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Subtle variations in every day cognitive performance associated with susceptibility to viral illness

If your alertness and reaction time is see-sawing more than usual, you may be more at risk of a viral illness.

3 Jan 2023

Keeping hydrated can reduce aging and extend disease-free life

In a recent study published in the journal eBioMedicine, researchers assessed the association between hydration and aging.

3 Jan 2023

Benefits, challenges in the use of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement for congenital heart disorders

Patients with congenital heart diseases often suffer from obstructions in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which carries blood from the heart to the lungs. These obstructions can be repaired with surgical procedures.

3 Jan 2023

Patients receive better care when specialists know referring physicians

Are you likely to receive better care if the specialist treating you knows your primary care physician? The answer appears to be yes, according to new research from Harvard Medical School published Jan. 3 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

3 Jan 2023

Researchers identify novel gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

In a new study from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, researchers described a novel mechanism of tumor formation in kidney cancers driven by overexpression of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway with loss of the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) tumor suppressor gene.

3 Jan 2023

Women have greater risk of venous thromboembolism than men, research shows

A research team from the Complexity Science Hub and MedUni Vienna analyzed 180,034 patients with diabetes mellitus and found evidence that women are at higher risk of venous thromboembolism than men - particularly during perimenopause.

3 Jan 2023

Age-related macular degeneration reported to confer higher risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

Recent evidence has emerged to suggest that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a clinical risk factor for increased risk for infection and mortality.

3 Jan 2023

Advanced MRI tool can reveal new structural insights into atherothrombosis

Atherosclerosis is a long-term arterial vessel wall disease characterized by the build- up of lipid- rich and inflamed plaques.

3 Jan 2023

ASPIRE Program at HUP marks an important investment in the future of nursing

Penn Medicine has partnered with the Howley Foundation and La Salle University to launch the ASPIRE Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), marking an important investment in the future of nursing.

3 Jan 2023

Forest therapy could help people with anxiety and depression

You've probably felt it yourself at some point. After a walk in the woods, your shoulders drop several notches. Your heart stopped pounding. Your thoughts flowed a little more calmly.

3 Jan 2023

Weighing risks of a major surgery: 7 questions older Americans should ask their surgeon

Larry McMahon, who turns 80 this month, is weighing whether to undergo a major surgery. Over the past five years, his back pain has intensified. Physical therapy, muscle relaxants, and injections aren't offering relief.

3 Jan 2023

Telehealth brings expert sexual assault exams to rural patients

Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist's waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam.

3 Jan 2023

Deep learning tool identifies mosaic mutations that cause disease

Genetic mutations cause hundreds of unsolved and untreatable disorders. Among them, DNA mutations in a small percentage of cells, called mosaic mutations, are extremely difficult to detect because they exist in a tiny percentage of the cells.

2 Jan 2023

Why do some people develop persistent lung sequelae after severe COVID-19?

Clinical presentation following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ranges from mild self-limiting illness to severe respiratory failure. Many studies have analyzed the early acute phases of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), but few focused on the longer-term sequelae following infection.

2 Jan 2023

Mouse study identifies potential targets for treating dry eye disease and corneal injury

People with a condition known as dry eye disease are more likely than those with healthy eyes to suffer injuries to their corneas.

2 Jan 2023

New method records gene activity patterns and presence of proteins across tissues

A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumor at unprecedented resolution, according to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and the New York Genome Center.

2 Jan 2023

Study demonstrates the benefits of vaccination and boosting in reducing COVID-19 transmission

Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in California prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to an analysis by researchers at UC San Francisco that examined transmission between people living in the same cell.

2 Jan 2023

Novel approach may prevent antibodies from triggering immune rejection of transplant cells

Researchers at UCSF have developed a novel, potentially life-saving approach that may prevent antibodies from triggering immune rejection of engineered therapeutic and transplant cells.

2 Jan 2023

Good hydration may slow down aging and prolong disease-free life

Adults who stay well-hydrated appear to be healthier, develop fewer chronic conditions, such as heart and lung disease, and live longer than those who may not get sufficient fluids, according to a National Institutes of Health study published in eBioMedicine.

2 Jan 2023

Novel experimental approach slows physical decline and extends the lives of roundworms

Scientists in aging research today report a novel experimental approach that slowed the rate of physical decline and lengthened the lives of roundworms commonly used in biological studies, C. elgans.

30 Dec 2022

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Subtle variations in every day cognitive performance associated with susceptibility to viral illness

Keeping hydrated can reduce aging and extend disease-free life

Benefits, challenges in the use of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement for congenital heart disorders

Patients receive better care when specialists know referring physicians

Researchers identify novel gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

Women have greater risk of venous thromboembolism than men, research shows

Age-related macular degeneration reported to confer higher risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

Advanced MRI tool can reveal new structural insights into atherothrombosis

ASPIRE Program at HUP marks an important investment in the future of nursing

Forest therapy could help people with anxiety and depression

Weighing risks of a major surgery: 7 questions older Americans should ask their surgeon

Telehealth brings expert sexual assault exams to rural patients

Deep learning tool identifies mosaic mutations that cause disease

Why do some people develop persistent lung sequelae after severe COVID-19?

Mouse study identifies potential targets for treating dry eye disease and corneal injury

New method records gene activity patterns and presence of proteins across tissues

Study demonstrates the benefits of vaccination and boosting in reducing COVID-19 transmission

Novel approach may prevent antibodies from triggering immune rejection of transplant cells

Good hydration may slow down aging and prolong disease-free life

Novel experimental approach slows physical decline and extends the lives of roundworms

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