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Face blindness may be more common than currently believed

Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between 2 and 2.5 percent of people in the world.

27 Feb 2023

Using AI for early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease

Researchers may be able to predict cardiovascular disease – such as arterial fibrillation and heart failure – in patients by using artificial intelligence (AI) to examine the genes in their DNA, according to a new Rutgers study.

27 Feb 2023

Large cell therapy trial in patients with chronic heart failure shows promising results

Physician-scientists at The Texas Heart Institute announced today the results of the largest cell therapy trial to date in patients with chronic heart failure due to low ejection fraction.

27 Feb 2023

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Nobody likes waiting for services, whether it's a long line at the grocery store or an extra half-hour in a doctor's waiting room.

27 Feb 2023

Study shows connection between trauma and intergenerational substance use among Black women

Government data show that approximately 7.2 million women in the United States have substance use disorders (SUDs) and almost 20 million reported illicit substance use in the past year.

27 Feb 2023

Popular artificial sweetener associated with elevated risk of heart attack and stroke, study shows

New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

27 Feb 2023

Personal use of psychedelics among therapists may be common, study finds

Whether personal use of psychedelics is appropriate among psychedelic therapists, a new study finds that it may be common.

27 Feb 2023

Latest treatments for cardiac emergencies to be revealed at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023

The latest evidence on the treatment of urgent heart problems will be revealed at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

27 Feb 2023

Study: 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption are killed using lead

Three years into a five-year pledge to completely phase out lead shot in UK game hunting, a Cambridge study finds that 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption were killed using lead.

27 Feb 2023

Combining a chemical blocker of immune cell exit with immunotherapy stops skin cancer growth

The number of specialized immune cells available for fighting skin cancer doubled when a new treatment blocked their escape from melanoma tumors, experiments in mice and human cells show.

27 Feb 2023

Researchers explore potential new target for cancer immunotherapy

A new study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, focused on the role of YAP in regulating MHC-I APM expression within tumor cells.

27 Feb 2023

Innate lymphoid cells educate alveolar macrophages following exposure to different viruses

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Liège on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (or ILC2s) shows that the functional reprogramming of these cells following their exposure to viruses allows our body to react differently to exposure to certain respiratory allergens.

27 Feb 2023

Study: Half of adverse pregnancy outcomes occur in individuals without any heart disease risk factors

Many pregnancy complications are associated with future heart disease. Such complications include gestational diabetes, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and related disorders), and together they are referred to as adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs).

27 Feb 2023

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

The story of one patient’s ER experience does not at all capture the complexities of an emergency department serving the needs of a stochastic patient population.

27 Feb 2023

Using sweat to diagnosis disease: soft microfluidic analysis systems assess health status

Researchers explored microfluidic systems with a skin interface in assessing chemical exposure and health status.

27 Feb 2023

Can the gut microbiota and metabolome explain variation in anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination responses in immunosuppressed IBD patients?

Researchers explored the connection between the metabolic function of the gut microbiota, its composition, and immune response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in IBD patients.

27 Feb 2023

The natural history of tau accumulation and the impact of disease stage and reference region on the magnitude and effect size of regional change

Researchers performed serial tau imaging with 18F-MK6240 to detect tau accumulation in cognitively unimpaired beta-amyloid negative Alzheimer’s disease patients as well as those with mild cognitive impairment who were Aβ+ at baseline.

27 Feb 2023

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Face blindness may be more common than currently believed

Using AI for early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease

Large cell therapy trial in patients with chronic heart failure shows promising results

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Study shows connection between trauma and intergenerational substance use among Black women

Popular artificial sweetener associated with elevated risk of heart attack and stroke, study shows

Personal use of psychedelics among therapists may be common, study finds

Latest treatments for cardiac emergencies to be revealed at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023

Study: 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption are killed using lead

Combining a chemical blocker of immune cell exit with immunotherapy stops skin cancer growth

Researchers explore potential new target for cancer immunotherapy

Innate lymphoid cells educate alveolar macrophages following exposure to different viruses

Study: Half of adverse pregnancy outcomes occur in individuals without any heart disease risk factors

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

Using sweat to diagnosis disease: soft microfluidic analysis systems assess health status

Can the gut microbiota and metabolome explain variation in anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination responses in immunosuppressed IBD patients?

The natural history of tau accumulation and the impact of disease stage and reference region on the magnitude and effect size of regional change

Does a negative COVID-19 test before air travel reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission during and after travel?

What is the effect of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight?

Are home-packed lunches nutritionally inferior to in-school lunches?

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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