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Long-excluded uterine cancer patients are step closer to 9/11 benefits

Tammy Kaminski can still recall the taste of benzene, a carcinogenic byproduct of burning jet fuel. For nine months after the 9/11 attacks, she volunteered for eight hours every Saturday at St. Paul's Chapel, just around the corner from ground zero in New York City.

13 Jan 2022

Study finds evidence for increased activity of the brain’s immune system long before dementia onset

Long before the onset of dementia, there is evidence for increased activity of the brain's immune system. Researchers from DZNE and the University Hospital Bonn come to this conclusion based on a study of more than 1,000 older adults.

12 Jan 2022

New study highlights COVID-19 vaccine inequities in California

As the pandemic stretches into its third year, people around the globe have benefitted from cutting-edge vaccines that have prevented infection with COVID-19 or mitigated its impact. Yet, vaccine access has not been distributed evenly across populations.

12 Jan 2022

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

Accurately measuring blood flow is critical to the fundamental understanding of cardiovascular disease and clinical decision making. Although researchers have made great strides in computational and experimental blood flow modeling, reliable data is still difficult to generate in large quantities.

12 Jan 2022

Discovery of new protein could lead to effective treatments for developmental, neurological disorders

Understanding how the brain develops is crucial to formulating treatments and management protocols for a variety of developmental disorders, as well as degenerative neurological diseases. Right from the embryonic stage, brain development is facilitated by the differentiation of neurons (brain cells).

12 Jan 2022

Study offers new evidence on how childhood immunometabolic risk factors may lead to depression, psychosis

A growing body of research suggests that early-life infection, inflammation, and metabolic changes could contribute to psychiatric disorders – perhaps via effects during critical periods of brain development.

11 Jan 2022

Safe drinking water may be out of reach for almost 400,000 Californians, analysis reveals

An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemicals arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

11 Jan 2022

Secondhand nicotine vaping at home may increase risk of bronchitic symptoms in young adults

Secondhand exposure at home to the nicotine vapour from e-cigarettes is linked to a heightened risk of bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath among young adults, finds research published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

11 Jan 2022

LGBTQ+ individuals experienced higher rates of job loss and healthcare concerns during the pandemic

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted employment for minority populations resulting in higher unemployment rates and healthcare concerns, according to a Rutgers study.

10 Jan 2022

Digital health and data science: New component of medical education curriculum introduced

The Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME) has begun introducing a new component of the medical education curriculum to current medical students: instruction in Digital Health and Data Science.

10 Jan 2022

New neural circuits regulating spatial learning, memory in the brain's hippocampal formation discovered

A research team led by University of California, Irvine has discovered new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation.

10 Jan 2022

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

10 Jan 2022

Researchers develop new biopsy technology for profiling multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers

A team led by University of California, Irvine researchers has developed a new biopsy technology that can profile multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers simultaneously, revealing cellular spatial organization and interactions that will help advance personalized disease diagnosis and treatment.

10 Jan 2022

T cells induced by common cold coronaviruses play a protective role against COVID-19 infection

A new study, published in Nature Communications and led by Imperial College London researchers, provides the first evidence of a protective role for these T cells.

10 Jan 2022

Study finds novel pathway for understanding why debilitating conditions happen for cancer patients

Severe and persistent disability often undermines the life-saving benefits of cancer treatment. Pain and fatigue -; together with sensory, motor, and cognitive disorders -; are chief among the constellation of side effects that occur with the platinum-based agents used widely in chemotherapy treatments worldwide.

9 Jan 2022

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Long-excluded uterine cancer patients are step closer to 9/11 benefits

Study finds evidence for increased activity of the brain’s immune system long before dementia onset

New study highlights COVID-19 vaccine inequities in California

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

Discovery of new protein could lead to effective treatments for developmental, neurological disorders

Study offers new evidence on how childhood immunometabolic risk factors may lead to depression, psychosis

Safe drinking water may be out of reach for almost 400,000 Californians, analysis reveals

Secondhand nicotine vaping at home may increase risk of bronchitic symptoms in young adults

LGBTQ+ individuals experienced higher rates of job loss and healthcare concerns during the pandemic

Digital health and data science: New component of medical education curriculum introduced

New neural circuits regulating spatial learning, memory in the brain's hippocampal formation discovered

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

Researchers develop new biopsy technology for profiling multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers

T cells induced by common cold coronaviruses play a protective role against COVID-19 infection

Study finds novel pathway for understanding why debilitating conditions happen for cancer patients

ED visits for pediatric poisonings increased nine times following cannabis legalization

Traditional martial arts can improve self-regulation in school children

Returning to college to earn a bachelor's degree leads to an increase in annual income

Maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict children's behavioral problems

Research may pave the way for designing new therapies to combat schistosomiasis

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