Prenatal lead (Pb) exposure is associated with an increased risk for cognitive developmental delay (CDD) in children, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in JAMA Network Open.
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A research team led by Dr. Youngwon Kim, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the MRC Epidemiology ...
Oct 23, 2023
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A research team has identified a potential new drug for interstitial lung disease, a condition affecting approximately 4.7 million people worldwide, and validated its protective effects using patient-specific induced pluripotent ...
Oct 12, 2023
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have obtained new insights into how African-American and Hispanic-American people's genes influence their ability to use Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids for good health. ...
Oct 11, 2023
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An Emory led study published in Nature Medicine and Synapse sheds light on how biological sex influences brain function and its impact on the risk of various brain-related diseases. For decades, it has been observed that ...
Oct 5, 2023
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From Impossible Burger to "Meatless Mondays," going meat-free is certainly in vogue. But a person's genetic makeup plays a role in determining whether they can stick to a strict vegetarian diet, a Northwestern Medicine study ...
Oct 4, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved palovarotene (Sohonos) as the first treatment for fibrodysplasia ossifcans progressiva (FOP), a severely disabling condition that causes abnormal bone formation ...
Oct 2, 2023
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An article published in Nature Communications on the pilot study carried out in Catalonia to evaluate the self-collection of biological samples reveals the high acceptability of the proposal and the key role of diagnosis ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Clinicians treating severe obesity have a new genetic tool for predicting—and ultimately improving—bariatric surgery outcomes.
Sep 28, 2023
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A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Cancer Institute has developed a new algorithm for genetic risk-scoring for major diseases across diverse ancestry populations ...
Sep 25, 2023
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