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A smartphone application has been developed that can help parents detect early signs of eye disease by searching their children’s photographs for traces of leukocoria, also known as “white eye.” The prototype app (CRADLE: ComputeR Assisted Detector LEukocoia) was engineered to autonomously search for the disorder in casual photos of children and make them available under a free download called “White Eye Detector.” The free app has been made available for Android and iPhone devices.

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Researchers from Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) in Denmark and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the U.S. devised a way to accurately estimate the weight of free-living whales using only aerial images taken by drones.

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The historical practice of mindfulness is a burgeoning integrated medicine field associated with benefits for people with issues ranging from insomnia to chronic pain and fueled by more than $550 million in federal funding over the past 20 years.

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Papers on the epigenetic changes to mouse livers induced by a specific ligand and prenatal dexamethasone exposure-induced alterations in neurobehavior in female rat offspring are featured in latest issue of Toxicological Sciences.

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Species have few good options when it comes to surviving climate change--they can genetically adapt to new conditions, shift their ranges, or both.

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From a professional standpoint, Nathan Hoot, MD, PhD, understands the value of medical research that leads to new, groundbreaking drugs in the treatment of rare diseases. And as an emergency medicine physician, he’s familiar with adjusting ventilators and managing patients’ airways. But the magnitude of these matters also weigh on Hoot personally – as the father of a son with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease that affects the part of the nervous system controlling voluntary muscle movement.

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Imagine a velvety, soft material that is extremely light, but also strong enough to stop a bullet.

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Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife shows that even mild-to-moderate levels of hearing loss in young children can lead to similar changes.

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In some forms of epilepsy, the function of certain "brake cells" in the brain is presumed to be disrupted.

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Newly released public-private research proposes a new method for calculating carbon tax rates based on environmental, economic, and social factors, including the costs the public pays for carbon usage such as damage to agriculture, vulnerable coastal infrastructure, and risk to human health.

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A Washington University in St. Louis researcher has shown for the first time that the shape of a nanostructure has an effect on its ability to retain water.

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A new study of African Americans with poorly controlled asthma, found differences in patients’ responses to commonly used treatments. Contrary to what researchers had expected, almost half of young children in the study responded differently than older children and adults, and than white children in prior studies.

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A University at Albany professor finds that in the United States, only half of people with eating disorders seek help, that certain demographics are less likely than others to seek help, and that persons with eating disorders have a five- to six-fold higher risk of suicide attempts.

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New research shows that female deep-sea anglerfish’s bioluminescent bacteria – which illuminate their “headlamp” – most likely come from the water.

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BOSTON – (October 1, 2019) – Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have found that high levels of fructose in the diet inhibit the liver’s ability to properly metabolize fat. This effect is specific to fructose. Indeed, equally high levels of glucose in the diet actually improve the fat-burning function of the liver. This explains why high dietary fructose has more negative health impacts than glucose does, even though they have the same caloric content.

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The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the ATS’s Oct. 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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Inspired by cephalopods, scientists developed an aquatic robot that mimics their form of propulsion. These high-speed, squidlike robots are made of smart materials, which make them hard to detect, while maintaining a low environmental footprint. Physicists used numerical simulations to illustrate the physical mechanisms and fluid mechanics of a squid’s swimming method. By using this form of locomotion, the new device can achieve impressive speeds, just like its animal inspiration.

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Why don't patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) get better improvement in exercise tolerance? Increases in key internal heart pressures appear to be the answer, reports a study in the ASAIO Journal, official journal of ASAIO. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Michael Shafer, Carol Chamber and Paul Flikkema of Northern Arizona University led the groundbreaking project, which utilizes drones to capture transmissions from the tracking devices scientists place on small animals to follow their migration and behavior patterns.

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Experts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, from many of the world’s leading radiology, medical physics and imaging informatics groups, today published an aspirational statement to guide the development of AI in radiology.

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Striking a power pose before an important meeting or interview is not going to boost your confidence or make you feel more powerful, says an Iowa State University researcher. A review of nearly 40 studies on the topic found not a single one supports the claims that power posing works.

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The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 and the tsunamis it spawned may have washed a tropical fungus ashore, leading to a subsequent outbreak of often-fatal infections among people in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, according to a paper co-authored by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the nonprofit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope.

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Peter Devreotes, the Isaac Morris and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professor of Cell Biology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been selected as the winner of the American Society for Cell Biology’s (ASCB) E.B Wilson Medal for 2019.

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High value chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals could be made much cheaper and quicker thanks to a series of new catalysts made by scientists at the University of Warwick in collaboration with GoldenKeys High-Tech Co., Ltd. in China.

