Hydrocephalus is a life-threatening condition that occurs in about 1 in 1,000 newborns and is often treated with invasive surgery. Now, a new study offers hope of preventing hydrocephalus before it even occurs.
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Category: 8. Health
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More Americans Are Turning To Cash-Based Healthcare
Patients are increasingly seeking more personalized and on-demand care services.
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Researchers identify key factor to help improve treatment for glioblastoma
A groundbreaking study from Brown University Health researchers has identified a crucial factor that may help improve treatment for glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and common forms of adult brain cancer. The findings,…
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Toxin Stops Colon Cancer Growth, Without Harming Healthy Tissue
Researchers in Sweden have identified an unexpected biological mechanism that could influence future cancer treatments. Scientists in Sweden have uncovered an unexpected anti-cancer effect from a molecule produced by the bacteria responsible for…
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Non-children's hospitals more commonly use imaging exposing children to ionizing radiation
Imaging modalities that expose children to ionizing radiation are used more frequently at non-children’s hospitals compared with children’s hospitals, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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Flavanols Break the Rules of Nutrition: Scientists Uncover the Surprising Way They Boost the Brain
The health benefits of dietary flavanols appear to come from their ability to trigger responses in the brain and the body’s stress systems. That slightly dry, tightening feeling some foods leave in the mouth is known as astringency, and it…
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Elevated BMI, physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease
Elevated body mass index (BMI) and physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease (HT-CKD), with elevated BMI exerting a greater impact, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in Frontiers in…
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This Simple Drug Combo Turns THC Into a Potential Alzheimer’s Therapy
New research suggests THC’s cognitive drawbacks may be mitigated when combined with a targeted anti-inflammatory drug. Cannabis research has highlighted a scientific paradox. Its best-known psychoactive compound, Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol…
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Medial prefrontal-thalamic white matter microstructure is associated with harm avoidance in OCD: a discovery and transdiagnostic replication study
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The study obtained approval from the Butler Hospital Institutional Review Board. Participants were recruited from community and clinical settings in and around Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through targeted social media…
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Early detection of aberrant cell fate and repair using circulating progenitor cells in patients with heterotopic ossification
Zeckey, C. et al. Risk of symptomatic heterotopic ossification following plate osteosynthesis in multiple trauma patients: an analysis in a level-1 trauma centre. Scand. J. Trauma Resusc. Emerg. Med 17, 55 (2009).
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