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Standardization or customization: Study offers managerial insights for nursing home chains’ operational strategies

A new study by a University of South Florida researcher found important revelations that could provide chain-operated nursing homes with crucial implications for operational goals and strategic findings that carry over to other service industries.

24 Jun 2022

Study underscores the strong protective effect of flu vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer's disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

24 Jun 2022

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

I've been pregnant five times. I have one child. A son, Sam, who was born on his due date, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, in 1997.

24 Jun 2022

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. From the nearby freeways, most drivers wouldn't recognize it as the location of one of the few clinics in the state that provides abortions.

24 Jun 2022

Social media served as a form of social support during the COVID-19 pandemic

As people around the world are learning to live with a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, in collaboration with Spanish institutions, have learned valuable lessons about the role social media played during pandemic lockdowns.

24 Jun 2022

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Jerisha Morton didn't realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea.

24 Jun 2022

Maternal vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies from being hospitalized due to COVID-19

In a new study sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers provide additional evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies younger than 6 months from being hospitalized due to COVID-19.

24 Jun 2022

Study uncovers cryptic vulnerabilities in RET oncogene that could aid in anti-cancer drug design

RET is a receptor protein with tyrosine kinase activity that can transfer a phosphate group from ATP to other molecules modifying their shape and function in signaling pathways that are essential to organogenesis and tissue maintenance.

24 Jun 2022

Novel app can help doctors make better decisions for patients with leukemia.

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and clinicians at Rigshospitalet have developed an app that can help doctors make better decisions for patients with leukemia.

24 Jun 2022

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Nearly six million older adults have Alzheimer's disease in the United States, a number expected to double by 2050.

24 Jun 2022

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States.

24 Jun 2022

Older adults with untreated sight problems may have higher dementia risk

Older adults with untreated sight conditions may be at increased risk of dementia, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 studies involving 76,373 participants.

24 Jun 2022

CDC continues investigation of meningococcal disease outbreak among gay and bisexual men in Florida

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues its collaboration with the Florida Department of Health to investigate one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history.

24 Jun 2022

New mathematical model can simulate motor learning in humans

Even seemingly simple movements are very complex to perform, and the way we learn how to perform new movements remains unclear.

24 Jun 2022

MD Anderson announces collaborative alliance with Turning Point Therapeutics to advance new treatment options for cancer patients

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc., today announced a strategic research and development alliance to expand the evaluation of two of Turning Point's investigational small molecules focusing on precision medicine targets well known in oncology.

24 Jun 2022

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Standardization or customization: Study offers managerial insights for nursing home chains’ operational strategies

Study underscores the strong protective effect of flu vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

Social media served as a form of social support during the COVID-19 pandemic

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Maternal vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies from being hospitalized due to COVID-19

Study uncovers cryptic vulnerabilities in RET oncogene that could aid in anti-cancer drug design

Novel app can help doctors make better decisions for patients with leukemia.

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

Older adults with untreated sight problems may have higher dementia risk

CDC continues investigation of meningococcal disease outbreak among gay and bisexual men in Florida

New mathematical model can simulate motor learning in humans

MD Anderson announces collaborative alliance with Turning Point Therapeutics to advance new treatment options for cancer patients

New resource-light model can identify many common eye diseases

Scientists identify new genetic disease that delays children's intellectual development

Updated Cochrane Review: No evidence to support the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19 infection

Scientists develop suitable human cell line for anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug screening

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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