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Hundreds of chemicals linked to breast cancer risk identified in new study

Rss Feed - Sun, 01/14/2024 - 17:53
Study identifies 921 chemicals potentially linked to breast cancer risk, using a framework evaluating genotoxicity and endocrine activity.

Chatbot therapy proves effective for tinnitus management, study finds

Rss Feed - Sun, 01/14/2024 - 17:47
Study shows a chatbot delivering cognitive behavioral therapy can effectively help manage tinnitus symptoms, with telepsychologist sessions not significantly enhancing outcomes.

Ancient DNA traces multiple sclerosis origins to 5,000-year-old migrations

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 21:08
Researchers create the world's largest ancient human gene bank, linking genes to multiple sclerosis risk and tracing its origins to migrations 5,000 years ago.

Study links stress to metabolic syndrome, highlights inflammation's role

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 20:44
New research links stress to metabolic syndrome through inflammation, suggesting stress management as a potential strategy for improving biological health outcomes.

Navigating news in mixed-political relationships: Study explores media's impact on couples

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 20:33
Study in Political Communication explores how couples with differing political views navigate media consumption, revealing challenges and strategies in managing news exposure and relationship dynamics.

Ancient DNA reveals first prehistoric cases of Turner and Jacob's syndromes

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 20:08
Ancient DNA reveals first prehistoric cases of Turner and Jacob's syndromes, with new technique enhancing chromosome analysis

UVA researchers join international consortium to study climate-related childhood diarrhea

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 06:36
UVA Health researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5 years old.

New analysis of cancer cells identifies 370 targets for smarter, personalized treatments

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 06:32
A new, systematic analysis of cancer cells identifies 370 candidate priority drug targets across 27 cancer types, including breast, lung and ovarian cancers.

Increased cholesterol levels in adolescence linked to early heart damage

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 06:27
Heart disease is the number one killer disease in the world. Elevated cholesterol and dyslipidaemia in children and adolescents increase the risk of premature death in the mid-forties and subclinical atherosclerosis in the mid-twenties.

Planning prompts show promise in improving prescribing safety

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 06:20
Physicians who are notified that a patient has died of a drug overdose are more judicious in issuing controlled substances if the notification includes a plan for what to do during subsequent patient visits, according to a study published today in Nature Communications.

Leveraging nutritional interventions for effective TB control

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 06:10
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with 10.6 million cases and 1.6 million deaths in 2021 alone.

Study explains why "being in love" makes us tunnel visioned

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 05:26
Love is blind, the saying goes, and thanks to a world-first Australian study, we are now a step closer to understanding why.

Exploring the link between pancreatic islet cell loss and age-related health conditions

Rss Feed - Sat, 01/13/2024 - 04:03
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied pancreatic islet cell loss in people with no previous pancreatic problems. They identified key trends in the types of cells lost due to islet cell loss in different age groups and sexes, finding that ICL in the elderly population was largely due to insulin-producing beta cell loss.

New study offers hope for reducing malaria in pregnant women living with HIV

Rss Feed - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 23:15
In women living with HIV, preventive treatment with DHA-PPQ is a safe and effective strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy, according to the final results of MAMAH, a clinical trial funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.

Swedish blood donor study reveals high prevalence of undiagnosed TBE infections

Rss Feed - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 23:09
The number of infections by the tick-borne TBE virus that are not detected by health services is far higher than previously assumed.

RBM5 identified as key regulator of HOXA9 in acute myeloid leukemia

Rss Feed - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 23:00
The protein HOXA9 is overexpressed in most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases and is associated with poor patient outcomes.

FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery, study finds

Rss Feed - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 22:52
Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found that an FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery.

Pazopanib activity confirmed in EWSR1-NFATC2 bone sarcoma

Rss Feed - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 21:57
A new case report was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on September 20, 2023, entitled, "Activity of pazopanib in EWSR1-NFATC2 translocation-associated bone sarcoma."

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