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Computer vision tool effectively distinguishes rheumatoid arthritis from osteoarthritis in joint tissue

A new study led by Hospital for Special Surgery investigators in New York City has found that their computer vision tool effectively distinguishes rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from osteoarthritis (OA) in joint tissue taken from patients who underwent total knee replacement (TKR).

3 Jun 2022

Study shows significant changes in sleep timing and screen use among children during the pandemic

A new study to be presented at SLEEP 2022 shows significant changes in sleep timing and screen use among America's children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Jun 2022

Understanding how wisdom, resiliency and mastery work together to improve a person’s well-being later in life

It's not just wisdom that gives some people a sense of well-being as they age.

3 Jun 2022

Epidemiology and the public health response of monkeypox

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease, i.e. it can be transmitted between animals and humans via direct or indirect contacts.

3 Jun 2022

Peer-led, family-centered preventive intervention promotes mental health among Bhutanese immigrants in the U.S.

After years of working with Bhutanese community members in Western Massachusetts, a team led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher has developed a peer-led, family-centered preventive intervention to reduce stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms and promote mental health among immigrants in the U.S.

3 Jun 2022

Researchers analyze autopsy findings and comorbidities associated with death caused by COVID-19

Men aged between 60 and 77 with Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD) –acute lung injury– in proliferative phase.

3 Jun 2022

Ibrutinib plus chemoimmunotherapy prolonged progression-free survival in previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma patients

Combination chemoimmunotherapy with the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib demonstrated improved progression-free survival over standard chemoimmunotherapy for previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) in patients 65 and over, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported today at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

3 Jun 2022

New method to combat malaria turns the disease against itself

A new method to combat malaria which sees the disease turn against itself could offer an effective treatment for the hundreds of millions of people infected globally each year, as the efficacy of current antimalarial drugs weakens.

3 Jun 2022

Differences in behavior among people with ASD are closely related to variations in brain anatomy

Differences in behavior among people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are closely related to differences in neuroanatomy – the shape of a brain – a team of Boston College neuroscientists report today in the journal Science.

3 Jun 2022

Diabetes drug's target protein can be a candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and published in Neurology reports.

3 Jun 2022

Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection during periods with different dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study found that despite a lower COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against reinfection with the Omicron variant, these vaccines demonstrate a marked efficacy against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants, as well as the Omicron variant.

3 Jun 2022

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The effect of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine on human semen

Scientists from Italy have recently analyzed the effect of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine on the semen quality of adult men.

3 Jun 2022

Use of RAAS inhibitors reduced aneurysm rupture risk by 18%, finds study

A multi-center study of more than 3,000 people with high blood pressure and brain aneurysms found that the use of RAAS inhibitors, a class of blood pressure lowering medications, reduced the risk of an aneurysm rupture by 18%, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

3 Jun 2022

Study finds socio-economic disparities in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

A study conducted by Assistant Professor KYAN Akira (Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment) and Professor TAKAKURA Minoru (Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus) has identified socio-economic disparities in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Jun 2022

Women are seldom informed about contraceptive failure following common anesthetic use

Women undergoing operations are not being routinely informed that a common anesthetics may make their contraception less effective, putting them at risk of an unplanned pregnancy, new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests.

3 Jun 2022

Preoperative BMI and weight play a key role in bariatric surgery outcomes

New research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests that preoperative body mass index (BMI) and weight play an important role in outcomes following bariatric (obesity) surgery.

3 Jun 2022

Study finds holocaust survivors may be at lower risk of developing post-operative delirium

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium, Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests.

3 Jun 2022

New smartphone app helps identify severe jaundice in newborn babies

A smartphone app that identifies severe jaundice in newborn babies by scanning their eyes could be a life-saver in areas that lack access to expensive screening devices, suggests a study co-authored by researchers at UCL (University College London) and the University of Ghana.

3 Jun 2022

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

Mount Sinai researchers have validated for the first time that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumor biopsy procedure.

3 Jun 2022

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Computer vision tool effectively distinguishes rheumatoid arthritis from osteoarthritis in joint tissue

Study shows significant changes in sleep timing and screen use among children during the pandemic

Understanding how wisdom, resiliency and mastery work together to improve a person’s well-being later in life

Epidemiology and the public health response of monkeypox

Peer-led, family-centered preventive intervention promotes mental health among Bhutanese immigrants in the U.S.

Researchers analyze autopsy findings and comorbidities associated with death caused by COVID-19

Ibrutinib plus chemoimmunotherapy prolonged progression-free survival in previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma patients

New method to combat malaria turns the disease against itself

Differences in behavior among people with ASD are closely related to variations in brain anatomy

Diabetes drug's target protein can be a candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection during periods with different dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants

Easily Acquire Expert-Quality Images with the APEXVIEW™ APX100 All-in-One Microscope

The effect of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine on human semen

Use of RAAS inhibitors reduced aneurysm rupture risk by 18%, finds study

Study finds socio-economic disparities in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Women are seldom informed about contraceptive failure following common anesthetic use

Preoperative BMI and weight play a key role in bariatric surgery outcomes

Study finds holocaust survivors may be at lower risk of developing post-operative delirium

New smartphone app helps identify severe jaundice in newborn babies

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

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