Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease could be diagnosed earlier with new glowing probe
Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated with issues that can lead to blood clots and strokes.
May 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
New realm of personalized medicine with brain stimulation
Millions of patients suffering from neurological and mental disorders such as depression, addiction, and chronic pain are treatment-resistant. In fact, about 30% of all major depression patients do not respond at all to any ...
Feb 1, 2021
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Neuroscience
Tiny high-tech probes reveal how information flows across the brain
A new study from researchers at the Allen Institute collected and analyzed the largest single dataset of neurons' electrical activity to glean principles of how we perceive the visual world around us. The study, published ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Neuroscience
Timing is of the essence when treating brain swelling in mice
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered Jekyll and Hyde immune cells in the brain that ultimately help with brain repair but early after injury can lead to fatal swelling, suggesting that timing ...
Jan 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Measuring broken hearts: Divorce has negative effects on physical and mental health
Going through a divorce is extremely challenging and previous research has highlighted the adverse effects that it can have on divorcees. A recent study in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology is the first to examine ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Nudges combined with machine learning triples advanced care conversations among patients with cancer
An electronic nudge to clinicians—triggered by an algorithm that used machine learning methods to flag patients with cancer who would most benefit from a conversation around end-of-life goals—tripled the rate of those ...
Oct 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New model predicts the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic
As of late May, COVID-19 has killed more than 325,000 people around the world. Even though the worst seems to be over for countries like China and South Korea, public health experts warn that cases and fatalities will continue ...
May 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers devise new model to track COVID-19's spread
Yale University researchers and colleagues in Hong Kong and China have developed an approach for rapidly tracking population flows that could help policymakers worldwide more effectively assess risk of disease spread and ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Magnetized molecules used to monitor breast cancer
A new type of scan that involves magnetising molecules allows doctors to see in real-time which regions of a breast tumour are active, according to research funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Proceedings of the ...
Jan 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists visualize competition between healthy, dysfunctional platelets
Bleeding can happen during surgery, after trauma, or even spontaneously. And when it does, blood cells called platelets rush in to stick to the injured blood vessels and stop bleeding as quickly as possible. Or at least that's ...
Dec 12, 2019
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