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Study adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021.

4 Jan 2022

Scientists find that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another.

4 Jan 2022

Children with chronic illness or special education needs require more support with online learning

Online learning poses additional challenges to children with chronic medical conditions or special education needs, and these patients could benefit from more support from pediatric clinicians to be academically successful, according to a new opinion piece in JAMA Pediatrics released today and co-written by researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

4 Jan 2022

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

A new study led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school modes in most regions of the U.S.

4 Jan 2022

Quitting smoking at or around diagnosis improves survival of lung cancer patients

Patients with lung cancer who quit smoking after their diagnosis have a 29 percent improvement in their overall survival compared to patients who continue smoking after diagnosis, according to a study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

4 Jan 2022

A closer look at the relationship between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers discuss the findings of previous studies on the role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.

4 Jan 2022

Study finds rise in marijuana use among pregnant and postpartum people living with HIV

Marijuana use among individuals who are pregnant or postpartum and living with HIV increased from 2007 to 2019, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Network Open.

4 Jan 2022

New Potocsnak Longevity Institute aims to extend human 'healthspan'

In the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to check into the Human Longevity Laboratory to find out how old you really are, physiologically speaking.

4 Jan 2022

New insights into how tiny bacteria from the environment have adapted to live inside humans

The microbes that live inside our mouths, collectively known as the oral microbiome, impact our overall health in many ways that are not yet fully understood.

4 Jan 2022

Why an HBCU med school decided to put CARES Act money into students’ pockets

Just before students at Meharry Medical College went home for Thanksgiving, Dr. James Hildreth, the school's president, emailed them a video message that he acknowledged seemed hard to believe. Or at least they had to give it a second listen.

4 Jan 2022

Study finds critical metabolic vulnerability of diffuse large B cell lymphomas

Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus.

3 Jan 2022

Computational tools reveal how blood enzyme works at the atomic level

Membrane-associated proteins play a vital role in a variety of cellular processes, yet little is known about the membrane-association mechanism.

3 Jan 2022

The brains of infants with autism do not tune in with motherese speech

Motherese is a form of simplified, exaggerated melodic speech that parents use to communicate with newborns and young toddlers.

3 Jan 2022

Study finds lower physical activity among most teens during the pandemic

This New Year's Day, parents might want to resolve to get more exercise – and bring their teenage children along. A new national study finds that only 9% of teens met the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day during the pandemic – a decline from 16% pre-pandemic.

3 Jan 2022

Study finds increased oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione deficiency in COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have investigated the effect of infection with COVID-19 on the levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant.

3 Jan 2022

COVID-19 tests with the new assay may be just as reliable as laboratory-based molecular tests

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have designed a high-quality assay that can be used in at-home tests for rapid COVID-19 screening.

3 Jan 2022

Research provides new insights on the architecture of yeast nuclear pore complex

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are massive multi-protein complexes that act as passageways for the transport of molecules into and out of the nucleus.

3 Jan 2022

Alzheimer’s disease risk genes disturb the brain protective mechanism

The brain has a natural protective mechanism against Alzheimer's disease, and researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions have discovered that gene variants associated with risk of developing the disease disturb the protective mechanism in ways that can lead to neurodegeneration.

3 Jan 2022

Hypertension-related maternal mortality rates continue to increase in the United States

Chronic hypertension is contributing substantially to maternal deaths in the United States, with particular risk among Black women, according to new research from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.

3 Jan 2022

Genomic variant may help predict which patients will experience chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity

A team of investigators have discovered a genomic variant that may help clinicians predict which patients will experience cardiotoxicity from a widely used chemotherapy drug, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Circulation.

3 Jan 2022

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Study adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Scientists find that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another

Children with chronic illness or special education needs require more support with online learning

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

Quitting smoking at or around diagnosis improves survival of lung cancer patients

A closer look at the relationship between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease

Study finds rise in marijuana use among pregnant and postpartum people living with HIV

New Potocsnak Longevity Institute aims to extend human 'healthspan'

New insights into how tiny bacteria from the environment have adapted to live inside humans

Why an HBCU med school decided to put CARES Act money into students’ pockets

Study finds critical metabolic vulnerability of diffuse large B cell lymphomas

Computational tools reveal how blood enzyme works at the atomic level

The brains of infants with autism do not tune in with motherese speech

Study finds lower physical activity among most teens during the pandemic

Study finds increased oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione deficiency in COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 tests with the new assay may be just as reliable as laboratory-based molecular tests

Research provides new insights on the architecture of yeast nuclear pore complex

Alzheimer’s disease risk genes disturb the brain protective mechanism

Hypertension-related maternal mortality rates continue to increase in the United States

Genomic variant may help predict which patients will experience chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity

Decoding Cannabis: Differentiating Hemp and Marijuana

Deciphering the Microbiome with The Microsetta Initiative

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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