Archive: 05/05/2021

Cruises eye smoother waters with vaccines, 'health bubbles'

With tests, vaccinations and isolation areas, cruise ship companies are hoping for smoother sailing this travel season after fears over Covid-stricken ships rocked the industry last year.

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Total knee replacement may be more painful for vitamin-D deficient postmenopausal women

Vitamin D is a critical part of a healthy diet. Among other benefits, it has been shown to protect against bone disease and maintain soft tissue health. A new study suggests that it may also play a role in the degree of postoperative ...

May 5, 2021

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A trait of the rare few whose bodies naturally control HIV: 'Trained' immune cells

Immunity often calls to mind the adaptive immune response, made up of antibodies and T cells that learn to fight specific pathogens after infection or vaccination. But the immune system also has an innate immune response, ...

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Examining the 'service cliff' for youth with autism and their family caregivers

During the next 10 years, an estimated half-million individuals in the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are expected to transition from adolescence to adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

May 5, 2021

New marker predicts benefit of radiotherapy for early-stage breast cancer

A study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Gothenburg University in Sweden has found that low levels of a protein called PDGFRb are associated with particularly good results of radiotherapy in women with early-stage ...

May 5, 2021

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Gene therapy in Alzheimer's disease mouse model preserves learning and memory

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key step toward eventually ...

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Being around children makes adults more generous

Adults are more compassionate and are up to twice as likely to donate to charity when children are present, according to a new study from psychologists.

May 5, 2021

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Study explores how private equity acquisitions impact hospitals

Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a new study of short-term acute care hospitals acquired by private ...

May 5, 2021

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Study finds potential therapeutic target for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy treatment target, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances, a journal of ...

May 5, 2021

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Neighborhood disadvantage may be an environmental risk factor for brain development

A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods—particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment—may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance ...

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