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The rate of older Californians dying of malnutrition has accelerated

A growing number of California's oldest residents are dying of malnutrition, a yearslong trend that accelerated during the covid pandemic.

13 Apr 2023

The drug company that prospered without creating any drugs

The new drug looked so promising — except for that one warning sign.

13 Apr 2023

Early-life gut microbial dysbiosis exacerbates colitis

A recent Research journal study investigated the role of microbiota linked to the anaerobic plasmalogen biosynthetic pathway in establishing intestinal homeostasis. The study hypothesized that the presence of pls [PlsA/R]-positive bacterial species and plasmalogen bestow valuable intestine homeostasis in early life.

13 Apr 2023

Study finds alterations in brain connectivity among young adult cannabis users

A recent Scientific Reports study has investigated the alterations in brain functional and structural connectivity in cannabis users and compared the results with healthy controls. The changes in the rich club organization in cannabis users were also studied using graph theoretical metrics.

12 Apr 2023

Thousands of unique arboviruses and flaviviruses identified from samples collected between 1954-2018

A recent article identifies the encephalitogenic viruses registered in Brazil over the past six decades.

12 Apr 2023

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduces risk of post-COVID syndrome in non-hospitalized vaccinated patients

Researchers assess the effect of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir on the occurrence of long COVID.

12 Apr 2023

The virological characteristics of XBB.1.16

Researchers perform extensive multiscale investigations to explore virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB subvariant, XBB.1.16.

12 Apr 2023

Pediatric invasive group A Streptococcal infections on the rise during respiratory virus outbreak

Researchers assess the incidence of invasive Group A streptococcal infections among children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 Apr 2023

How iron and DHA levels in U.S. infant formulas differ from EU standards

Researchers also compare the content of docosahexaenoic acid and iron in U.S. formulas to that recommended by international food regulatory authorities.

12 Apr 2023

Easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves can automatically reduce tremors

Doctors at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital have developed lightweight and easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves that can automatically reduce tremors, allowing Parkinson's Disease patients to enjoy social life and reducing side effects from medication and risk from brain surgery.

12 Apr 2023

Study examines whether the language spoken by people affects stroke outcomes

Studies have shown that Mexican Americans have worse outcomes after a stroke than non-Hispanic white Americans. A new study looks at whether the language Mexican American people speak is linked to how well they recover after a stroke.

12 Apr 2023

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients' risk of blood cancer.

12 Apr 2023

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

There were more than 100,000 reported deaths from opioid overdoses in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

12 Apr 2023

Simple blood test will help neurologists to make a definitive and rapid diagnosis of ALS

ALS is a rare paralytic neurological disease that can impact people in the prime of life. Delays in receiving a definitive diagnosis can be devastating for patients who typically survive only 2–5 years post-diagnosis.

12 Apr 2023

COVID-19 pandemic caused significant variations in cancer reporting

New research from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) outlines significant ways that the COVID-19 pandemic destabilized usual patterns of cancer care as reported in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), one of the largest cancer registries in the world used by thousands of hospitals and centers around the country to inform and improve the quality of cancer care.

12 Apr 2023

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

A machine learning model can effectively predict a patient's risk for a sleep disorder using demographic and lifestyle data, physical exam results and laboratory values, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Samuel Y. Huang of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and Alexander A. Huang of Northwestern Feinberg University School of Medicine, US.

12 Apr 2023

Dopamine may play key role in why exercise feels "easy" to some people and exhausting to others

Dopamine, a brain chemical long associated with pleasure, motivation and reward-seeking, also appears to play an important role in why exercise and other physical efforts feel "easy" to some people and exhausting to others, according to results of a study of people with Parkinson's disease led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. Parkinson's disease is marked by a loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain over time.

12 Apr 2023

New approach identifies significant molecular changes linked to pediatric bipolar disorder

It's extremely difficult to study the biological basis of psychiatric disorders, in part because researchers can't easily collect brain cells from living people to study in the laboratory. Now, University of Utah Health scientists have developed a way around that.

12 Apr 2023

Male alcohol consumption before conception causes facial growth defects in offspring

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects in their unborn child.

12 Apr 2023

New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a lethal pediatric brain cancer that often kills within a year of diagnosis. Surgery is almost impossible because of the tumors' location.

12 Apr 2023

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The rate of older Californians dying of malnutrition has accelerated

The drug company that prospered without creating any drugs

Early-life gut microbial dysbiosis exacerbates colitis

Study finds alterations in brain connectivity among young adult cannabis users

Thousands of unique arboviruses and flaviviruses identified from samples collected between 1954-2018

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduces risk of post-COVID syndrome in non-hospitalized vaccinated patients

The virological characteristics of XBB.1.16

Pediatric invasive group A Streptococcal infections on the rise during respiratory virus outbreak

How iron and DHA levels in U.S. infant formulas differ from EU standards

Easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves can automatically reduce tremors

Study examines whether the language spoken by people affects stroke outcomes

Researchers discover important drug target for preventing blood cancer

Placebo in addition to methadone shown to be feasible treatment for opioid use disorder

Simple blood test will help neurologists to make a definitive and rapid diagnosis of ALS

COVID-19 pandemic caused significant variations in cancer reporting

Machine learning methods may be effective in screening patients for sleep disorder risk

Dopamine may play key role in why exercise feels "easy" to some people and exhausting to others

New approach identifies significant molecular changes linked to pediatric bipolar disorder

Male alcohol consumption before conception causes facial growth defects in offspring

New potential therapeutic developed for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma using ASO technology

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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