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In work published in Leukemia Research, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers explored the possible biological mechanisms that could explain the association between being overweight or obese prior to pregnancy and the increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. “Recent research has found that increasing rates of overweight and obesity among people of

Can AI Detect COVID-19 by Voice? New research suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to diagnose patients with COVID-19 by voice. AI speech analysis has already shown that it can help detect other diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, dementia, and heart disease. At least half a dozen studies have looked at

NHS spending watchdog rejects ketamine nasal spray for depression as psychiatrists accuse NICE of ‘discrimination’ against mental health patients – after EU approves £1,000-a-week drug EU Medicines Agency approved a ketamine treatment for depression in 2019 But UK regulator NICE rejected esketamine nasal spray costing £489 per dose They had concerns the drug Spravato had to be given

The ancient Greeks were on to something when they referred to olive oil as an “elixir of youth and health.” Centuries later, research offers evidence about the benefits of olive oil in our daily diets. Consuming more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day may lower heart disease risk, a 2020 study found.

Pregnant women in the U.S. are being exposed to chemicals like melamine, cyanuric acid, and aromatic amines that can increase the risk of cancer and harm child development, according to researchers at UC San Francisco and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Melamine and cyanuric acid were found in nearly all study participants’ samples,

South Korea had administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses per 100 people than other developed countries by the end of March 2022. A new article published in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology presents six pivotal lessons learned from South Korea's whole-of-government approach to successful COVID-19 vaccine roll out. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored

The amount of SARS-CoV-2 antigen measured in the blood of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is associated with illness severity and other clinical outcomes, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Following the ACTIV-3 trial of COVID-19 therapeutics in people hospitalized with COVID-19, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and

BARCELONA – A novel “extravascular” implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that uses substernally placed electrodes surpassed its prespecified efficacy and safety targets in the device’s pivotal trial with 299 patients who received an implant. The results showed that the extravascular ICD “provides antitachycardia pacing and low energy defibrillation while avoiding the vascular space” for lead placement,

A new scoring tool that helps to “transparently” prioritize which countries are in greatest need of COVID-19 vaccines, has been developed by a UCL-led team of researchers. The researchers say the tool considers afar wider range of factors than the current global COVAX facility, which has been criticized by some countries, particularly poorer nations for

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have for the first time discovered a pattern of DNA mutations that links bladder cancer to tobacco smoking. The discovery was made possible thanks to a powerful new machine learning tool that the team developed to find patterns of mutations caused by carcinogens and other DNA-altering processes.

For decades, researchers from all over the world have been working hard to understand Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a collaboration between the Department of Biomedicine and the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University has resulted in a flock of minipigs that could lead to a major step forward in the research and treatment of Alzheimer’s.

Sleep disturbances among COVID-19 long-haulers appear to be quite common according to data from Cleveland Clinic. “A lot of patients are complaining of non-restorative sleep, fatigue, brain fog, restless sleep, and insomnia. These are the most common complaints that we see in the clinic every day,” said Cinthya Pena, MD, sleep specialist for Cleveland Clinic.

LONDON (Reuters) – It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There are encouraging signs of a sustained week-on-week decline in the onset of cases in many European countries, including France, Germany, Portugal, Spain

New research demonstrates that the diabetes drug semaglutide is also effective for weight loss and may help prevent people from developing type 2 diabetes. When some research participants were switched to placebo during the trial, their weight increased, and so did their diabetes risk. Researchers assessed the participants’ risk of getting diabetes in the future

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University of Central Florida material sciences engineers Melanie Coathup and Sudipta Seal have designed a cerium oxide nanoparticle -; an artificial enzyme -; that protects bones against damage from radiation. The nanoparticle has also shown abilities to improve bone regeneration, reduce loss of blood cells and help kill cancer cells. Their study, a collaboration with

Eating a diet rich in protein and iron while avoiding shampoos that contain sulfates and formaldehyde can help a man AVOID hair loss Dr Susan Massick, from Ohio State University, urged men to act early on hair loss She recommended a balanced diet that contains enough protein and iron The protein will help hair follicles

Getting a consistent good night's sleep supports normal production and programming of hematopoietic stem cells, a building block of the body's innate immune system, according to a small National Institutes of Health-supported study in humans and mice. Sleep has long been linked to immune function, but researchers discovered that getting enough of it influenced the

Pregnant, low-income New Yorkers living in neighborhoods with higher levels of air pollution were 60 percent more likely to test positive for COVID-19, according to a new study led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study appears in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The researchers examined the relationship between 3,318

A small team of medical researchers from the U.K. and the U.S. has found that a cancer patient may have put her cancer into remission by taking cannabis oil and magic mushrooms along with receiving a standard course of chemotherapy. In their paper published in the journal Drug Science, Policy and Law, the group describes