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Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Immigrant pregnant people faced persistent inequities in obtaining timely prenatal care as compared with native-born pregnant people in the United States over an eight-year period, a factor that could be contributing to longstanding health disadvantages, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open on October 28.

28 Oct 2022

Study shows how Toxoplasma parasite successfully spreads in the body

The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a large portion of the global human population. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how this microscopic parasite so successfully spreads in the body, for example to the brain

28 Oct 2022

Wireless, battery-free pacemaker could make life easier for heart disease patients

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated that approximately 60 million people are affected by the condition.

28 Oct 2022

Proof-of-principle study: Novel tool advances potential way to deliver gene therapy

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have successfully used a cell's natural process for making proteins to "slide" genetic instructions into a cell and produce critical proteins missing from those cells.

28 Oct 2022

Study sheds light on why some patients respond better than others to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy, a biotherapy that boosts the ability of the immune system to recognize and attack mutant tumor cells, has transformed the treatment landscape for patients battling cancer, which emerges from the progressive accumulation of DNA mutations.

27 Oct 2022

Discovery points to a new understanding of Stargardt disease progression

Using a new stem-cell-based model made from skin cells, scientists found the first direct evidence that Stargardt-related ABCA4 gene mutations affect a layer of cells in the eye called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

27 Oct 2022

New studies point to a broadly applicable treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

Two new studies from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis support development of a broadly applicable treatment for neurodegenerative diseases that targets a molecule that serves as the central executioner in the death of axons, the wiring of the nervous system.

26 Oct 2022

Discovery provides better understanding of retinal protein's structure and function

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which an area of a protein shape-shifts to convert vitamin A into a form usable by the eye's light-sensing photoreceptor cells.

26 Oct 2022

$10.3 million NIH grant to support URI neuroscientist's research on retinal scanning to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s

Jessica Alber, assistant professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, is looking to change the way doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a change that could raise new possibilities for treatment.

26 Oct 2022

New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

A new approach to cancer immunotherapy that uses one type of immune cell to kill another-;rather than directly attacking the cancer-;provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response that shrinks ovarian, lung, and pancreatic tumors in preclinical disease models, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

25 Oct 2022

During sleep, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation

Using a neural network model, Penn neuroscientist Anna Schapiro and colleagues found that as the body moves between REM and slow-wave sleep cycles, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation.

25 Oct 2022

Designing an Ultrasound Sticker that can Image your Internal Organs

In this interview, we speak to researchers from the Zhao lab at MIT about their new ultrasound sticker that can provide non-invasive imaging of internal organs for up to 48 hours.

25 Oct 2022

Scientific Grand Prize awarded to renowned hearing loss researcher

M. Charles Liberman, PhD, whose research forever changed the way experts understand the underlying causes of hearing loss, has been awarded the Scientific Grand Prize from the France-based La Fondation Pour l'Audition.

21 Oct 2022

New technology to track the spread of water contaminants in the blink of an eye

Imagine using your mobile phone to track the spread of water contaminants - such as oil spills or even viruses like COVID-19 - in the blink of an eye.

21 Oct 2022

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) react differently to a stress hormone than those from veterans without PTSD, a finding that could provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure.

20 Oct 2022

Nutrition education needed for all healthcare professionals to better support public health, research suggests

All healthcare professionals should study a curriculum of nutrition education during their studies in order to help better support public health - new paper suggests.

20 Oct 2022

Henry Ford Hospital earns three-year accreditation from National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer

Henry Ford Hospital has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), which was developed through a collaboration between the OSTRiCh (Optimizing the Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer) consortium and the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.

20 Oct 2022

What are the complications, preventative measures, and treatments of ocular monkeypox?

A CDC report recently discussed ocular complications of monkeypox and discussed the treatments and preventative measures for ocular monkeypox.

20 Oct 2022

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned that the way the brain processes the complex emotion of regret may be linked to an individual's ability to cope with stress, and altered in psychiatric disorders like depression.

19 Oct 2022

Researchers develop a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease

A team led by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, in close collaboration with investigators at Mass General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has developed a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease, providing an enhanced way of characterizing the activity of the brain during sleep.

18 Oct 2022

Eye Health News and Research

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Study shows how Toxoplasma parasite successfully spreads in the body

Wireless, battery-free pacemaker could make life easier for heart disease patients

Proof-of-principle study: Novel tool advances potential way to deliver gene therapy

Study sheds light on why some patients respond better than others to immunotherapy

Discovery points to a new understanding of Stargardt disease progression

New studies point to a broadly applicable treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

Discovery provides better understanding of retinal protein's structure and function

$10.3 million NIH grant to support URI neuroscientist's research on retinal scanning to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s

New approach to immunotherapy provokes a robust anti-tumor immune response in preclinical models

During sleep, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation

Designing an Ultrasound Sticker that can Image your Internal Organs

Scientific Grand Prize awarded to renowned hearing loss researcher

New technology to track the spread of water contaminants in the blink of an eye

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Nutrition education needed for all healthcare professionals to better support public health, research suggests

Henry Ford Hospital earns three-year accreditation from National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer

What are the complications, preventative measures, and treatments of ocular monkeypox?

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers develop a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease

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