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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': At GOP convention, health policy is mostly MIA

The Republican National Convention highlighted a number of policy issues this week, but health care was not among them.

18 Jul 2024

First-ever successful use of modified double-decker technique for scimitar syndrome in a child

Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital heart disease, involves an anomalous pulmonary venous return where the right pulmonary veins return to the inferior vena cava instead of the left atrium.

18 Jul 2024

Mobile apps and wearables show promise in easing mental health symptoms during therapy wait times

The recent surge in people seeking mental health care across the country has led to long wait times for first appointments with therapists and psychiatrists.

18 Jul 2024

New drugs show promise in shrinking breast cancer brain metastases

Researchers from Drexel's College of Medicine have identified new drugs that show early success in shrinking breast cancer tumors that have metastasized in the brain.

18 Jul 2024

Unhealthy sleep patterns associated with Type 2 diabetes risk in racially and economically diverse adults

Persistently unhealthy sleep, either not enough or too much, is associated with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in a racially and economically diverse adult population, an international team of researchers has reported.

18 Jul 2024

Exploring the impact of eating timing on health and metabolism

Accumulating evidence on the effect of the time of eating in relation to our circadian rhythm and metabolism shows that when we eat may influence our overall health and well-being.

18 Jul 2024

Ovarian reserve unchanged by hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease, study reveals

In female patients living with sickle cell disease (SCD), hydroxyurea had no effect on ovarian reserve, suggesting that fertility preservation measures prior to treatment may be unnecessary, according to a study published in Blood Advances.

18 Jul 2024

Study uncovers how OTX2 drives aggressive childhood brain cancer

In a report published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the University of Manitoba and collaborating institutions revealed an unexpected way in which the protein OTX2 drives the progression of medulloblastoma – the most common aggressive childhood brain cancer.

18 Jul 2024

Autoantibodies against type 1 interferons linked to higher susceptibility to viral disease

A new study shows that about two percent of the population develop autoantibodies against type 1 interferons, mostly later in life.

18 Jul 2024

Improving medication adherence beats resistance testing for better HIV outcomes in African youth

Globally, around 2.6 million children and adolescents are currently living with HIV, the majority of them in Africa.

18 Jul 2024

Blocking IL-11 protein extends lifespan and health in mice by 25%, study shows

Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%.

18 Jul 2024

New study links cellular health to well-being of dementia caregivers

It's no secret that the caregivers of spouses with memory impairment face enormous amounts of stress.

18 Jul 2024

Feline gut microbes shed light on obesity treatment for humans

Pet cats may be excellent animal models for the study of obesity origins and treatment in humans, a new study of feline gut microbes suggests – and both species would likely get healthier in the research process, scientists say.

18 Jul 2024

New four-year initiative targets cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

About 1 in 3 U.S. adults have at least three risk factors for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a health disorder related to the strong connections among cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and metabolic disease (such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity).

18 Jul 2024

Type 1 diabetes in children linked to increased risk of mental health problems

Children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are at significantly higher risk of a number of mental health issues, including mood and anxiety disorders, a study from a team in the UK and the Czech Republic has found.

18 Jul 2024

Western diets linked to increased risk of IBD and colorectal cancer

Western diets pose a greater risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer, according to a milestone review of what people eat around the world.

18 Jul 2024

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

The association between pre-diagnosis tea and coffee consumption and survival rates in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

18 Jul 2024

$Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia$

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a so-called blood cancer, has an extremely poor prognosis because of resistance to anti-cancer drugs and frailty of the patient's organ functions.

18 Jul 2024

Stratifying TAVI candidates with degenerative MR: Prognostic considerations

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as the primary treatment strategy for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) in the older population (>75 years of age) with high-risk surgical profiles.

18 Jul 2024

Understanding astrocyte-neuron interplay in learning deficits

In the brain, synaptic plasticity - the ability to change neuronal connections over time - is fundamental to learning and memory.

18 Jul 2024

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': At GOP convention, health policy is mostly MIA

First-ever successful use of modified double-decker technique for scimitar syndrome in a child

Mobile apps and wearables show promise in easing mental health symptoms during therapy wait times

New drugs show promise in shrinking breast cancer brain metastases

Unhealthy sleep patterns associated with Type 2 diabetes risk in racially and economically diverse adults

Exploring the impact of eating timing on health and metabolism

Ovarian reserve unchanged by hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease, study reveals

Study uncovers how OTX2 drives aggressive childhood brain cancer

Autoantibodies against type 1 interferons linked to higher susceptibility to viral disease

Improving medication adherence beats resistance testing for better HIV outcomes in African youth

Blocking IL-11 protein extends lifespan and health in mice by 25%, study shows

New study links cellular health to well-being of dementia caregivers

Feline gut microbes shed light on obesity treatment for humans

New four-year initiative targets cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome

Type 1 diabetes in children linked to increased risk of mental health problems

Western diets linked to increased risk of IBD and colorectal cancer

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Stratifying TAVI candidates with degenerative MR: Prognostic considerations

Understanding astrocyte-neuron interplay in learning deficits

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