A treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into an infant's body may provide a safe option for preterm infants born after 28 weeks who need rapid support, suggests a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. ...
Nov 9, 2023
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A research team has developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze a person's ability to move from one place to another, known as locomotion, and other types of movements. Human motion analysis is used to evaluate ...
Oct 19, 2023
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In a mouse study, researchers have identified a potential non-hormonal contraceptive that men could take shortly before sexual activity and have fertility restored the next day.
Feb 14, 2023
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A single oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin can reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women who deliver vaginally by one-third, according to a large multi-country clinical trial, called A-PLUS. Only 1.6% ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Emergency departments that have the highest levels of coordination of health care, personnel, procedures and medical equipment needed to care for ill and injured children have far higher rates of survival than hospitals with ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Amyloid plaques—protein clumps that are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease—occur at roughly the same level in the brains of people with Down syndrome who have Alzheimer's as they do in people with forms of hereditary, ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Poverty, combined with other types of adversity in early childhood, is associated with greater chances of premature death in adulthood, compared to other adverse childhood experiences, according to a study of more than 46,000 ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Pregnant women with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk for common pregnancy complications—in addition to health risks from the virus—than pregnant women without COVID-19, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. ...
Jan 6, 2022
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Pregnant women with disabilities have a much higher risk for severe pregnancy- and birth-related complications and death than other pregnant women, according to findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. ...
Dec 15, 2021
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