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UrduAugust 14, 2019 — OTTAWA — A paper published today in Pediatrics suggests that children and youth who do not sleep enough and use screens more than recommended are more likely to act impulsively and make poorer decisions. The findings…
Tag: MEDICINE/HEALTH
AAN issues guidelines for treatment of migraine in children and teens
For children and teens with migraine, the pain and symptoms that accompany migraine attacks can be debilitating, resulting in missed school days, absence from social or sporting events, and affected home activities. Now the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and…
Landos Biopharma completes $60 million Series B financing
RTW Investments joins existing investor Perceptive Advisors in leading financing with a strong syndi
NIH awards $2.7 million grant to UTEP professor to study AIDS-associated fungal meningitis
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $2.7 million grant to Luis R. Martinez, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, to study a potentially life-threatening fungus and suggest possible treatments. Martinez…
Attacking asthma in kids
According to the World Health Organization, asthma is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease worldwide. That’s why researchers are working on developing technology that could predict when a child will have an asthma attack and provide prevention and treatment suggestions,…
Association between coeliac disease risk and gluten intake confirmed
An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing coeliac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its…
Up to half of patients withhold life-threatening issues from doctors
Facing the threat of domestic violence, being a survivor of sexual assault, struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide are four topics that are difficult to broach with anyone. Including those who can help you. A new study reveals up…
Nanoparticle therapy targets lymph node metastases
Metastasis, in which cancer cells break free from the primary tumor and form tumors at other sites, worsens the prognosis for many cancer patients. The lymph nodes — glands of the immune system located throughout the body — are typically…
Surgeons report success in reducing opioid prescribing without increasing patients’ pain
Michigan-wide effort cut prescription size by nearly a third without increasing patients’ pain or de
New proteomics technique gives insights into ubiquitin signalling
Australian researchers are among the first in the world to have access to a new approach to understand intricate changes that control how proteins function in our cells in health and disease. The new proteomics technique called ‘ubiquitin clipping’ allows…
‘Catcher of the rye’ method detects rye gluten proteins in foods
Gluten-free diets have been trendy for several years now, with adherents claiming that avoiding grains that contain the substance helps with weight loss or improves general health. However, for people with celiac disease, avoiding gluten is not a fad but…
NIH’s All of Us Research Program recaps progress and next steps
WHAT: The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made strong progress in its efforts to advance precision medicine, according to program leadership in a forthcoming paper in the New England Journal of Medicine .…
New insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity
SILVER SPRING, Md. – A team led by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has gained new insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and metabolic profiling techniques. Though numerous vaccines induce and…
Physical and mental exercise lower chances for developing delirium after surgery
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society research summary
Hospital ratings systems get low grades from experts
Most receive ‘Cs’ and ‘Ds’, except for a ‘B’ to US News & World Reports’ ratings
Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’d
Genes in the brain’s immune cells may point to strategy to protect against the disease