Category: Health
The Minneapolis immigration crackdown ended months ago. For these little kids, trauma remains
A therapy dog named Sage is helping children at Valley View Elementary outside Minneapolis cope with trauma from the immigration crackdown
Argentine scientists achieve key breakthrough in treating diabetes
Argentine scientists have identified a mechanism that allows pancreatic beta cells, which produce insulin, to become resistant to damage.
Machine learning can help close pregnancy drug safety gaps
JMIR Publications today released a report on developments in the evidence gap in drug safety during pregnancy in its News and Perspectives section.
True toll of long COVID may be double that of current estimates, research shows
The true toll of long COVID may be double that of current estimates and hidden from current surveillance systems that rely on capturing diagnostic codes
Prenatal therapy for cystic fibrosis improves lifelong health outcomes
This Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) is highlighting a growing shift in care: starting cystic fibrosis treatment before birth to improve
Study suggests new potentially druggable ways to target GPCR signaling
A study published in Nature by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine identifies a new way that G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) – targets of
Persistent gut microbiome changes linked to sustained colorectal cancer risk
More than a decade after removal of an adenoma-a precancerous mass-from the colon, alterations to the gut microbiome and metabolites remain and may drive heightened
Extreme trait values often have simpler genetic explanations than thought
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found evidence that people who fall at the extreme high or low ends of
Degrading mutant KRAS protein induces greater lung cancer regression
KRAS is one of the oncogenes most frequently altered in cancer, mutated in approximately one-third of lung adenocarcinomas.
Study reveals how immune cells alter vascular plaque formation
A new LMU study shows how differently immune cells influence the formation of dangerous vascular deposits – and identifies miR-147 as a potential starting point
Injectable Peptides – The New Snake Oil
We are going backwards. Hopefully this will be temporary trend, but it has been consistent for the past few decades. Prior to the FDA we
In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water
There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city
‘It’s not a nice world to bring children into’: Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years
Live births in England and Wales are at their lowest since 1977, while the age of first-time mothers has also risen.