Outgoing and structured people coped best with the pandemic, finds large study When we were all cooped up during the pandemic, the media heralded the fact that it was a time for introverts. Feb 22, 2023 0 4
Those with the BRCA1 gene mutation may face greater risk for aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure A group of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan used a rat model to show that the BRCA1 mutation, which affects 1 in 500 people, increases the risks of malignant mesothelioma (MM), a cancer linked to asbestos exposure. ... Feb 22, 2023 0 16
Poor oral health tied to higher risk for Meniere disease Poor oral health may increase the incidence of Meniere disease, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Personalized Medicine. Feb 22, 2023 0 6
Resource-efficient automatic segmentation of medical images The core benefits of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are weight sharing and that they can automatically detect important visual features. Minh H. Vu and his group found that CNNs are very efficient in automatically segmenting ... Feb 22, 2023 0 2
What is naloxone and should everyone have access to it? Two panels that advise the Food and Drug Administration are recommending that naloxone nasal spray be approved for over-the-counter sale for emergency treatment of opioid overdoses. The Joint Nonprescription Drugs Advisory ... Feb 22, 2023 0 7
Study shows 1 in 25 patients undergoing structural cardiac intervention suffered a major complication Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published a study in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography showing that transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-guided ... Feb 22, 2023 0 42
Bird flu risk to people is low despite recent animal infections. But what would it take to cross over to humans? Right now, the average person has very little risk of contracting bird flu, but whether that could change at some point depends on whether two viruses meet in the wrong animal. Feb 22, 2023 0 6
Social vulnerability tied to worse pediatric head and neck cancer outcomes Among pediatric patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs), increasing social vulnerability is associated with significant decreases in receipt of care and survival time, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA ... Feb 22, 2023 0 2
Physically demanding work tied to higher male fertility, study suggests A new study from researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests that men who regularly lift heavy objects at work have higher sperm counts. The study, ... Feb 22, 2023 0 4
Today's pediatric heart transplantations involve sicker children, but have better outcomes: Study Researchers who studied more than 300 pediatric patients receiving heart transplants over the past 36 years at the University of Florida have documented how advances in technology, technique, and patient management have improved ... Feb 22, 2023 0 4
