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Released: 6-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST

RESEARCH ALERT: The New Geography of the Gut

Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai; the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Harvard University; and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel conducted a study to determine where individual nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine. For the first time, they identified the molecular markers that define five distinct intestinal regions.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST

Ovarian cryopreservation could delay menopause indefinitely

Yale School of Medicine

Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST

Adherence to "Life's Essential 8" could improve brain health outcomes

Yale School of Medicine

Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST

Fasting Inhibits the Body's Response to Blood Loss

Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST

Cystic Fibrosis Mutation In Only in the Intestine Is Sufficient To Cause CF-associated Gut Symptoms in Mice

Research Alert MEDICINE SCIENCE

Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST

Researchers Uncover Differences in How Sex Hormones and Chromosomes Influence Allergic Reaction

Released: 2-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST

MRSA Pneumonia Causes Body to Shed Molecule that Inhibits Body's Antimicrobial Activity

Released: 2-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST

Researchers Identify Potential Therapeutic Target for IBD Pain

Released: 2-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST

Metabolism and Effectiveness of Some Immune Cells Change during Pregnancy

Released: 2-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST

Signaling Protein Commonly Associated with Scarring Also Plays Role in Normal Lymphatic Function

Released: 2-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST

Researchers Find Changes in Pathway Controlling Bowel Movement in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Mount Sinai Health System

Released: 1-Feb-2024 7:00 PM EST

Posterior Wall Ablation Does Not Help Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

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Released: 31-Jan-2024 7:05 PM EST

Why a Targeted Therapy Is Better Than Immunotherapy For Some Patients With Inoperable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation, tends not to respond well to immunotherapy treatments, including durvalumab. However, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers recently reported in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology that the targeted therapy osimertinib, when administered after chemotherapy and radiation, is associated with significantly improved progression-free survival (living without the cancer worsening).

Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST

Poor sleep may increase markers of poor brain health: Study

Yale School of Medicine

University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies

Released: 30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST

AWAreness during REsuscitation and EEG activity

Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST

Talk therapy delivered by public health nurses to mothers with post-partum depression leads to positive changes in infant brain development

McMaster University

Wellesley College, Wellesley Centers for Women

Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST

Stricter parental monitoring of social media isn't always better

Research Alert LIFE

Released: 29-Jan-2024 3:30 AM EST

Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: People with acquired brain injury (ABI) may be more susceptible to scams owing to postinjury cognitive and psychosocial consequences. Cyberscams result in financial loss and debilitating psychological impacts such as sham...

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:30 AM EST

Unlocking the Secrets Behind Advanced Artificial Intelligence Language Models in Deidentifying Chinese-English Mixed Clinical Text: Development and Validation Study

Background: The widespread use of electronic health records in the clinical and biomedical fields makes the removal of protected health information (PHI) essential to maintain privacy. However, a significant portion of information is...