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Infant’s brain “plastic” enough to reorganize language to the opposite side after perinatal stroke

A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that, for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was 'plastic' enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side while also maintaining its own language abilities as well.

10 Oct 2022

Saliency heat maps may not be yet ready for prime time, study shows

Artificial intelligence models that interpret medical images hold the promise to enhance clinicians' ability to make accurate and timely diagnoses, while also lessening workload by allowing busy physicians to focus on critical cases and delegate rote tasks to AI.

10 Oct 2022

Independent Task Force report outlines a One Health approach to address risk factors for future pandemics

The Independent Task Force on COVID-19 and other Pandemics (www.independentcovidtaskforce.org) announced that their report "Pandemic Origins and a One Health Approach to Preparedness and Prevention: Solutions Based on SARS-CoV-2 and Other RNA Viruses" has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

10 Oct 2022

Individuals with inflammatory breast cancer face a higher risk brain metastases

New research indicates that among individuals with breast cancer, those with a rare subtype called inflammatory breast cancer face a higher risk that their cancer will spread, or metastasize, to the brain.

10 Oct 2022

Four of 10 Americans report misrepresentation and nonadherence regarding COVID-19 public health measures

Four of 10 Americans surveyed report that they were often less than truthful about whether they had COVID-19 and/or didn't comply with many of the disease's preventive measures during the height of the pandemic, according to a new nationwide study led in part by University of Utah Health scientists.

10 Oct 2022

Self-teaching deep learning algorithm can find similar cases in large pathology image repositories

Rare diseases are often difficult to diagnose and predicting the best course of treatment can be challenging for clinicians.

10 Oct 2022

$Certain clusters of conditions associated with poorer health outcomes after fractures in older adults$

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Infant’s brain “plastic” enough to reorganize language to the opposite side after perinatal stroke

Saliency heat maps may not be yet ready for prime time, study shows

Independent Task Force report outlines a One Health approach to address risk factors for future pandemics

Individuals with inflammatory breast cancer face a higher risk brain metastases

Four of 10 Americans report misrepresentation and nonadherence regarding COVID-19 public health measures

Self-teaching deep learning algorithm can find similar cases in large pathology image repositories

Certain clusters of conditions associated with poorer health outcomes after fractures in older adults

New star rating system aims to help make personal health decisions and guide future research

RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors in COVID-19 therapy

What is the impact of pre-COVID vaccination on long COVID?

Brain changes can be studied in very early stages of neurodegenerative diseases

The role of oxidative stress in congenital syndromes

Researchers explore COVID-19 test-and-treat model computation with orally administered antiviral agents

The role of wastewater surveillance for monitoring monkeypox

Zinc could improve the brain defects caused by rare genetic disorder

Metformin reduces risk of severe COVID-19 in diabetic patients

Evaluating graphene field effect biosensor for ultraprecise and simultaneous influenza and SARS-CoV-2 detection

Factors associated with COVID‐19 vaccination hesitancy among French healthcare workers

Men are biologically older than women, study finds

Chronic liver disease in COVID-19 patients

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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