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(JAMA Network) This observational study examined whether lasting change in sweetened beverage prices or the volume sold was associated with the implementation and repeal of a sweetened beverage tax in Cook County, Illino...

(University of Exeter) Big bumblebees take time to learn the locations of the best flowers, new research shows.

(JAMA Network) This Viewpoint reviews the potential neurologic consequences of any restriction of blood flow or oxygen to the brain and calls for an examination of the safety and appropriateness of the use of neck restra...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that Chiari 1 malformation can be caused by variations in two genes linked to brain development, ...

(JAMA Network) Researchers looked at whether health outcomes of white citizens living in the richest U.S. counties were better than that of average individuals in other developed countries.

(American College of Physicians) A retrospective cohort study found that testing for primary aldosteronism in patients with treatment-resistent hypertension was rare and also associated with higher rates of evidence-base...

(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering have learned how chromosomal instability allows cancer cells to avoid immune defenses and metastasize (spread). The discovery opens up pote...

(Kessler Foundation) "Job interviews are especially challenging for young people with autism spectrum disorders who have difficulties with social interactions, said Dr. Genova. "Developing ways to help them deal with the...

(The University of Hong Kong) A research team led by Dr Xiaoyu LI from the Research Division for Chemistry, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Professor Yizhou LI from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing ...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) Heart transplantations: prospects of success increase with larger case volumesThe survival probabilities for patients undergoing surgery are higher in hospitals where...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A number of Americans have died during encounters with police officers who used chokeholds and other forms of neck restraint.Neurologist argue that some police departments justify use of ...

(University of Rochester Medical Center) Both adults and kids who vape were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions than their non-vaping, non-smoking peers on two annual national...

(Ohio State University) A single positive experience on a psychedelic drug may help reduce stress, depression and anxiety symptoms in Black, Indigenous and people of color whose encounters with racism have had lasting ha...

(JAMA Network) We have all lived with COVID-19 for about a year now. Overall, we have learned that children get sick less often than adults, but a few children have gotten severely sick. This update summarizes the curren...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The Phase 3 trial of another investigational coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine has begun enrolling adult volunteers. The randomized, placebo-controlle...

(SingHealth) - Angiosarcomas are clinically aggressive tumours that are more prevalent in Asian populations-Study led by Singapore clinician-scientists has found a way to classify angiosarcomas into three subtypes, allow...

(Society for Neuroscience) The loss and return of consciousness is linked to the same network of brain regions for both sleep and anesthesia, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment, which involves injecting a small amount of a patient's own blood to release various growth factors from platelets, continues to increase in popularity. The Am...