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Three-week Arctic operation shows blood products can survive harsh transport conditions and remain transfusion-ready
Getting blood products for transfusions to a battlefield in Canada's High Arctic is feasible but complex, according to newly published research in the journal Transfusion.
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Brain stimulation reveals how language networks adapt in real time to disruption
When an important area of the human brain involved in language processing is temporarily disrupted, other areas of the brain take over much of its work. Researchers at Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...
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AI tools can simplify medical reports but still need human oversight
A team of researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has evaluated various artificial intelligence (AI) language models to simplify medical reports and adapt them into clearer language for nonexpert audiences. ...
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What university campus sewage can reveal about the effects of exam stress
It is not often that scientists take a keen interest in the sewage produced by students. But a study of wastewater from a university campus in Australia is revealing insights into how exam stress affects the body that traditional ...
Tiny sensor could track blood pressure continuously without inflatable cuff
A tiny sensor could one day measure blood pressure continuously, comfortably and accurately without an inflatable cuff. The device was developed by professors Amir Rosenthal and Daniel Lange of the Technion's Andrew and Erna ...
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A personality trait may provide clues to functioning in frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia often results in early changes in personality or behavior before changes in cognitive skills. People with this condition who have lower levels of conscientiousness, a personality trait related to organization, ...
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Resistance training key to maintaining muscle function during GLP-1 weight loss, study shows
A study has revealed that resistance (weight) training not only preserves lean and muscle mass but also increases strength in people taking weight-loss medication. Published in Nature Medicine, the Tirzepatide and Resistance ...
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Night owls who eat late may face higher health risks
A new study led by UTHealth Houston identified a link between late-night eating and sleeping habits, gut health and metabolic disease, offering new insights into why some individuals with obesity may face a risk of inflammation ...
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Study finds that genetic risk does not explain the maternal effect in type 1 diabetes
Children whose mothers have type 1 diabetes develop the disease at about half the rate of children whose fathers have it. Inherited genetic risk alone does not explain this long-observed maternal effect, according to a study ...
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Why eczema increases the risk of asthma in patients
People with eczema often develop allergic asthma during the course of their lives. The reason for this is still largely unclear. Two publications from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) now turn the spotlight ...
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New stem cell models reveal how earliest human placenta structures take shape
The placenta is essential for a healthy pregnancy, but the earliest steps of its formation have been hidden from scientific view. Now Columbia researchers led by Mijo Simunovic have created lab-grown organoids that reconstruct ...
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Blood pressure meds may improve therapy for ulcerative colitis
A class of blood pressure medications may improve a widely used treatment for ulcerative colitis, the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, suggests a new study, led by Northwestern Medicine and Kiel University ...
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Imaging nerves during surgery without turning down the lights
Avoiding accidental nerve damage is an important concern in many surgical procedures. Nerves can be difficult to distinguish from surrounding tissue, particularly in complex anatomical regions. Fluorescence-guided surgery ...
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Axonal defects linked to rare form of Parkinson's disease
A genetic mutation linked to Parkinson's disease produced abnormalities in a subset of nerve cells, offering a clue about the disease's causes, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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EEG analysis estimates depressive symptom severity in adults not receiving psychiatric treatment
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method that uses brainwave patterns to estimate the severity of self-reported depressive symptoms in adults who are not receiving treatment. The method examines how abrupt ...
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Stopping Ozempic may be bad for your health
In people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and no established cardiovascular disease (CVD), starting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) treatment and then stopping is associated with twice the combined risk of heart ...
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Coffee appears to change how the gut functions
If you drink coffee regularly, it appears to alter not only your gut bacteria but also the physiology of the gut itself. That is the conclusion of a study from the University of Copenhagen, which may help point the way toward ...
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Experimental drug eliminates 75% of aggressive pancreatic tumors and enhances immune system memory
Many solid tumors, including many cancers of the pancreas, breast, colon and lung, protect themselves with a dense wall of scar-like tissue. That wall keeps the immune system's cancer-killing T cells out. It is a major reason ...
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Alzheimer's discovery reveals brain cleaning gone wrong
A gene responsible for compacting trash inside the brain appears to be a key player in Alzheimer's disease, and doctors may be able to target it to better treat or help prevent the devastating condition, new UVA Health research ...
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Blood RNA signal may reveal ovarian cancer precursors before invasive disease develops
Hoag researchers have discovered a molecular warning signal in the blood that identifies serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC), an early, precancerous stage of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). This advance ...
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