Health
Antisense oligonucleotide treatment shows promise in treating Parkinson’s disease progression
TMDU researchers demonstrate proof of concept of antisense nucleic acid therapy to prevent the spread of α-synuclein pathologies in...
The Texas Heart Institute implants BiVACOR® Total Artificial Heart
Houston, Texas, July 25, 2024 – The Texas Heart Institute (THI) and BiVACOR®, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced today the successful first-in-human implantation...
Timing matters: Scripps Research study shows ways to improve health alerts
LA JOLLA, CA—When seemingly healthy people receive an alert from a wearable sensor telling them they might have a respiratory...
New gene therapy approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have made a significant breakthrough in developing a new gene therapy approach that restores full-length dystrophin protein, which could lead to...
Addressing wounds of war
Dr. Olga Denysiuk, MD, PhD, is a highly skilled eye surgeon in Ukraine who now finds herself at the frontlines...
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals and increased inequalities
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly widened existing economic and health disparities between wealthy and low-income countries and slowed progress toward health-related...
Our ability to recognize music might not diminish with age, with older concert attendees identifying themes in music as well as younger participants
Our ability to recognize music might not diminish with age, with older concert attendees identifying themes in music as well...
Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Center for Inherited Disease Research renews 7-year award for up to $98 million
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Tameka Shelford, Johns Hopkins Medicine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE With renewed funding of up to $98.8 million for...
Preventing brain damage in preterm babies
SAN FRANCISCO—Mark Petersen, MD, has seen firsthand the devastating effects of brain bleeds in premature babies. It’s an exceedingly common...
Neuroscientists discover brain circuitry of placebo effect for pain relief
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The placebo effect is very real. This we’ve known for decades, as seen in real-life observations...
The secret to finding balance: improving interoception
A new study conducted at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Technology, led by Prof. Amir Amedi,...
Reducing carbon dioxide to acetate with a polyaniline catalyst coated in cobalt oxide nanoparticles
Acetic acid, also known as acetate, and other products that can be developed from acetic acid are used in a...
Human-infecting parasite produces sterile soldiers like ants and termites
New research from scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds a tiny freshwater parasite known to cause...
Clinical psychologist’s book addresses largely ignored problem: social anxiety
RIVERISDE, Calif. -- We all have some social anxiety. The nervousness we might feel before giving a speech is one...
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention is safe in pregnancy
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) was safe and well tolerated as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during pregnancy in the...
Exploratory analysis associates HIV drug abacavir with elevated cardiovascular disease risk in large global trial
WHAT: Current or previous use of the antiretroviral drug (ARV) abacavir was associated with an elevated risk of major adverse...
NIH findings shed light on risks and benefits of integrating AI into medical decision-making
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions—designed to...
HIV vaccines tested in PrEPVacc fail to reduce infections
The results of the PrEPVacc HIV vaccine trial conducted in Eastern and Southern Africa, which ran between 2020 and 2024,...
Staying hip to orthopedic advances: Comparing traditional and new hip replacement stems
Osaka, Japan — Needing a hip replacement is unfortunate, but even more unfortunate is to need to do it again.Credit:...
Pandemic lockdown exacerbated ongoing declines in continuity of care within English general practices
Background and Goal: Longitudinal continuity of care is the repeated contact between an individual and the same general practitioner (GP)....
