Psychology & Psychiatry
Why teens with autism struggle with non-verbal cues
A new study reveals that difficulties in adapting to changes in speech patterns may affect how adolescents with autism understand tone and meaning.
Sep 16, 2024
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Genetics
Researchers develop new approach to document genetic ancestry
University of Glasgow researchers have helped to develop a new method for understanding the relationships between different DNA sequences and where they come from.
Sep 16, 2024
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Pediatrics
New insight into the effects of proton-pump inhibitors in children
Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are frequently prescribed to suppress stomach acid in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Prescribing rates of PPIs in children have risen more than 500% in the past two decades, ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Medical economics
Telemedicine improved doctors' quality of patient care during COVID, new research shows
We all remember when the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 upended the comfort of our daily routines. Businesses were forced to adapt to limited ways of engaging with customers, with varied levels of success.
Sep 16, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
A new way to reprogram immune cells and direct them toward anti-tumor immunity
A collaboration between four MIT groups, led by principal investigators Laura L. Kiessling, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Alex K. Shalek, and Darrell J. Irvine, in conjunction with a group at Georgia Tech led by M.G. Finn, has revealed ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Health
Beware of toxic TikTok #fitspo videos, say researchers
As the Australian government considers banning social media for children, Flinders University researchers warn that TikTok "fitspiration" videos reinforce harmful gendered body ideals and often propagate bogus health information.
Sep 16, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Gynecological cancers: Immunotherapy and targeted drug appear beneficial in group of women with early-stage disease
Studies reported at ESMO 2024 reveal new groups of women with early-stage endometrial and cervical cancers who gain clinically meaningful benefit from adding immunotherapy to current standard treatments, while a first-in-human ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find increased risk of autoimmune disease in stone bench-top industry, call for better screening
In what could be a preview of an even greater disease burden for those workers in the artificial stone benchtop industry, Monash researchers have conducted a large study finding that those workers exposed to silica dust show ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Automated screening tool could help diagnose malnutrition in aged care homes
Malnutrition continues to be a widespread issue in Australian aged care homes, but Griffith University researchers are striving to address the problem through the use of an early diagnostic tool.
Sep 16, 2024
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Health informatics
Digital health, precision medicine: Review urges integration
A new systematic review of pharmacogenomics clinical decision support systems used in clinical practice in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology suggests that these e-health tools can help accelerate pharmacogenomics, precision/personalized ...
Sep 16, 2024
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