A new study from the Kwon Lab at the Ragon Institute, published in Cell Host & Microbe, provides the most detailed picture yet of how a promising bacterial therapy works to prevent recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV) and why it…
Category: 8. Health
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Tiny device with engineered cells acts as internal drug factory
A multi-institutional team of scientists, co-led by Northwestern University, has taken a crucial step toward implantable “living pharmacies” – tiny devices containing engineered cells that continuously produce medicines inside the…
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Vitreous floaters confer increased risk for retinal detachment
New-onset vitreous floaters, with or without flashes, confer an increased risk for retinal detachment (RD), according to a study published in the March issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
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Family caregivers provide $1 trillion in annual labor, AARP says
Family caregivers provide more than $1 trillion in labor every year in the U.S., most of it unpaid, a new AARP report says. Their work forms the backbone of the nation’s long-term care system and is essential to helping millions of American…
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Machine learning prediction of discharge destination in patients with Parkinson’s disease; a nationwide cohort study
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Characterization of body composition dynamics throughout treatment in patients with early-stage breast cancer
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Rosas, J. C. et al. Pre)treatment risk factors for late fatigue…
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of type 2 diabetes according to glycemic status: a prospective cohort study
Ong KL, Stafford LK, McLaughlin SA, Boyko EJ, Vollset SE, Smith AE, et al. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study…
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Variant-divergent death: Omicron intensifies bystander T-cell apoptosis via GDF15–BCL2L13
Shen XR, Geng R, Li Q, Chen Y, Li SF, Wang Q, et al. ACE2-independent infection of T lymphocytes by SARS-CoV-2. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2022;7:83.
Huang W, Berube J, McNamara M, Saksena S,…
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Global study estimates over 250,000 meningitis deaths in 2023, with young children bearing a heavy toll
In 2023, 259,000 people died from meningitis and 2.5 million people were infected with the disease globally, suggests a study published in The Lancet Neurology. Although death and infection rates have declined significantly since 1990, progress…
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Can a new heart health metric identify fracture risk in postmenopausal women? Study finds link
Postmenopausal women face a high risk of bone fractures. Due to declines in estrogen levels, which can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis, even a low-impact fall can result in a serious hip, back, or wrist injury. An estimated one in three…
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