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New study offers hope for pulmonary fibrosis patients

Using a new recipe for growing blood vessels from living lung tissue in the lab, a University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science research team has developed an analytical tool that could lead to a cure ...

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Neural activity associated with motor commands changes depending on context

Standing at a crosswalk, the signal changes from "don't walk," to "walk." You might step out into the street straight away, or you might look both ways before you cross.

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True progression or pseudoprogression in glioblastoma patients?

Is it true progression or pseudoprogression in tumor growth?

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Prostate cancer can be treated as effectively using fewer and higher doses of radiation therapy, finds phase III trial

People with intermediate risk, localized prostate cancer can be treated as effectively using fewer and higher doses of radiation therapy delivered over five treatment sessions as they can with lower doses delivered over several ...

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An artificial muscle to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed in childhood, with approximately 20,000 new cases reported each year. It is a progressive muscle disorder that results in the loss of muscle ...

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Atopic dermatitis: Viruses discovered as new therapy option

Up to 15% of children and 5% of adults are affected by the chronic inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis. Despite advanced therapy measures, the severe itching and eczema, especially on the elbows or knees, cause great ...

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Allergy study on 'dirty' mice challenges the hygiene hypothesis

The notion that some level of microbial exposure might reduce our risk of developing allergies has arisen over the last few decades and has been termed the hygiene hypothesis.

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What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to at least temporarily shut down big parts of the federal government—including many health programs.

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Massive Kaiser Permanente strike looms as talks head to the wire

Kaiser Permanente and union representatives pledged to continue negotiating a new contract up until the last minute as the threat of the nation's latest large-scale strike looms next month.

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The importance of supplemental screenings for dense breasts

You might need supplemental screenings if you've been diagnosed with dense breast tissue. Women with dense breast tissue have less fat and more glandular and connective tissue. They are also at a higher risk of developing ...

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Officials agree: Use settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the 'how' gets hairy

When three teenagers died of fentanyl overdoses last year in Larimer County, Colorado, it shocked the community and "flipped families upside down," said Tom Gonzales, the county's public health director.

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A decades-long drop in teen births is slowing, and advocates worry a reversal is coming

Cicely Wilson's work doesn't end when she leaves her day job as a lactation consultant, doula and child care expert.

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What to expect for the flu, RSV and COVID-19 respiratory season

Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 are all part of the seasonal respiratory virus lineup. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the upcoming fall and winter are expected ...

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Larger lymph node threshold found to optimize nasopharyngeal carcinoma outcomes

According to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), using a 6-mm threshold, rather than a 5-mm threshold, helps facilitate better risk stratification and treatment decisions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma ...

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Study suggests measurement bias in common child behavior assessment tool

Scores from a commonly used measure of behavior problems in young children may be skewed depending on the primary language, education, and sex of the caregiver who fills out the survey, as well as the child's age and race, ...

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How to get hay fever relief from fall allergies

Autumn is the season of change, with green leaves turning color and temperatures cooling. It's also the season of hay fever, or allergic rhinitis.

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Sociodemographic factors before MS diagnosis tied to disease severity

Education, income, and marital status prior to multiple sclerosis (MS) onset are associated with future symptom and disability severity, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in JAMA Network Open.

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Florida foster kids are given powerful medications, but state oversight lacking

The powerful anti-seizure drug the 5-year-old boy had been taking for more than a year made him "almost catatonic," his new foster mom from Florida's Pinellas County worried.

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Tezepelumab reduces mucus plugs in adults with uncontrolled asthma

Tezepelumab is associated with a reduction in occlusive mucus plugs versus placebo in adults with uncontrolled asthma, according to a study published in the October issue of NEJM Evidence.

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Research shows PFAS exposure may delay girls' puberty

Research from the University of Cincinnati shows that exposure to PFAS may delay the onset of puberty in girls. The research was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

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Common myths about epilepsy and kids

Epilepsy is one of the more common neurologic disorders in children. About 1 in 26 people have epilepsy, and 1 in 10 people will have at least one seizure in their lifetime.

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Preparing for the next pandemic: Study offers improved method for tackling bird flu

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vaccine Research Center have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird flu. The report was published this week ...

