Clinicians from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and four other institutions have demonstrated that doctors can gain a wealth of knowledge about a patient’s cancer by using multiple laboratory techniques to study tumor tissue taken from…
Category: 5. Health
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New generation of skin substitutes give hope to severe burns patients
Severe burns remain one of the most challenging injuries to treat, causing high disease and death rates worldwide, but Australian researchers have flagged some promising new approaches that could save lives and dramatically improve patient…
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Adult-onset type 1 diabetes increases risk of cardiovascular disease and death
A new study in the European Heart Journal shows that people who develop type 1 diabetes in adulthood have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, and that those diagnosed later in life do not have a better prognosis than those…
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Trump’s Drug Price Order Is More Bluster Than Substance
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Trump’s drug pricing executive order, how the cofounder of Hims became a billionaire, the economic costs of cutting NIH spending, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
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The risk of death or complications from broken heart syndrome was high from 2016 to 2020
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is associated with a high rate of death and complications, and those rates were unchanged between 2016 and 2020, according to new research published today in the Journal of the…
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Study sheds light on how autistic people communicate
There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others.
The findings suggest that…
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New hope against superbugs: Promising antibiotic candidate discovered
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic. Their findings, now published in…
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Sugar-coated nanotherapy dramatically improves neuron survival in Alzheimer’s model
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new approach that directly combats the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
In these devastating illnesses, proteins…
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Got data? Breastfeeding device measures babies’ milk intake in real time
While breastfeeding has many benefits for a mother and her baby, it has one major drawback: It’s incredibly difficult to know how much milk the baby is consuming.
To take the guesswork out of breastfeeding, an interdisciplinary team of engineers,…
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Postpartum depression and bonding: Long-term effects on school-age children
Researchers show a strong association between postpartum depression, early mother-to-infant bonding, and children’s emotional and behavioral development.
Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as…
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