Archive: 10/11/2021

Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion among American Indian and Alaska native women

Among a group of American Indian and Alaska Native women interviewed, almost half (45%) reported experiencing reproductive coercion in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence and sexual violence contribute to a disproportionately ...

Nov 10, 2021

Whole genome sequencing improves diagnosis of rare diseases and shortens diagnostic journeys for patients

A world-first scientific study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has shown that whole genome sequencing (WGS) can uncover new diagnoses for people across the broadest range of rare diseases investigated to ...

Nov 10, 2021

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Two leading US physicians say doctors now need to screen and treat patients for exposure to air pollution

With numerous studies documenting air pollution's link to heart-related illness and death, two leading American physicians are calling on their peers to begin screening patients for exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution ...

Nov 10, 2021

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Researchers identify potential pathway to improve treatment for newborns with drug-resistant seizures

Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, have identified an important molecular mechanism that offers significant promise for understanding and developing novel treatment ...

Nov 10, 2021

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Genetic testing identifies overlap of heart failure and arrhythmia conditions

Heart failure and arrhythmia conditions are often considered as separate disorders, but genetic testing suggests there is much more overlap of these disorders than previously appreciated.

Nov 10, 2021

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AI can tell if you a therapy session will be effective

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most common types of talk therapy in the United States. There are 11 criteria that cognitive behavioral therapists-in-training are normally judged on. What if their skills ...

Nov 10, 2021

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Local exhaust ventilation to control dental aerosols and droplets

Dental procedures produce aerosols which contain oral microbes, creating potential for infectious disease transmission. This study, "Local Exhaust Ventilation to Control Dental Aerosols and Droplets" published in the Journal ...

Nov 10, 2021

New recessive neurodevelopmental disorder identified

The Basson laboratory in the Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology at King's College London, together with colleagues at UCL GOS Institute of Child Health and University of Milan, have reported a rare neurodevelopmental ...

Nov 10, 2021

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SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are safe and immunogenic in most people with cancer, according to study

Individuals being treated for active cancer are at particularly high risk of severe disease and death from SARS-CoV-2 infection due to aberrant immune responses from the cancer itself and from some therapies.

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Extreme eating problems in early childhood linked to higher chance of developmental delay, study suggests

Young children with a history of eating problems in the first three years of life were more likely to receive low scores on assessments of child development, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes ...

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