The first year of the COVID pandemic saw significant increases in drug overdose deaths across the U.S., with rates higher than recent trends could have predicted.
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Changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease are associated with shortening of the telomeres—the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that shorten as cells age—according to a new study led by Anya Topiwala ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Around 18% of the UK general population may have misophonia, decreased tolerance to certain sounds, according to a study published March 22, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Silia Vitoratou from King's College ...
Mar 22, 2023
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There is a relative increase of 20% to 30% in breast cancer risk associated with both combined and progestogen-only contraceptives, whatever the mode of delivery, though with five years of use, the 15-year absolute excess ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Decline in the hypothalamic Menin may play a key role in aging, according to a new study publishing March 16th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Lige Leng of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, and colleagues. The ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Pneumococcal disease leads to over three million hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. A study publishing March 16th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Carlos J. Orihuela at the University ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium report abnormalities in functional neural networks of dogs diagnosed with anxiety. Led by Yangfeng Xu (Ghent Experimental Psychiatry Lab, GHEP; ORSAMI), and Emma Christiaen (Medical ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Sleep quality is much more significantly linked to quality of life over time than sleep duration or "social jetlag," according to a study published March 15, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michaela Kudrnáčová ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Shinsuke Suzuki at The University of Melbourne, Australia reports distinct patterns of reward-seeking behavior between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and problem gambling, in a study publishing in the open access journal ...
Mar 14, 2023
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A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus—strep B—would save millions in health care costs by reducing death and disability, but without tiered pricing, equitable access would likely not be achieved. ...
Mar 14, 2023
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