Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO unveils plan to end African mpox outbreak
As an mpox outbreak continues to rage in Africa, the World Health Organization on Monday launched a six-month plan to quell its spread.
Aug 27, 2024
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Health informatics
Excitement for AI's potential in health care is growing, survey finds
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to command attention from senior leaders in health systems as executives search for ways to leverage the technology, according to the Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey published ...
Aug 23, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers establish what the neurodivergent community would like from research on disordered eating
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and Birkbeck, University of London, has worked with members of the neurodivergent community to establish what they ...
Aug 16, 2024
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Neuroscience
Inflammatory activity of rheumatoid arthritis linked to specific cognitive impairments
The inflammatory activity in the body caused by rheumatoid arthritis is linked to specific cognitive impairments, finds a small comparative study, published in the open access journal RMD Open.
Jul 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Findings suggest few people get sick after bite from ticks infected with Powassan virus
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) have published new findings on Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne illness that can cause life-threatening ...
Jul 25, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why being bilingual could help keep your mind sharp as you age
People who know more than one language may have a better chance of maintaining their cognitive ability late into life or after neurodegenerative conditions, says an expert at the University of Alberta.
Jul 22, 2024
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Medical economics
States set minimum staffing levels for nursing homes: Residents suffer when rules are ignored or waived
For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired truck driver, he had injured his spine in a fall on the job decades earlier and could ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Neuroscience
Cognitive skills in early toddlerhood: Study demonstrates importance of 16-months
Toddlers engage more regions of their brains around 16-months to help them develop important cognitive skills, enabling them to follow simple instructions and control impulses. Findings from the study, led by the Universities ...
Jul 10, 2024
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FDA warns top national bakery to stop listing allergens in products when they aren't there
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to one of America's biggest bakeries, asking the company to stop claiming there are allergens such as sesame or nuts in products when in fact they are not there.
Jun 28, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How calcium channel mutations lead to cognitive dysfunction
A new study from Yale School of Medicine has shown that the neurons that generate higher cognition, and are a target of pathology in Alzheimer's disease and mental disorders such as schizophrenia, express an enrichment of ...
Jun 13, 2024
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