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  • Mapping the neural circuits of bipolar disorder before symptoms strike

    Mapping the neural circuits of bipolar disorder before symptoms strike

    Mary L. Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab), University of Pittsburgh, USA.

    Dr. Mary Phillips and her research team.

    Mary L. Phillips: Understanding how the brain regulates itself via the study of neural networks underlying emotional regulation

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  • Surgery in Octogenarians With Early-Stage NSCLC: What This Prospective Study Shows About Safety, Survival, And Quality Of Life

    Surgery in Octogenarians With Early-Stage NSCLC: What This Prospective Study Shows About Safety, Survival, And Quality Of Life

    As populations age and lung cancer screening identifies more small, potentially curable tumors, clinicians are increasingly faced with a difficult question: should adults aged 80 years and older undergo lung cancer surgery when…

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  • UNICEF, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre partnership boosts polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan

    UNICEF, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre partnership boosts polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan

     

    UNICEF and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), have marked the successful completion of a joint initiative that helped vaccinate 2.8 million children from polio, while strengthening routine immunization and health…

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  • New BrainGate iBCI typing neuroprosthesis can restore communication in patients with paralysis

    New BrainGate iBCI typing neuroprosthesis can restore communication in patients with paralysis

    Loss of communication can be among the most devastating symptoms for patients with paralysis. A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute and Brown University describes an investigational…

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  • Global indicators identified to monitor health before pregnancy worldwide

    Global indicators identified to monitor health before pregnancy worldwide

    The key health and social indicators needed for a new global system to monitor people’s health before pregnancy have been identified for the first time by researchers at University College London and the University of…

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  • Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review | Cannabis

    Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review | Cannabis

    Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions despite the global surge in patients using it for that purpose, a review has found.

    Researchers concluded there was “very little evidence for its efficacy” in treating…

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  • A Case of Functional Para-Aortic Paraganglioma Causing Accelerated Hypertension in an HIV-Positive Patient With Negative 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT Findings: Successful Laparoscopic Management

    A Case of Functional Para-Aortic Paraganglioma Causing Accelerated Hypertension in an HIV-Positive Patient With Negative 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT Findings: Successful Laparoscopic Management

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  • PSMA-PET Cuts Need for Biopsy in Suspected Prostate Cancer – MedPage Today

    1. PSMA-PET Cuts Need for Biopsy in Suspected Prostate Cancer  MedPage Today
    2. Prostate cancer scans make cells glow: can eliminate invasive biopsies and false diagnoses  valleyvanguardonline.com
    3. EAU 2026: AI Support Enhances Prostate Cancer Biopsy…

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  • Bacterial meningitis outbreak reported in Kongo Central province, DRC

    Bacterial meningitis outbreak reported in Kongo Central province, DRC

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health (MOH) reports a bacterial meningitis outbreak in Mangembo health zone, Kongo Central province in late February.

    The outbreak was initially detected among secondary school students,…

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