Deafness prompts brain rewiring to enhance peripheral vision
The brains of people who are deaf from an early age re-wire to see more of what is happening in their visual periphery, new research
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New clinical guidelines standardize kidney replacement therapy in ICU patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication in the intensive care unit (ICU). Due to its high incidence, strong correlation with poor
Preteen smartphone use linked to depression, obesity, lack of sleep
A new study finds preteens who own smartphones and use them regularly, are at greater risk of depression, obesity and insufficient sleep.
RFK Jr. names CDC vaccine adviser to senior HHS role
Former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, has been appointed to a senior role at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Can maternal diet prevent infant food allergy? A large trial puts eggs and peanuts to the test
A large Australian randomized trial of 2,137 pregnant women tested whether substantially increasing egg and peanut consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding could prevent food allergy
Scientists reveals how cancer-causing p53 mutations remain invisible to the immune system
One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little
Study identifies powerful inherited risk factor for lung cancer
A rare inherited mutation in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene is associated with a 25-fold increased risk of lung cancer, according to a
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the
Andy Burnham urged to set dementia waiting-time target
An 18‑week referral‑to‑treatment target has been backed by England’s former national cancer director.
‘Inspirational’ 97-year- old wing walker gives back to hospital ward
The world’s oldest female wing-walker has delivered a cheque to the hospital where she was treated.
Groundbreaking technology uses quantum sensors to measure heart activity
Physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a groundbreaking technology that uses quantum sensors to measure biomagnetic signals, such as heart activity.
Innate immune system variations determine vaccine side effects
Redness and pain at the injection site, fever, fatigue or headaches: vaccines can cause side effects, but their frequency and severity vary considerably from person
Scalable machine learning model maps complex genomic enhancers across tissues
Understanding gene regulation may be the key to interpreting human disease genetics. Genes are regulated in part by stretches of DNA called enhancers, which define
SARS-CoV-2 uses two fusion keys to enter host cells
To enter our cells, the Covid-19 virus fuses its surrounding membrane with the membrane of the target cell.