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The invisible global health workforce: Why nurses matter more than ever
Nurses may be one of the most important parts of the health care workforce—yet their contribution is overlooked, accordi…
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AI measurements of heart scans more strongly linked to patient survival than clinician measurements
Artificial intelligence (AI) measurements of heart function from MRI scans are more strongly linked to how long patients…
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Natural plant compound may help overcome cancer drug resistance
A natural plant compound may help overcome a built-in defense that allows many cancers to resist a class of drugs design…
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Reducing hallucinations in schizophrenia with focused ultrasound: First-in-human clinical trial begins
Auditory hallucinations—or hearing voices that others do not hear—affect more than 70% of people with schizophrenia. Des…
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No neuralyzer needed: The molecular pathways and circuit that trigger forgetting in C. elegans
In the 1997 film "Men in Black," one of the prominent pieces of alien technology the main characters use in their work t…
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A single protein that helps drive responses to touch, temperature, pain and itch could offer a new drug target
A light brush, a hot surface and an irritating itch all activate different sensory pathways, yet researchers have determ…
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How an innate immune protein can control cholesterol, tumor growth and response to cancer therapy
Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered an unexpected role…
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Inpatient rehab, nursing facility or home? How to choose the right rehab after a hospital stay
A broken hip, a stroke or major surgery can leave you or someone you love needing weeks of therapy to walk, dress or spe…
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Cervical cancer cases and deaths forecast to rise
Global cervical cancer cases and deaths could rise by 20.2% and 39.3%, respectively, by 2050, according to a modeling st…
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Medicare spending rises after private equity buys hospices
A study of for-profit hospices acquired by private equity firms found that Medicare spending rose by 5.9% per hospice st…
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Hereditary lung and liver disease successfully treated for the first time using gene correction
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATM) is a congenital metabolic disorder. It is caused by a genetic defect, which result…
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Study shows AI may improve patient discharge summaries
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) could help physicians prepare hospital patient discharge summaries more efficien…
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Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people: Africa CDC
Africa's latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic o…
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ASN: Fruits and vegetables improve outcomes in stage 3 chronic kidney disease
For patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), receiving fruits and vegetables (F&V) is associated with bet…
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Study provides reassuring news for women using medications to treat opioid use disorder during pregnancy
Pregnant patients receiving medication to treat opioid use disorder should not reduce their medication dose out of fear …
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Engineers address key hurdle for exhaled breath diagnostics
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic condition that causes increasing difficulty in breathing as it p…
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Are there better ways to protect athletes from blows to the head? Researchers test student football players
Getting concussed is usually obvious: there's dizziness, headache and confusion. The symptoms appear after a blow to the…
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'Heart-in-a-dish' paves way for personalized treatment for heart failure
McGill researchers have developed a new way to study why the same heart failure treatment can help some patients recover…
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Ensuring health equity with the use of AI
Only 13% of articles examined in a review of artificial intelligence (AI) and health equity explicitly defined health eq…
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Extreme heat may raise suicide risk by disrupting sleep and emotional regulation, study finds
In a study conducted by the World Bank and Georgetown University, scientists, including lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, D…
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Researchers identify strategy to make pediatric bone cancers more vulnerable to immunotherapy
Ewing sarcoma is a rare and debilitating type of bone cancer affecting young adults and children. Despite intensive trea…
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Exploring sex differences in how the brain adapts to overeating
Overeating alters neural pathways involved in feeding and metabolism, but how fast do these adaptive changes occur? And …
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Rapid genome sequencing helps guide care for about 50% of children with cancer
Two studies involving investigators at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's and the University of Cambridge, U.K., highlight t…
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Can a gut procedure stop weight regain after GLP-1s?
Fractyl’s Revita hit its six-month goal in a sham-controlled pivotal trial, and the FDA filing is planned for late Q4 20…