Health
As eviction rates rise, so do local death rates, US study finds
Being evicted can have a significant impact on a person's health, according to new research.
Dec 29, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests
Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters.
Mar 22, 2023
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Medical research
Serious flu damage prevented by compound that blocks unnecessary cell death
As lung cells are killed by the influenza virus, they burst open, releasing molecular signals that trigger the immune cells that can combat the infection. This strategy can be an important red flag that something is wrong; ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study explains how 'zombie' cancer cells revive themselves
Mutating cells can prevent the spread of cancer by flipping themselves into a state of reduced activity called senescence. Cancer genes, however, can retaliate by reviving those cells so they can replicate again.
Apr 21, 2023
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Genetics
Study finds 41% of infant deaths associated with genetic diseases
In a study appearing today in JAMA Network Open, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) researchers found that the contribution of genetic diseases to infant deaths was higher than previously recognized. Of ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China's Guangzhou locks down millions in 'zero-COVID' fight
The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Diabetes
Studying partial remission of type 1 diabetes in children: New biomarkers and the immunoregulatory role of microRNA
A study led by researchers from IGTP's Immunology of Diabetes group has identified new microRNA as biomarkers for the partial remission phase, also known as "honeymoon phase," of type 1 diabetes, and has linked the miR-30d-5p ...
Mar 6, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Resilience to HIV-related stigma may be key to ending the AIDS epidemic
Failing to address the psychological trauma experienced by many older people living with HIV/AIDS will make it difficult—if not impossible—to end the epidemic, according to a Rutgers University study.
Feb 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify brain circuit involved in fentanyl abuse and relapse
The ongoing opioid epidemic continues to take a heavy toll on American communities, with more than 80,000 opioid-related deaths reported in 2021, according to the National Institutes of Health. Despite the severity of this ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Predicting neuroblastoma outcomes with molecular evolution
A research team led by the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany, has discovered that the genetic sequence of a tumor can be read like a molecular clock, traced back to its most recent common ancestor cell. ...
