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New research offers avenue to explore relationship between Alzheimer's and HIV
UNMC researchers have published an article in Alzheimer's & Dementia detailing the creation of an animal model that help…
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'Feature interference,' and why your brain struggles with uncertain tasks
Multitasking feels like a required skill in modern life, but as anyone who has tried to keep track of multiple chat wind…
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Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak
The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the death…
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Tumor response to immunochemotherapy may spare some head and neck cancer patients radical surgery
Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors responded to neoadjuvant immun…
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Spinal cord stimulation eases pain and improves sensation in people with diabetic nerve damage
A multicenter randomized clinical trial led by researchers from the Pain Outcomes Lab at Wake Forest University School o…
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Widespread COVID death underreporting around the world raises broader questions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world faced the same basic challenge: measuring a fast-moving publi…
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Grieving lost body function: What psychology teaches us about our chronic illness journeys
Body changes can raise disturbing feelings, such as looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection that may feel spirituall…
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Economic tool could help cities prioritize public health in urban development
Senior urban development decision-makers have revealed there is currently little incentive to consider public health imp…
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Odds of imaging order higher when clinicians self-interpret
Providers who self-interpret imaging are significantly more likely to order outpatient imaging, according to a study pub…
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Protein-based MRI agent detects lung cancer and hidden metastases earlier than current scans
A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia State University Regents' Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Bioph…
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Dementia prevention can't rely on individual choices alone, new study finds
Efforts to prevent dementia may be placing too much responsibility on people's choices while overlooking the wider socia…
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Third of UK government's nutrition advisers still paid by food companies, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
Nearly a third of the UK government's nutrition advisers still have "significant" ties to the food industry, including C…
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More light at night linked to changes in heart structure and function
Exposure to light at night is linked to important and potentially harmful changes in the structure and function of the h…
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A burst of 'pink noise' may lead to more restorative sleep
During the day, waste products such as lactic acid and worn-out proteins build up in the brain. When we sleep at night, …
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New study reveals how the brain detects the smallest sensory signals
Researchers have uncovered how the brain is able to detect and process tiny sensory signals with remarkable accuracy—eve…
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Psychiatrists agree on a diagnosis in only 55% of cases, international study finds
In the 1970s, psychiatric diagnoses were marked by considerable uncertainty and disagreement. Since then, organizations …
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Social support may reduce developmental-delay risk tied to pregnancy feelings
Pregnancy is often one of the biggest emotional and physical transitions in a woman's life. Alongside the well-known phy…
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Noise pollution may keep bodies on alert, disrupting sleep and heart health
Has your phone ever died very quickly, despite you barely using it? Sometimes, the explanation is simple: Dozens of apps…
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Initial Rx length tied to long-term use of Z-drugs
Patients who receive a longer initial Z-drug prescription are more likely to fill additional prescriptions after the ind…
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Psychedelics and anesthetics create mirror image patterns in the brain
For something so familiar to human experience, consciousness is still a mystery. Each day, people cycle through wakefuln…
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Highly potent compound that blocks Ebola virus entry discovered
A University of Minnesota–led multi-institutional research team has discovered a highly potent small molecule that block…
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Early MS treatments differ most in relapses and MRI lesions, not disability
For people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), early treatment choices were associated with only slight dif…
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Cancer's protective shield: Blocking a signaling pathway could make small cell lung tumors visible to T cells
An international research team led by Dr. Lucia Torres Fernández from the working groups of Professor Dr. Julie George a…
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Pooling patient brain signals could speed brain-to-speech devices, human trial finds
Stroke, ALS and other neurodegenerative and acute brain disorders can rob people of the ability to speak. Brain-computer…