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Women found to have higher risk for solicited reactions after flu shot

The risk for solicited reactions following influenza vaccine is higher for women than men, according to research published online Sept. 28 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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Alcohol use not tied to sustained virologic response with hepatitis C treatment

Alcohol use is not associated with lower odds of sustained virologic response (SVR) among patients initiating direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study published ...

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Researchers want to speak with Central Floridians affected by dioxane contamination

Central Florida's 1-4 dioxane contamination has caught the attention of Yale University researchers.

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Kids with eczema may need further allergy tests

Some children who have a common form of eczema should also be tested for allergic reactions because they may have a second allergic-type eczema, a new study suggests.

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Getting COVID shot during pregnancy helps protect newborns, CDC study finds

When pregnant women get a COVID vaccine, it helps protect their newborns from the virus, a new government study shows.

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Gut inflammation found to be caused by substance secreted by microbe

The human gut—or gastrointestinal system—where food is broken down into nutrients for the body, is an ecosystem that harbors thousands of bacteria species. While some microorganisms are harmful, many are beneficial and ...

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New frontier in biomedical engineering: Protein coacervates engineered into adhesive for unprecedented skin repair speed

A team of researchers from China has made a significant breakthrough in biomedical engineering by developing a novel adhesive that promises to revolutionize wound management and tissue repair. The research, published in Engineering, ...

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FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses a growing risk to patients because of potentially inaccurate ...

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New drug could be breakthrough for brain tumor that strikes young people, says expert

A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people.

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Prostate cancer—a notable killer of Black men—can be made less deadly by modifying key risks, new study finds

Prostate cancer has long held an infamous reputation as a notable killer of Black men—a malignant stalker that has caused one of the deepest disparities in survival among all cancers affecting males.

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From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no simple task

Parents send their children to school to learn, and they don't want to worry about whether the air is clean, whether there are insect problems or whether the school's cleaning supplies could cause an asthma attack.

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Swap red meat for Quorn protein to improve heart health and reduce waist circumference, study finds

People looking to reduce their cholesterol and trim fat from around their waist could try swapping meat for Quorn protein, according to the findings from a new study by Northumbria University, Newcastle, published in the ...

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Discussions should start earlier to increase pediatric organ donations, expert says

About 1,900 U.S. children are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. A University of Texas at Arlington expert said that number can be lowered though more patient education—starting in the pediatrician's office.

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Study finds low income and education level were risk factors for mental ill-health during the pandemic

Swedes with lower income and education level were at greater risk of deteriorating mental health during the pandemic. This is shown in a study conducted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg in collaboration with ...

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New insights into how the human brain organizes language

A new study has provided the first clear picture of where language processes are located in the brain. The findings may be useful in clinical trials involving language recovery after brain injury.

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Researchers develop new model for prioritizing lung transplant candidates

A team from Cleveland Clinic has developed a new model for prioritizing patients waiting for a lung transplant, aimed at improving outcomes and reducing deaths among those in need of donor lungs. The new method offers an ...

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Mother's stress during pregnancy can impact children's sleep in childhood

Stress at the beginning of human life seems to be strongly associated with poor sleep from childhood to adulthood, with a high probability that the earliest determinants of child sleep disturbance can be found in utero. Several ...

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Face pareidolia: How pregnant women could help us understand why we see faces in inanimate objects

Sometimes we see faces that aren't really there. You may be looking at the front of a car or a burnt piece of toast when you notice a face-like pattern. This is called face pareidolia and is a mistake made by the brain's ...

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Hepatitis C: Britons getting tattoos and cosmetic procedures abroad may be at risk—here's how to avoid it

A growing number of people living in the UK are going abroad to have tattoos, piercings and cosmetic surgeries. Any procedure, no matter where it's performed, can carry the risk of injury and infection.

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A new perspective on myositis subgrouping using genetics

In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, the researchers found that combining information from blood markers and genetics reveals distinct subgroups of patients with myositis, which may help to improve disease classification ...

