The use of prescribed steroids, including in inhalers, is linked to changes in the structure and volume of white and gray matter in the brain, suggests the findings of the largest study of its kind, published in the open ...
Aug 30, 2022
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More than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide, affecting men, women, and children of all ages in every country, and that number is projected to more than double to 1.3 billion people in the next 30 years, ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered genomic characteristics of breast cancers associated with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) that differentiate them from sporadic breast cancers. The findings, published in the ...
Aug 4, 2022
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When children witness the effects of trauma on their parents, it can change how they see the world. Children of first responders—police, firefighters, EMTs, military personnel, paramedics, and corrections officers—are ...
Mar 15, 2022
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A study led by Burnet Senior Research Fellow, Amy Kirwan has recommended a drug consumption room (DCR) be introduced in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in a bid to counter significant and escalating drug-related harm ...
Jan 27, 2022
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The pandemic put a spotlight on mental health and burnout within health care professions, but emerging research reveals these issues have been affecting health care workers for years, with suicide rates notably high among ...
May 14, 2022
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If you're planning to have oral surgery, be prepared, not scared, an expert suggests—and stay off YouTube.
Sep 5, 2022
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The recommended treatment for mild gallstone pancreatitis in patients aged over 50 years is laparoscopic cholecystectomy, yet over half of New South Wales patients presenting with the condition did not undergo the surgery ...
May 2, 2022
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Large-scale HIV screening and peer support to connect people who inject drugs to HIV care successfully reduced uncontrolled HIV in this population by more than 40 percent, according to a new study conducted in Haiphong, Vietnam.
Jul 19, 2022
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Competing at the elite level in sports is linked with an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis and joint pain in later life, a study suggests.
Nov 23, 2022
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