Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. While islet transplantation has demonstrated promise, its widespread application is hampered by…
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Youth Lifestyle Psychiatry: Addressing Obesity in the Psychiatric Setting
As an expert in multiple areas like obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine, Tiffani Bell-Washington, MD, MPH, shared her expertise with Psychiatric Times on lifestyle changes and weight-management. Dr Bell-Washington emphasized the importance…
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Study: Shorter course of ADT may be sufficient for many patients with prostate cancer
A recent study published in JAMA Oncology suggests that the ideal duration of hormone therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer may depend on a patients’ individual cancer risk, allowing physicians to tailor treatment plans and…
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New Vaccine Candidate Shows Long-Lasting Protection Against Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic viral disease that presents a formidable challenge to global health given its high case-fatality rate, broad endemic geography, and lack of widely approved pharmacologic or…
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To persist, memories surf molecular waves from thalamus to cortex
Memories are avid travelers: After they form in the hippocampus, they pass through intermediate regions such as the thalamus before finally stabilizing in the cortex. Yet not all memories survive this journey and become consolidated….
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How the Brain Chooses What to Remember and What to Forget – SciTechDaily
- How the Brain Chooses What to Remember and What to Forget SciTechDaily
- Your memories are governed by hidden timers inside your brain The Rockefeller University
- Thalamocortical transcriptional gates coordinate memory stabilization Nature
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Study: Some suicide cases had no typical prior warning signs
Researchers said people who die by suicide without showing prior warning signs, such as suicidal thoughts, may have different underlying risk factors. File Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
For many families who lose someone to suicide, the same…
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Finerenone shows superior survival and kidney protection over spironolactone in diabetic kidney disease – Medical Xpress
- Finerenone shows superior survival and kidney protection over spironolactone in diabetic kidney disease Medical Xpress
- Cardiovascular Outcomes and Hyperkalemia Risk in Patients With Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure: A Real-World…
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New CAR T Cells Target Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment Protein
Credit: Tonpor Kasa/Getty Images Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospital (HUG) have engineered a new CAR T cell therapy approach that can destroy glioblastoma cells. The new…
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Study Finds Uneven Burden of Brain and Nervous System Cancers in the U.S.
Ariz Keshwani, ’21 BA, ’22 MPH, a Feinberg medical student, was a co-author of the study. A new nationwide study has revealed striking differences in how brain and nervous system cancers affect Americans depending on where they live, as…
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