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Study explores the use of collective intelligence to improve medical diagnosis

A recent study revealed the possibility of combining knowledge representation models and collective intelligence for medical diagnosis.

17 Aug 2023

Has FDA enforcement changed e-cigarette use among the US youth?

A recent study analyzed the extent of e-cigarette use among US youth after enforcement guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

17 Aug 2023

Is shift work associated with depression and anxiety, and if so, does lifestyle mediate the associations?

Researchers discuss the contribution of lifestyle factors in depression and anxiety among shift workers

17 Aug 2023

New study offers preliminary estimates of mortality risk by stage in Alzheimer's disease

Researchers examine the expected survival of people at each stage of Alzheimer's disease.

17 Aug 2023

Study suggests antibodies triggered by COVID-19 mRNA vaccination may depend on prior infection history

Researchers evaluated distinct immune responses to mRNA and vector-based COVID-19 vaccines and natural SARS-CoV-2 infections.

17 Aug 2023

Interactomics-based analysis suggests that rhinitis and rhinitis with asthma are mechanistically different diseases

Researchers used human transcriptomic data to differentiate the molecular mechanisms associated with two phenotypes of allergic rhinitis: rhinitis and rhinitis with asthma.

17 Aug 2023

Can machine learning algorithms identify patients at risk of a delay in starting cancer treatment?

Multi-level machine learning models for estimating the risk of delay between cancer diagnosis and treatment initiation in a large group of cancer patients.

17 Aug 2023

Does depression in caregivers affect the prognosis of Parkinson’s disease patients?

Researchers assessed the relationship between care providers with depressive symptoms and the quality of life, hospital admissions, and emergency department consultations of Parkinson’s disease patients.

17 Aug 2023

Potential of COVID-19 convalescent plasma for future monoclonal antibodies against severe SARS-CoV-2 inflammation

Researchers report that convalescent plasma treatment is most effective in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Aug 2023

Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors associated with increased risk of dementia

Researchers determine whether the current and cumulative use of prescription proton pump inhibitors increases the risk of incident dementia.

17 Aug 2023

Brief nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy in primary care is clinically effective for insomnia disorder, safe, and likely to be cost-effective

Researchers compare the cost-effectiveness and clinical impact of nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy with sleep hygiene for insomnia treatment.

17 Aug 2023

STING gene variant linked to increased risk of severe group A strep infections

Group A streptococci are fairly common bacteria that can cause, among other things, strep throat or impetigo.

17 Aug 2023

Prior vaccinations may help protect against Alzheimer's disease

Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.

16 Aug 2023

Only a small percentage of older adults with early Alzheimer's eligible for new treatments

Only a small percentage of older adults who are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease meet the eligibility criteria to receive new monoclonal antibody treatments, drugs that target amyloid-ß plaques in the brain, an early sign of Alzheimer's disease.

16 Aug 2023

Spanish flu pandemic linked to increase in low birth weight and stillbirth

In the wake of the 1918/1919 "Spanish flu" influenza pandemic, the probability of low birth weight and stillbirth increased among women in Switzerland, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE Kaspar Staub of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues.

16 Aug 2023

Mitochondrial dysfunction may be a contributor to schizophrenia

Researchers at Rutgers and Emory University are gaining insights into how schizophrenia develops by studying the strongest-known genetic risk factor.

16 Aug 2023

$750,000 training program grant awarded to support the Industrial Hygiene Program

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health, awarded a $750,000 training program grant to researchers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to support master's students in the Industrial Hygiene Program.

16 Aug 2023

Study sheds light on how cold temperatures affect appetite

Neuroscientists at Scripps Research have identified brain circuits that make mammals want to eat more when they are exposed to cold temperatures.

16 Aug 2023

Researchers develop new rapid and reliable method for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Commercially available mass spectrometers can reliably detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In the journal "Clinical proteomics" researchers from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) present a new method which employs equipment that is already being used in hospitals and laboratories to detect bacterial and fungal infections.

16 Aug 2023

Some early-stage, low-risk breast cancer patients may not need radiotherapy after surgery

Some women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer may not need radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery according to new research led by McMaster University, BC Cancer, Hamilton Heath Sciences, and the University of British Columbia.

16 Aug 2023

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Study explores the use of collective intelligence to improve medical diagnosis

Has FDA enforcement changed e-cigarette use among the US youth?

Is shift work associated with depression and anxiety, and if so, does lifestyle mediate the associations?

New study offers preliminary estimates of mortality risk by stage in Alzheimer's disease

Study suggests antibodies triggered by COVID-19 mRNA vaccination may depend on prior infection history

Interactomics-based analysis suggests that rhinitis and rhinitis with asthma are mechanistically different diseases

Can machine learning algorithms identify patients at risk of a delay in starting cancer treatment?

Does depression in caregivers affect the prognosis of Parkinson’s disease patients?

Potential of COVID-19 convalescent plasma for future monoclonal antibodies against severe SARS-CoV-2 inflammation

Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors associated with increased risk of dementia

Brief nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy in primary care is clinically effective for insomnia disorder, safe, and likely to be cost-effective

STING gene variant linked to increased risk of severe group A strep infections

Prior vaccinations may help protect against Alzheimer's disease

Only a small percentage of older adults with early Alzheimer's eligible for new treatments

Spanish flu pandemic linked to increase in low birth weight and stillbirth

Mitochondrial dysfunction may be a contributor to schizophrenia

$750,000 training program grant awarded to support the Industrial Hygiene Program

Study sheds light on how cold temperatures affect appetite

Researchers develop new rapid and reliable method for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Some early-stage, low-risk breast cancer patients may not need radiotherapy after surgery

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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