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(MGH Institute of Health Professions) A new paper co-authored by MGH Institute of Health Professions Brain Recovery Lab Director Dr. Teresa Kimberley, published in the The Lancet, details how patients who incorporated va...

(SAGE) Blood transfusions are a common procedure in medical practice in which donated blood is used to replace blood lost to injury or surgery or to treat serious medical conditions. The procedure is not performed as rou...

(University of Southern California) Brain changes in people with Alzheimer's disease and in those with mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have significant similarities.

(University of Kentucky) A new study from University of Kentucky Markey Cancer researchers shows that Artemisia annua, a plant that has been traditionally used for its anti-malaria components, shows promise in treating o...

(University of California - San Diego) A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, has identified both the genetic abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells...

(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for up to 15% of lung cancer cases. SCLC initially responds well to chemotherapy, but it often recurs in a poorly understood treatment-...

(King's College London) Deaths of people who suffered strokes increased during the first lockdown compared to the three previous years, new data analysis has found. Despite the pandemic, health care quality was maintaine...

(University of Waterloo) Protecting long-term care residents from outbreaks requires different infrastructure, proper staffing conditions and a culture of quality assurance, researchers have found.

(Boston University) Nationwide survey, led by BU researcher Dr. Sarah Lipson, indicates colleges and universities need to invest in more resources for faculty "gatekeepers" of mental health.

(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) According to the Motorik-Modul-Längsschnittstudie (MoMo, Motor Module Longitudinal Study) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Karlsruhe University of Education (P...

(Guilford Press) Even when mothers are overwhelmed, they often have trouble asking for help. Psychologist Ilyse Dowbrow DiMaco, author of the new book, Mom Brain, shares tips for learning to ask for--and accept!--assista...

(American Psychological Association) A majority of gay and bisexual Generation Z teenage boys report being out to their parents, part of an uptick in coming out among young people that researchers have noted in recent de...

(Weill Cornell Medicine) Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but n...

(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget has been selected for the 2021 Best of Orchard Park Award in the Publisher category by the Orchard Park Award Program.

(Oregon Health & Science University) One out of five pharmacies refuse to dispense a key medication to treat addiction, according to an audit of hundreds of pharmacies nationwide. Researchers found found that independent...

(University of Kentucky) The UK Markey Cancer Center will be the first site worldwide to initiate a cancer clinical trial that evaluates its anti-cancer activity in humans using ArtemiLife™ Inc. coffee products, which ...

(Houston Methodist) As researchers continue to study the neurological impacts of COVID-19, a Houston Methodist international collaboration has documented an unexpectedly frequent occurrence of acute transverse myelitis -...

(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Health System researchers find that opioids are unnecessary for pain relief following knee surgery.

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Children's Hospital Los Angeles study reveals a surge of patients presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis, a severe complication of type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Virginia Commonwealth University) The hormone prolactin has long been understood to play a vital role in breast growth and development and the production of milk during pregnancy. But a pair of recent studies conducted ...

(University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine) As a potential framework for assessing an asymptomatic person's risk of developing dementia, the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association have ...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers finds that new mothers who receive opioids after uncomplicated vaginal births face an increased risk of serious opi...