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NIH grant supports advancement in cognitive screening after devastating type of stroke

The Associate Dean of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing has received a two-year, $421,188 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve cognitive screening in people who suffer from a devastating type of stroke called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).

15 Jul 2024

Genetic marker predicts gabapentin response in chronic pelvic pain

Women who carry a particular form of a pain gene are more likely to respond well to a common medication used to treat long-term discomfort, research shows.

15 Jul 2024

Study reveals altered neural signature in patients with depression

As parents, teachers and pet owners can attest, rewards play a huge role in shaping behaviors in humans and animals.

15 Jul 2024

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

With the award for up to $27 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a collaborative research project at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will advance a disease-agnostic novel RNA therapeutic with the potential to treat diverse diseases, and to be effectively and rapidly deployable.

15 Jul 2024

Mechanism behind propofol-induced unconsciousness revealed

There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT neuroscientists have now answered that question for one commonly used anesthesia drug.

15 Jul 2024

Unveiling the zoonotic web: Understanding complex interactions involved in zoonoses

Researchers from the Complexity Science Hub and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna have dissected the complex interactions involved in zoonoses, which affect worldwide over two billion people annually.

15 Jul 2024

Consumer wearable devices provide clinical information similar to hospital assessment of heart disease

Monitoring of heart rate and physical activity using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for comparing the response to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

15 Jul 2024

Drastic caloric restriction by athletes diminishes performance and compromises the immune system

Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes.

15 Jul 2024

5 cases of bird flu reported in Colorado poultry workers, doubling this year’s US tally

Five people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Colorado public health department reported July 14. This brings the known number of U.S. cases to nine.

15 Jul 2024

Adolescent boys may respond aggressively when masculinity is under threat

It's been long established that certain men become aggressive when they see their manhood as being threatened.

15 Jul 2024

Unraveling the role of liquid-liquid phase separation in neurodegenerative diseases

Liquid-liquid phase separation is not a precursor to formation of amyloid fibrils, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease, shows study.

15 Jul 2024

Precise brain imaging method reveals origins of creativity

Have you ever had the solution for a tough problem suddenly hit you when you're thinking about something entirely different? Creative thought is a hallmark of humanity, but it's an ephemeral, almost paradoxical ability, striking unexpectedly when it's not sought out.

15 Jul 2024

Long-term, 30-year CVD risk may help inform therapy for stage 1 hypertension

A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) suggests that the long-term, 30-year risk should be considered in addition to the short-term, 10-year risk to help inform when to begin medication therapy for stage 1 hypertension, or high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

15 Jul 2024

Out-of-pocket costs from diagnostic testing after prostate cancer screening are common and rising

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening aims to identify men who may harbor potentially lethal prostate cancer, and those with high PSA results often require more extensive (and expensive) diagnostic testing to establish a diagnosis.

15 Jul 2024

Survey: Most Americans believe it's normal for women to experience pain and incontinence post-childbirth

A new national survey by the Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute finds most Americans believe it's normal for women to experience pain, pressure and incontinence after having children.

15 Jul 2024

New research aims to help lessen the risk of opioid misuse and overdose

New research aims to help reduce the quantity of unused prescription opioids after emergency department visits and lessen the risk of opioid misuse and overdose.

15 Jul 2024

Mogrify appoints Dr. Jonathan Appleby as Chief Scientific Officer

Strategic hire bolsters executive leadership team as Company progresses multiple therapeutic programs toward and into clinical development.

From Mogrify 15 Jul 2024

Global childhood immunization coverage: Stalled progress and growing gaps

Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

15 Jul 2024

COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows

In a study recently published in the renowned journal "Allergy", a MedUni Vienna research team shows that COVID-19 leads to considerable long-term changes in the immune system, even in mild cases.

15 Jul 2024

California health care pioneer goes national, girds for partisan skirmishes

When then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for nearly all Californians to buy health insurance or face a penalty, Anthony Wright slammed the 2007 proposal as "unwarranted, unworkable, and unwise" — one that would punish those who could least afford coverage.

15 Jul 2024

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NIH grant supports advancement in cognitive screening after devastating type of stroke

Genetic marker predicts gabapentin response in chronic pelvic pain

Study reveals altered neural signature in patients with depression

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

Mechanism behind propofol-induced unconsciousness revealed

Unveiling the zoonotic web: Understanding complex interactions involved in zoonoses

Consumer wearable devices provide clinical information similar to hospital assessment of heart disease

Drastic caloric restriction by athletes diminishes performance and compromises the immune system

5 cases of bird flu reported in Colorado poultry workers, doubling this year’s US tally

Adolescent boys may respond aggressively when masculinity is under threat

Unraveling the role of liquid-liquid phase separation in neurodegenerative diseases

Precise brain imaging method reveals origins of creativity

Long-term, 30-year CVD risk may help inform therapy for stage 1 hypertension

Out-of-pocket costs from diagnostic testing after prostate cancer screening are common and rising

Survey: Most Americans believe it's normal for women to experience pain and incontinence post-childbirth

New research aims to help lessen the risk of opioid misuse and overdose

Mogrify appoints Dr. Jonathan Appleby as Chief Scientific Officer

Global childhood immunization coverage: Stalled progress and growing gaps

COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows

California health care pioneer goes national, girds for partisan skirmishes

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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