Category: 8. Health

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  • Co-designed principles for establishment of a virtual hospital

  • Edgar, K. et al. Admission avoidance hospital at home. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007491.pub3 (2024).

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  • Norman, G., Bennett, P. & Vardy, E. R. L. C. Virtual…

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  • The risk of osteoporosis in COPD: An analysis of sex differences and mediating effects based on NHANES

    The risk of osteoporosis in COPD: An analysis of sex differences and mediating effects based on NHANES

  • Organization, W. H. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), <https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-(copd)> (2024).

  • Adeloye, D. et al. Global, regional, and national prevalence of, and risk…

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  • Parental reporting of activities relevant for young children’s soil/dust ingestion

  • U.S. EPA C for EAN. Update for Chap. 5 of the Exposure factors handbook soil and dust ingestion. (2017).

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  • Scientists Discover Molecular “Switch” That Could Stop Breast Cancer From Spreading

    Scientists Discover Molecular “Switch” That Could Stop Breast Cancer From Spreading

    A receptor involved in normal physiological processes may also drive breast cancer growth when overexpressed. A surgeon can remove a breast tumor, but surgery does not always eliminate every cancer cell. This is particularly true when the disease…

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  • This 5-Day Brain Treatment Is Giving People With Depression New Hope

    This 5-Day Brain Treatment Is Giving People With Depression New Hope

    An accelerated five-day TMS protocol may rival the standard six-week treatment for depression. For many people living with depression, medications do not provide enough relief. In these cases, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has become an…

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  • Empathy's roots in parenting? Study in mice reveals brain circuits behind why we comfort others

    Empathy's roots in parenting? Study in mice reveals brain circuits behind why we comfort others

    Humans and animals share a remarkable capacity to sense when others are in distress and respond with comforting behavior. But the motivation for doing so, and why it sometimes breaks down, has been poorly understood. UCLA Health researchers…

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  • Some Memories Live in the Brain Even If We Can’t Recall Them

    Some Memories Live in the Brain Even If We Can’t Recall Them

    Struggling to remember a forgotten memory is an all-too-common frustration—one that unfortunately becomes more common as we age. We realize that there’s something we can’t recall, but we simply can’t raise it from the depths of our…

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  • Blood-based marker opens up perspectives for cancer diagnostics

    Blood-based marker opens up perspectives for cancer diagnostics

    Metastatic prostate cancer is currently associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. In addition, patients respond very differently to standard treatments such as hormone therapy or radiation therapy. Reliable markers that can be used to…

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  • Do Ozempic and Similar Weight Loss Drugs Work for Everyone? New Study Has Answers

    Do Ozempic and Similar Weight Loss Drugs Work for Everyone? New Study Has Answers

    A sweeping review of dozens of clinical trials suggests that today’s most widely used GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs produce broadly consistent weight-loss results across age, race, ethnicity, and baseline health measures. Weight loss drugs that…

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