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Distractor objects can help the visual system develop more effective search strategies

People are continuously provided with an overwhelming stream of events flooding the sensory organs. However, while the brain has impressive processing capabilities, its capacity is strongly limited. Thus, an observer cannot ...

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'You're constantly worrying': Pregnant women, bushfire smoke and the impossibility of safety

Smoke covered large swathes of Australia during the catastrophic summer fires of 2019-2020. You could see the plumes from space. Over 20% of Australia's forests went up in smoke and flame.

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Handkerchief or tissue? Which one's better for our health and the planet?

Maybe you have hay fever, COVID, a cold or the flu, and are reaching for a tissue or handkerchief.

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Study shows that the Basophil Activation Test is best biomarker for predicting allergic reactions

New research published in the journal Allergy has found that Basophil Activation Test (BAT) can be used to better detect allergies and predict the severity of allergic reactions than traditional predictions made via clinical ...

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Study finds SARS-CoV-2-associated sepsis was more common, deadly than previously thought

New research suggests that the virus responsible for COVID-19 was a more common and deadly cause of sepsis during the initial period of the pandemic than previously assumed.

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New research reveals link between childhood mental health problems and quality of life for young adults

Children with mental health issues are more likely to have poor mental and physical health in their late teens and early 20s, and are at greater risk of social isolation, low educational attainment, financial difficulties ...

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Interleukin-22 study provides better understanding of immune responses in inflammatory bowel and lung disease

An immune factor released by white blood cells during infection or inflammation works to suppress the body's immune response instead of enhancing it, according to Mater researchers.

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A new bioinformatics pipeline solves a 50-year-old blood group puzzle

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups; however, not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. ...

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Researchers take steps toward stopping the 'conversation' between cancerous tumors and nerves

Cancer tumors hijack the genetic program used by developing nerves. This is shown in a study published in the journal Frontiers in Genetics by researchers at Umeå University. In the long term, the results may open up new ...

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New mechanism behind multiple myeloma cancer cell growth revealed

Researchers from Uppsala University have revealed one of the mechanisms behind the growth of cancer cells in the blood cancer multiple myeloma. The study shows that the protein EZH2 interacts with a specific RNA molecule ...

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Study identifies new pathway to suppressing autoimmunity

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, and the Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute have uncovered new details about how the immune system prevents the production ...

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Diabetes may accelerate blood cancer growth, yet survival outcomes differ by race

Patients with multiple myeloma (a blood cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow) who also have diabetes have a reduced overall survival when compared to those without diabetes. But in a subgroup analysis, this difference ...

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Genetic ancestry and social environment may influence how aggressive breast cancer is in Black women

For Black women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, and as of 2019 it has surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in this population, according to the American Cancer Society. Additionally, ...

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South African men are much more likely to die from TB than women—here's why

Around the world, men are more likely to get TB and to die from it than women.

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I'm a microbiologist and here's what (and where) I never eat

Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning—mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Most people recover within a few days without treatment, but not all are that lucky.

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How community gardening could ease your climate concerns

Every day, we are bombarded with messages about a world in crisis. Alongside the ongoing reminders of wars, economic recessions and social unrest is news about natural disasters and extreme weather—be that prolonged droughts, ...

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Scientists focus on glymphatic system and its role in sleep, memory consolidation, degenerative illnesses

When we think of brains, we tend to think of neurons. It's right there in our word for the study of the brain: neuroscience. But when it comes to certain mysteries of the brain—for example, the role of sleep in memory consolidation, ...

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Can ChatGPT help us form personal narratives?

Research has shown that personal narratives—the stories we tell ourselves about our lives—can play a critical role in identity and help us make sense of the past and present. Research has also shown that by helping people ...

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50 years after being outlawed, redlining still drives neighborhood health inequities

Decades of redlining—a longstanding banking practice that blocked people of color from getting mortgages—continue to perpetuate racial and socioeconomic inequality in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the country, ...

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Circadian therapy can optimize glymphatic clearance of concussion neurotoxins, accelerating recovery

The glymphatic system is the brain's self-cleaning mechanism. If you haven't heard of the glymphatic system, it's probably because it wasn't discovered until 2012. Since then, there's been a surge of research investigating ...

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