Galaxy Therapeutics has announced it has successfully completed enrolment in SEAL IT, the company’s US investigational device exemption (IDE) pivotal trial evaluating the Seal device for brain aneurysms. The multicentre,…
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This Week on NeurologyLive® — January 5, 2025 | NeurologyLive
Every week, the NeurologyLive® staff prepares this preview of what to expect from our coverage. This week on NeurologyLive, there are a number of hot topics that we will be posting on the website. As always, our weekly coverage extends beyond…
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Functional MRI Breakthrough Could Mean Better Patient Outcomes
New research suggests that simplifying how brain imaging data are analyzed could make functional MRI scans far better at predicting individual health outcomes, a counterargument to the “just in case” MRI.
According to the Journal…
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Hepatic GPR110 contributes to sex disparity in the development of MASH through oestrogen receptor α-dependent signalling
Younossi, Z. M. et al. The global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): a systematic review. Hepatology 77, 1335–1347 (2023).
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Everyday chemicals are quietly damaging beneficial gut bacteria
Scientists have completed a large laboratory analysis of widely used human-made chemicals and found that 168 of them are harmful to bacteria that normally live in a healthy human gut. These substances slow or stop the growth of microbes that play…
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Scalding hot coffee and tea linked to higher esophageal cancer risk
Everyone is a fan of a hot cup of tea or coffee in the winters.
Some people…
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UK junk food advertising ban comes into force
The new UK ban on junk food advertising before 9pm and online targets childhood obesity and forces change across food marketing.
A landmark UK ban on junk food advertising has come into force today, restricting the promotion of…
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To Knock Down Health-System Hurdles Between You And HIV Prevention, Try These 6 Things
A couple of years ago, Matthew Hurley got the kind of text people fear.
It said: “When was the last time you were STD tested?”
Someone Hurley had recently had unprotected sex with had just tested positive for HIV.
Hurley went to…
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2026 Junior Travelling Fellowships
WFN is pleased to announce that we will again this year be able to offer Junior Travelling Fellowships (JTFs) for young neurologists from countries classified by the World Bank as Low or Lower Middle Income, to attend approved international…
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