Associations between the vacation days taken by physicians per year.

17 Jan 2024

StemSight and ERS Genomics focus on collaboration

License agreement provides StemSight access to CRISPR/Cas9 technology to be applied in development of cell therapies for corneal blindness.

17 Jan 2024

Behavioral activation vs antidepressants: Which wins for heart failure patients with depression?

The efficacy of antidepressant medication management (MEDS) against behavioral activation psychotherapy (BA).

17 Jan 2024

‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child's mom.

17 Jan 2024

America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s.

17 Jan 2024

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Chronic kidney and cardiovascular disease threaten burn victims' survival

Nicotine replacement products offer safe quit option for pregnant smokers

AI-driven algorithm accurately predicts death, complications after percutaneous coronary intervention

$2.8M grant targets copper's role in deadly kidney cancer

Comprehensive analysis of more than 2 million SARS-CoV-2 samples detects co-infections and intra-host recombination

Overcoming adherence challenges: Innovative patch enables controlled drug delivery

Study shows promise of gene-based screening to fight colorectal cancer

Study links teenage stress to cardiometabolic risk later in life

Researchers uncover the role of inherited genetic variants in rare type of blood cancer

Are vacation days taken and working while on vacation associated with physician burnout?

StemSight and ERS Genomics focus on collaboration

Behavioral activation vs antidepressants: Which wins for heart failure patients with depression?

‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion

America’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities

Evidence that 100% fruit juice consumption is associated with a BMI gain in children

What led to a decline in US breast cancer mortality between 1975 and 2019?

Study finds vaccination against COVID-19 consistently reduced the risk of long COVID symptoms

Unlocking the anti-inflammatory secrets of bergamot byproducts

Review of traditional treatments and novel nutritional interventions for sickle cell disease

CGRP antagonists and dietary changes show promise for migraine treatment

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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