Medical economics
Income and regional disparities dictate how young people use health care services
There is a stark contrast in how young people access health care, depending on their income and where they live.
Jul 29, 2024
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Diabetes
Children less likely to have type 1 diabetes if mother has condition than if father is affected, study finds
New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD; Madrid, 9–13 September) shows that a child is almost twice as likely to develop type 1 diabetes (T1D) ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers highlight the limitations of a specific commercially available clinical genetic test in dermatology
Earlier this year, Department of Genetics professor Joel Sax, along with Christopher McFarland, assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Bryan Carroll, associate professor for the Department ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Neuroscience
Chaotic dynamics in the brain may enable probabilistic thinking
Chaos may be behind the brain's ability to compute probabilities, according to a new analysis by two neuroscientists at RIKEN. The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jul 25, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
At what age do Olympic athletes peak?
There's a lot that goes into an Olympic athlete's quest for gold—years of training and rigor—but also, an athlete's age. A team of University of Waterloo students used statistics to figure out when an Olympic track-and-field ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Skeletal muscle regeneration discovery paves the way for targeted therapies for muscle disorders
Recent research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy identifies key mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration and growth of muscles following resistance exercise. It's a finding that opens the door to the development ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Investigating factors contributing to early dropout of psychiatric treatment among foreign residents
A research group has investigated the factors contributing to early self-discontinuation of psychiatric treatment among foreign residents.
Jul 22, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Gymnastics is hard on the body—physical therapy can help
Watching Simone Biles, Frederick Richard, and other Olympic-level gymnasts compete with gravity-defying flips, twists, and spins across a variety of apparatuses, it's evident how much flexibility and strength the sport of ...
Jul 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Diabetes drug reduces drug resistance in lung cancer, improving chemotherapy effectiveness
A medication used to treat diabetic neuropathy may make chemotherapy treatments more effective for patients with lung cancer, according to new findings from the University of Missouri School of Medicine published in Clinical ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers develop hydrogel implant to treat endometriosis
Hydrogels have a variety of use cases, including contact lenses, delivering doses of medication within the body, moisturizers, water storage in soil, cleaning polluted water and as gelling and thickening agents. A hydrogel ...
Jul 17, 2024
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