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Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

The Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act resulted in a 19% annual increase in Medicaid-insured cancer patients participating in publicly funded clinical trials, according to researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center and Columbia University.

18 Aug 2023

Gut microbiome may play a role in DNA methylation during weight loss

"Should I be taking a probiotic?" is a question that Maggie Stanislawski, PhD, assistant professor in the University of Colorado Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), gets asked often.

18 Aug 2023

Scientists urge vaccination funding as Ghana and Nigeria grapple with anthrax outbreaks

As Ghana and Nigeria grapple with outbreaks of anthrax, scientists say governments must prioritize funds for vaccination to prevent a re-emergence of the disease across West Africa.

18 Aug 2023

New artificial DNA structures can target and destroy cancer cells

A new study highlights the potential of artificial DNA structures that, when fitted with antibodies, instruct the immune system to specifically target cancerous cells.

18 Aug 2023

DDNS technique could reduce the time to detect polio, study shows

A new study, 'Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study', published today (17 August 2023) in Nature Microbiology, proves that using DDNS to detect polio outbreaks can save public health authorities crucial time and money.

18 Aug 2023

A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

America's pharmaceutical giants are suing this summer to block the federal government's first effort at drug price regulation.

18 Aug 2023

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip.

18 Aug 2023

The association between diet pattern and depressive and anxiety symptoms

The associations between dietary patterns and depression or anxiety symptoms.

18 Aug 2023

Can your screen time affect your bowel movements?

The causal relationship between leisure screen time and irritable bowel syndrome.

18 Aug 2023

Host viral burden increases with age, is reduced by vaccination, and is influenced by vaccination status and viral variant interplay

The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants on host viral burden.

18 Aug 2023

What are the differences in risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes based on the level of pre-pregnancy specialist mental health care?

The evidence on the effects of maternal mental health illnesses on increased risk of adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes.

18 Aug 2023

COVID-19 misinformation spread on social media by US physicians

The harm caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) misinformation.

18 Aug 2023

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

Researchers performed an open-label phase I trial.

18 Aug 2023

Kent Company, Bedfont® Scientific Ltd, reveals New Well-being Garden, Nurturing Employee Wellness and Biodiversity

Bedfont® proudly announces the successful transformation of unused space into a Wellbeing Garden.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 18 Aug 2023

Predicting risk of cardiovascular events with Life's Essential 8 scores

Researchers determine the relationship between LE8 scores and cardiovascular disease, subtype CVD events, and all-cause mortality.

18 Aug 2023

Regulation of cytotoxic T-cell differentiation and exhaustion by mTOR signaling

Researchers describe molecular signalling regulated by mTOR among memory and exhausted cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocytes.

18 Aug 2023

New study untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19

Smell loss became the cardinal symptom of COVID-19 early in the pandemic and has ignited research on how smell and taste function. An international study led by the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR) and the Monell Chemical Senses Center has untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19, demonstrating in a large and diverse group of more than 10,000 people that taste, independent of smell, is also greatly impacted by COVID. The team recently published their findings in Chemical Senses.

18 Aug 2023

Immune cells present in people months before influenza infection, finds study

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists, in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) Limited, found that immune cells present in people months before influenza (flu) infection could more accurately predict if an individual would develop symptoms than current methods which primarily rely on antibody levels.

18 Aug 2023

New findings could develop effective vaccines or treatments for chikungunya fever

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that the virus responsible for chikungunya fever can spread directly from cell to cell - perhaps solving the longstanding mystery of how the virus, now emerging as a major health threat, can manage to escape antibodies circulating in the bloodstream.

18 Aug 2023

Study evaluates two multiplex real-time PCR assays for simultaneous detection of MPVX

This study proposes and evaluates two multiplex real-time PCR assays for simultaneous detection and differentiation of monkeypox virus (MPXV) with high specificity and sensitivity.

18 Aug 2023

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Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

Gut microbiome may play a role in DNA methylation during weight loss

Scientists urge vaccination funding as Ghana and Nigeria grapple with anthrax outbreaks

New artificial DNA structures can target and destroy cancer cells

DDNS technique could reduce the time to detect polio, study shows

A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

The association between diet pattern and depressive and anxiety symptoms

Can your screen time affect your bowel movements?

Host viral burden increases with age, is reduced by vaccination, and is influenced by vaccination status and viral variant interplay

What are the differences in risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes based on the level of pre-pregnancy specialist mental health care?

COVID-19 misinformation spread on social media by US physicians

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

Kent Company, Bedfont® Scientific Ltd, reveals New Well-being Garden, Nurturing Employee Wellness and Biodiversity

Predicting risk of cardiovascular events with Life's Essential 8 scores

Regulation of cytotoxic T-cell differentiation and exhaustion by mTOR signaling

New study untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19

Immune cells present in people months before influenza infection, finds study

New findings could develop effective vaccines or treatments for chikungunya fever

Study evaluates two multiplex real-time PCR assays for simultaneous detection of MPVX

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

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

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