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New MIT Press journal Rapid Reviews\Infectious Diseases will extend fight against disinformation to more infectious diseases and emerging pandemics
The MIT Press and UC Berkeley School of Public Health proudly announce the launch of Rapid Reviews\Infectious Diseases (RR\ID). Building...
NIH study shows association between better neighborhood conditions and lower childhood asthma rates
Living in a neighborhood with better access to resources such as high-quality housing, healthy food, parks and playgrounds, and clean...
Hypoxia and panvascular diseases: exploring the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in vascular smooth muscle cells under panvascular pathologies
This study is led by Prof. Junbo Ge (Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases),...
Study: Individuals feel sex-specific symptoms before impending cardiac arrest
Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to helping individuals catch a sudden cardiac arrest...
UofL researchers land nearly $12 million to study connection between microorganisms and disease
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville researchers have received $11.7 million to study microorganisms throughout the body, including the mouth....
The Texas Heart Institute awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to advance organ bioengineering
HOUSTON (Aug. 25, 2023) — The Texas Heart Institute recently received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Heart,...
Longevity gene from naked mole rats extends lifespan of mice
In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice,...
Wondisford named dean of College of Medicine – Phoenix
Following an extensive national search, the University of Arizona Health Sciences has named Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, dean of...
Education levels and child age shaped caregivers’ concerns amid Covid-19 pandemic, NIH study suggests
A caregiver’s education level and their child’s age played large roles in determining their primary sources of stress during the...
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the last 30 years from 61% to 71%, but “significant gaps” in access to healthcare remain
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the...
Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations
Many traits of autism are perceived as "male traits", which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism,...
Shift work may impair memory and cognition, per data on nearly 50,000 Canadian adults
Exposure to night shift work and rotating shift work is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment among middle-aged...
A better understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome could benefit long COVID patients
Amsterdam, August 23, 2023 – While myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID are not the same disease, they...
Clinical trial studying possible new treatment option for patients with NAFLD
According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 24% of adults in the United States have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease...
Researchers assemble the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome
An international research team has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome, the final human chromosome...
Looking out for kids: a case for better pediatric trauma interventions
In the weeks following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health directives called for masking, social distancing, social isolation,...
A fitness tracker for brain health: How a headband can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease in your sleep
AURORA, Colo. (August 23, 2023) – Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Washington University in St....
FAU lands $4.2 million NIH grant for air quality and Alzheimer’s risks study
Worldwide, the practice of preparing agricultural fields by burning crop residue contributes large quantities of gaseous pollutants and aerosol particles...
Rare kidney disease is genetically decoded
When Dr. Bodo Beck first saw the three children of a family who had fled Syria sitting in his consultation...
Remoteness did little to reduce COVID-19 spread to Amazonian Tsimané
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Indigenous peoples suffered disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing a lack of sovereignty, limited infrastructure and...
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