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Critical care nurses may be less likely to experience moral distress when they feel that patients’ palliative care needs are being met, according to results of a survey of ICU nurses at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

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Most people over 50 aren’t ready to embrace virtual health visits with their medical providers, a new poll on telehealth finds. Only 4% have had a video-based visit with a provider in the past year, and their reactions were mixed. Meanwhile, more than half of poll respondents didn’t know if their providers offer telehealth visits, and more than 80% expressed at least one concern about seeing a doctor or other provider virtually.

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A panel of international scientists led by researchers at Dalhousie and McMaster universities systematically reviewed the evidence and have recommended that most adults should continue to eat their current levels of red and processed meat.

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Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study. And whether it was a newly found condition or one they’d known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more.

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For young people, being the victim of violence can lead to risky sexual behavior.

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Studies show measurable adverse biologic effects on lung health and cells in humans, in animals, and in tissue samples studied in the lab. The effects of e-cigarettes have similarities to those seen in traditional cigarettes and important differences

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Common herbs, including lavender, fennel and chamomile, have a long history of use as folk medicines used to lower blood pressure. In a new study, University of California, Irvine researchers explain the molecular mechanisms that make them work.

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Das Pankreasadenokarzinom (PDAC) ist ein letales Malignom, das am häufigsten gegen eine Chemotherapie resistent ist. Forscher haben nach Möglichkeiten gesucht, die Anfälligkeit der Tumore für krebsbekämpfende Medikamente zu erhöhen.

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L'adénocarcinome du pancréas (PDAC) est une tumeur maligne mortelle qui résiste le plus souvent à la chimiothérapie. Les chercheurs ont cherché des moyens d'accroître la sensibilité des tumeurs aux médicaments anticancéreux.

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A program developed to encourage healthy relationships and reduce dating violence was effective among early middle school students, according to results of a study published in the American Journal of Public Health by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

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Quando um paciente submetido a uma cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio precisa de uma segunda cirurgia devido à recorrência de dores no peito, é muito comum a realização de uma Intervenção Coronária Percutânea (ICP), também conhecida como angioplastia coronária com stents.

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Black women in America often feel pressured to act like Superwoman to cope with the stress of race- and gender-based discrimination in their daily lives, which can have health implications, according to a new study co-led by a Michigan State University researcher. The Superwoman persona refers to the idea of feeling a need to be strong, self-sacrificing and emotionless, said Yijie Wang, assistant professor of human development and family studies.

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Lorsqu'un patient qui a subi un pontage aorto-coronarien (PAC) nécessite une deuxième intervention chirurgicale en raison d'une douleur thoracique récurrente, le plus souvent il s'agit d'une intervention coronarienne percutanée (IPC), communément appelée angioplastie coronarienne, avec des stents.

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胰腺癌(PDAC)是一种致命的恶性肿瘤，通常对化疗具有抗药性。研究人员一直在寻找提高肿瘤对抗癌药物的敏感性的方法。Mayo Clinic今日发布的一项自主研究成果在抗癌战役中开辟了一条新战线。

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O adenocarcinoma pancreático (ACDP) é um carcinoma letal geralmente resistente à quimioterapia. Os pesquisadores têm buscado formas de aumentar a sensibilidade dos tumores aos medicamentos de combate ao câncer.

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Wenn ein Koronararterien-Bypass-(CABG)-Patient wegen wiederholter Schmerzen im Brustkorb eine zweite Operation braucht, ist dies häufig eine perkutane Koronarintervention (PCI), gemeinhin als Koronarangioplastie mit Stents bekannt.

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Research published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences claiming to identify the notorious 19th century murderer through DNA analysis grabbed headlines around the world in the spring of 2019.

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The study shows that for those participants who do not have a history of heart disease or stroke that a simple cardiac risk score – a summary measure of factors such as blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, abdominal fat, and dietary factors – is associated with MRI-detected pre-clinical cerebrovascular disease like carotid artery plaque and silent strokes.

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Rising ocean temperatures have long been linked to negative impacts for marine life, but a Florida State University team has found that the long-term outlook for many marine species is much more complex — and possibly bleaker — than scientists previously believed.FSU doctoral student Jennifer McHenry, Assistant Professor of Geography Sarah Lester and collaborators with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) investigated how marine species’ habitats are likely to be affected by multiple factors associated with climate change such as ocean temperature, salinity and sea surface levels.

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A small genetic study, published September 30, 2019 in Nature Genetics, identified a protein linked to many genetic variants that affect heart function. Researchers are expanding the model to other organ systems and at larger scales to create a broader understanding of genes and proteins involved.

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U.S. cities could see a decline in mortality rates and an improved economy through midcentury if federal and local governments maintain stringent air pollution policies and diminish concentrations of diesel freight truck exhaust, according to Cornell University research.