Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, “Coherence of Stroke Survivors’ Lived Experiences and the Stroke Specific…
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Audiological and radiological diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss in Africa | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Olusanya BO, Newton VE, Somefun AO (2014) Hearing impairment in children in developing countries. Lancet Glob Health 2:e4–e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70160-4
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Review reveals how paternal lifestyle shapes sperm epigenetics and offspring health
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet, obesity, smoking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and stress alter sperm epigenetic marks (DNA…
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Study suggests link between Hurricane Sandy, heart disease risk
A new study published in JAMA Network Open, a monthly open-access medical journal published by the American Medical Association, has uncovered a long-term link between Hurricane Sandy flooding and increased heart disease risk in older adults…
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Rare type of cancer is on the rise among young people
Appendix cancer was once a medical oddity that most people never heard about. Today, reports are stacking up in younger adults, and doctors are trying to make sense of it.
This cancer starts in the small pouch off the large intestine, and it often…
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Immune Altering Drug Hits Cancer In Stomach
Working with an international team of collaborators, scientists at Columbia University have found a way to shift the balance of a type of white blood cell inside a stomach tumor, causing the immune system to…
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Study links obesity-driven fatty acids to dangerous form of breast cancer – @theU
Reposted from the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
New research from the University of Utah has found that lipids, a key feature of obesity, fuel tumor growth in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Findings from a National Cancer…
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Polycystic ovary syndrome affects about 1 out of every 10 women of reproductive age worldwide. Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition. https://wapo.st/47 – facebook.com
- Polycystic ovary syndrome affects about 1 out of every 10 women of reproductive age worldwide. Yet it is often underfunded and under the radar, making it common for women to suffer major discomfort before learning they have the condition….
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Open-Label Ponsegromab Appears Effective in Cancer-Associated Cachexia
Ponsegromab treatment over 64 weeks resulted in sustained improvements in body weight and suppression of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), a stress-induced cytokine, irrespective of prior treatment assignment, with a consistent…
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