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Researchers develop a genetic patch to prevent hereditary deafness

They can hear well up to about forty years old, but then suddenly deafness strikes people with DFNA9. The cells of the inner ear can no longer reverse the damage caused by a genetic defect in their DNA.

2 Mar 2021

Survey: Dentists find an increase in patients experiencing stress-related dental conditions

More than 70 percent of dentists surveyed by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute are seeing an increase of patients experiencing teeth grinding and clenching, conditions often associated with stress.

2 Mar 2021

FAIR Health study highlights the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric mental health

In March and April 2020, mental health claim lines for individuals aged 13-18, as a percentage of all medical claim lines, approximately doubled over the same months in the previous year.

2 Mar 2021

New drug could prevent Alzheimer's by modulating key enzyme involved in amyloid plaque formation

Amyloid plaques are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) -- clumps of misfolded proteins that accumulate in the brain, disrupting and killing neurons and resulting in the progressive cognitive impairment that is characteristic of the widespread neurological disorder.

2 Mar 2021

Cincinnati Children's scientists receive grant to advance research on air pollution and mental health

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's just received a 5-year grant totaling $5.3 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to advance research into the relationship between air pollution and mental health in children and adolescents.

2 Mar 2021

Regular screening and early intervention needed to prevent pediatric diabetes

Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, is increasingly causing health complications among American youth.

2 Mar 2021

Readers and tweeters dispense timely advice for difficult times

Your body’s immune system has produced antibodies that will kill a few thousand kinds of germs and virus. Since you are alive, the chances are quite high you will survive its producing another. Here is how the system works.

2 Mar 2021

New poll spotlights a major gap in testing for hearing loss in older adults

Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn't asked about their hearing in the past two years, and nearly as many - 77% -- haven't had their hearing checked by a professional in that same time, according to a new national poll report.

2 Mar 2021

Novel dual-targeting drug could become a next-generation treatment for EBV-related cancers

A Hong Kong Baptist University-led research team has developed a novel drug which has the potential to become a next-generation treatment for cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

2 Mar 2021

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Revisiting insulin: How the medicine got so expensive

We're re-releasing a story we first reported in 2019, about how insulin got to be so expensive. And this 2021 update includes a check-in with people working to make the potentially lifesaving medicine more available.

2 Mar 2021

Beijing’s SARS lockdown taught my children resilience. Your Covid kids will likely be fine.

Many parents are filled with angst as they prepare for their children to exit a year of pandemic isolation: Will it be OK to send them to school, per the recent recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? Will school feel like school if students are masked and can't trade snacks? Will children's development be impaired by nearly a year of seeing few friends?

2 Mar 2021

Could small synthetic antigen proteins be diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers have developed small proteins from sequences in SARS-CoV-2's RBD that bind to ACE2. These were as effective in binding to neutralizing antibodies as larger RBD proteins.

2 Mar 2021

Evonik partners with BioNTech to manufacture lipids for COVID-19 vaccine

Caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread across the globe.

From Evonik 2 Mar 2021

States aim to chip away at abortion rights with Supreme Court in mind

When Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway introduced a bill in the Montana House two years ago that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the Republican legislator knew it was unlikely to survive the veto pen of the Democratic governor.

2 Mar 2021

Ethnic minorities have less access to COVID-19 vaccines, finds study

A new study discusses the results of a survey including well over 1.3 million participants in the UK and the USA. During the initial part of the vaccination campaign – that is, the phase including February 1, 2021 – the researchers found significantly more hesitancy towards the vaccine among Black, Asian, and Hispanic communities, as well as greater difficulty in accessing vaccines among them.

2 Mar 2021

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Researchers develop a genetic patch to prevent hereditary deafness

Survey: Dentists find an increase in patients experiencing stress-related dental conditions

FAIR Health study highlights the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric mental health

New drug could prevent Alzheimer's by modulating key enzyme involved in amyloid plaque formation

Cincinnati Children's scientists receive grant to advance research on air pollution and mental health

Regular screening and early intervention needed to prevent pediatric diabetes

Readers and tweeters dispense timely advice for difficult times

New poll spotlights a major gap in testing for hearing loss in older adults

Novel dual-targeting drug could become a next-generation treatment for EBV-related cancers

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Revisiting insulin: How the medicine got so expensive

Beijing’s SARS lockdown taught my children resilience. Your Covid kids will likely be fine.

Could small synthetic antigen proteins be diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2?

Evonik partners with BioNTech to manufacture lipids for COVID-19 vaccine

States aim to chip away at abortion rights with Supreme Court in mind

Ethnic minorities have less access to COVID-19 vaccines, finds study

Study provides detailed insight into neural mechanisms underlying placebo effects

SARS-CoV-2 UK variant shows low virulence and high shedding in hamster model

New technology may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for breast cancer and other diseases

Sorting out how politics, policies figure in flap over New York nursing home Covid death rates

Successful SARS-CoV-2 vaccination hinges on non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccine deployment strategies

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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