Oncology & Cancer
Study finds African Americans with cancer at higher risk for blood clots
African-Americans are at higher risk for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) as compared with patients from other races.
Dec 16, 2019
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Boston University School of Medicine
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study of veterans finds PTSD and conditions such as substance misuse associated with a cellular marker for early death
Psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses increase risk for premature morbidity and mortality. Now a new study has found that trauma-exposed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and externalizing psychiatric disorders, like ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Medical research
Identifying a new protein that enables SARS-CoV-2 access into cells
The entry of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) into human cells is an essential step for virus transmission and development of COVID 19. Although the lung epithelial cells are its initial target, ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Addiction
Should you give your child opioids for post-operative pain management?
Routine head and neck procedures, such as removal of tonsils and adenoids and the placement of ear tubes, may cause moderate to severe pain in pediatric patients. Over-the-counter analgesics (aspirin and acetaminophen) and ...
May 11, 2022
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Health
Light physical activity reduces brain aging
Incremental physical activity, even at light intensity, is associated with larger brain volume and healthy brain aging.
Apr 19, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers describe new biology of Alzheimer's disease
In a new study, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) describe a unique model for the biology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) which may lead to an entirely novel approach for treating the disease. The findings ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New evidence that optimists live longer
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, have found that individuals with greater optimism are more ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 is most transmissible 2 days before and 3 days after symptoms appear
Each wave of the pandemic has underscored just how gravely contagious COVID-19 is, but there is less clarity among experts on exactly when—and to what extent—infected individuals are most likely to spread the virus.
Aug 25, 2021
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Immunology
Obesity: What has immunity got to do with it?
As organisms grow, older cells can undergo a phenomenon called senescence. This process defines a cell state where cells permanently stop dividing but do not die. Senescent cells secrete toxic pro-inflammatory factors contributing ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Neuroscience
Contact sports associated with Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease symptoms, dementia
There is mounting evidence that repetitive head impacts from contact sports and other exposures are associated with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and dementia. A new study suggests that ...
Jul 25, 2018
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