Neuroscience
A new strategy for repairing DNA damage in neurons
"Use it or lose it" goes the adage, applied liberally to everything from our muscles to our minds, especially as we age.
Feb 15, 2023
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Harvard Medical School
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For former football players, concussion and hypertension go hand in hand
The chance that former professional football players will be diagnosed with high blood pressure—a known risk factor for cardiovascular and cognitive dysfunction—rises in step with the number of concussions the athletes ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Medical economics
Care costs more in consolidated health systems, reveals new research
Health care integration has long been touted as a panacea for reining in health care costs and boosting quality of care.
Jan 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
A new field of neuroscience aims to map connections in the brain
Many of us have seen microscopic images of neurons in the brain—each neuron appearing as a glowing cell in a vast sea of blackness. This image is misleading: Neurons don't exist in isolation. In the human brain, some 86 ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers are building detailed maps of colorectal cancer to better understand the dynamics of the disease
In the United States, turning 45 brings with it a rather unpleasant rite of passage: the beginning of regular colonoscopies, in which an endoscope equipped with a light and a camera is used to visually check the colon for ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Remote protocols broaden reach of delirium care
A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that modifying a well-established and highly successful delirium prevention program for use when in-person or face-to-face interactions are limited ...
Jan 16, 2023
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Genetics
Loss of epigenetic information can drive aging, restoration can reverse it
An international study 13 years in the making demonstrates for the first time that degradation in the way DNA is organized and regulated—known as epigenetics—can drive aging in an organism, independently of changes to ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Medications
Why some surgeons are prescribing opioids to patients' spouses
Strict safety protocols for prescribing opioids may have an unintended consequence: Some surgeons seem to be prescribing opioid painkillers to the spouses of patients undergoing surgery, according to a recent study led by ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treating COVID in a shifting landscape
As the world enters year four of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have amassed a great deal of knowledge about the biology and behavior of SARS-CoV-2 and about the clinical features of the disease that it causes. They have ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Health
When doctors know each other: Patients benefit when specialists know referring physicians, research says
Are you likely to receive better care if the specialist treating you knows your primary care physician?
Jan 3, 2023
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