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Digital teaching in medical education: A literature review
Research published in JMIR Medical Education found that digital teaching in medical education has grown in popularity in recent years.
Jul 29, 2022
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Health
Study: Milder autism far outpacing 'profound' diagnoses
As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as very low IQ and inability to speak.
Apr 19, 2023
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Genetics
New report illustrates potential of precision genome editing in treating inherited retinal diseases
In a new paper, University of California, Irvine researchers explain how precision genome editing agents have enabled precise gene correction and disease rescue in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). The study, titled, "Precision ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Healthy eating education improves young adults' eating habits
A population health survey in Hong Kong revealed that 50% of people aged 15 to 84 were either overweight or obese because of insufficient intake of wholegrains, fruits, and vegetables, and the increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
New study identifies association between lower levels of vitamin D and inflammation in older adults
Aging experts at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have shown associations of vitamin D status with C-reactive protein (CRP, a measure of inflammation) in older adults. The study has recently been published ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows babies learn to imitate others because they themselves are imitated by caregivers
People are constantly learning from others without even being aware of it. Social learning avoids laborious trial and error; the wheel does not have to be reinvented each time. But where does this ability come from, which ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify new biomarker of Alzheimer's disease
A study of large-scale functional brain network organization and educational history, led by researchers at the Center for Vital Longevity (CVL), has identified a new biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. The findings, published ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study links early life adversity, microglia dysfunction, to aberrant adult stress responses, mental illness
The poor function of microglia, the brain's immune cells in individuals exposed to early life adversity (ELA) promotes aberrant responses to stress in adulthood that may be linked to mental illness, according to a new study ...
Mar 29, 2022
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Surgery
Children and teens getting spinal surgery don't need so many opioids, study suggests
A Michigan Medicine study finds that children and teens with scoliosis undergoing spinal fusion can be prescribed fewer opioids while still receiving adequate pain control after surgery.
Aug 3, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Satisfying mid-life relationships linked to lower multiple chronic disease risk in older age
Satisfying relationships in midlife with partners, friends, or work colleagues are linked to a lower risk of accumulating multiple long term conditions in older age—at least among women—suggests research published in ...
Feb 21, 2023
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