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Avoiding expensive colleges can lead to bigger financial problems in the long run, study suggests

Choosing more expensive colleges may seem like an unwise financial decision considering a large student debt burden after graduation. However, new research led by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business demonstrates that avoiding such colleges can lead to bigger financial problems in the long run.

10 Nov 2021

Study tracks risk and protective behaviors related to transmission of HIV/AIDS in young adults

A number of behaviors in younger adults that increase risk for the transmission of HIV/AIDS have declined or changed between 2010 and 2020, according to the national Monitoring the Future study.

10 Nov 2021

Researchers develop a new approach for personalized robotic exosuit assistance

People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park.

10 Nov 2021

New insights on how future face masks may work

Building better air filters could help head off the next pandemic. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, scientists will present the latest results on how future face masks may work, what happens when masks get wet, and why improper mask usage can sometimes be worse than no mask at all.

10 Nov 2021

Researchers develop AI technology to generate CT images based on MRI

Transcranial focused ultrasound can be used to treat degenerative movement disorders, intractable pain, and mental disorders by delivering ultrasound energy to a specific area of the brain without opening the skull.

10 Nov 2021

Study reveals ways to debunk highly prevalent health misinformation

The current pandemic shows how quickly health misinformation can spread. However, there are tools to debunk misinformation as demonstrated by a new study on health communication strategies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal BMJ Global Health.

10 Nov 2021

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy results in longer treatment-free survival for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received the checkpoint inhibitor combination nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) experienced longer treatment-free survival (TFS) over a 42-month period than patients who received the targeted therapy sunitinib (Sutent), regardless of the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) risk group, according to new analysis of the CheckMate-214 clinical trial.

10 Nov 2021

Minority neighborhoods in New York experienced a greater improvement in air quality during lockdown

Minority neighborhoods in rural New York experienced a disproportionately greater improvement in air quality compared to other neighborhoods, according to new research conducted at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

10 Nov 2021

Study finds high rates of asphyxia-associated neonatal mortality in poorer parts of São Paulo state

Researchers who analyzed data for São Paulo state, Brazil, found the highest rates of newborn mortality from asphyxia in cities in the south, southeast and north of the state between 2004 and 2013.

10 Nov 2021

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 remdesivir resistance in an immunocompromised patient

A research group from the US (led by experts from Yale University School of Medicine) recently presented a case of an immunocompromised female patient with acquired deficiency of B lymphocytes who subsequently developed a protracted course of the infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

10 Nov 2021

ACTG announces launch of clinical trial evaluating a three-month TB treatment

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest global HIV research network, today announced the launch of A5362 (CLO-FAST), a clinical trial studying a three-month clofazimine- and high-dose rifapentine-containing treatment regimen for people with drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB).

10 Nov 2021

COVID-19 lockdown measures profoundly disrupted work-family balance

Around the world increasing mental health inequalities between women and men following the COVID-19 pandemic represent a major public health concern.

10 Nov 2021

Researchers discover mechanisms underlying the unwanted side effects of drugs

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how drugs can affect various membrane-spanning proteins in addition to their intended target, potentially causing unwanted side effects.

10 Nov 2021

AI could help improve the management of mechanical ventilation therapy

Artificial intelligence could be used in future to help guide when to use mechanical ventilation and the likelihood of complications in ventilation of patients. This is according to the first systematic review of studies in this area, led by clinicians at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

10 Nov 2021

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 immune escape variants in an immunocompromised patient

A German case study recently published in the journal Nature Communications has characterized a long-term severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection dynamics in an immunosuppressed kidney transplant recipient and provided evidence for the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 into potentially harmful immune escape mutants during persistent infections.

10 Nov 2021

Children are more tolerant of a parent performing the nose swabbing technique, study suggests

Nose swab samples collected by parents are as good as those collected by nurses at detecting respiratory infections in children, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum today [10 November].

10 Nov 2021

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Avoiding expensive colleges can lead to bigger financial problems in the long run, study suggests

Study tracks risk and protective behaviors related to transmission of HIV/AIDS in young adults

Researchers develop a new approach for personalized robotic exosuit assistance

New insights on how future face masks may work

Researchers develop AI technology to generate CT images based on MRI

Study reveals ways to debunk highly prevalent health misinformation

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy results in longer treatment-free survival for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Minority neighborhoods in New York experienced a greater improvement in air quality during lockdown

Study finds high rates of asphyxia-associated neonatal mortality in poorer parts of São Paulo state

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 remdesivir resistance in an immunocompromised patient

ACTG announces launch of clinical trial evaluating a three-month TB treatment

COVID-19 lockdown measures profoundly disrupted work-family balance

Researchers discover mechanisms underlying the unwanted side effects of drugs

AI could help improve the management of mechanical ventilation therapy

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 immune escape variants in an immunocompromised patient

Children are more tolerant of a parent performing the nose swabbing technique, study suggests

New biomarkers could help determine synaptic damage and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's

Risk of severe COVID-19 is rare among fully vaccinated individuals in England

Researchers uncover new genetic link to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

New method of stem cell transplantation may eliminate the need for radiation or chemotherapy

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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