Tag: Health Science

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan ...

In a first-of-its-kind meeting, doctors discuss how to treat addicts’ tranq wounds

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients addicted to opioids are arriving at ERs with deep wounds that expose their bones. Some ...

Insights into slower, more detailed processing

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study appearing in Nature Neuroscience has linked distinct neural and behavioral characteristics in autism spectrum ...

No ‘one size fits all’ treatment for type 1 diabetes, study finds

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Factors beyond carbohydrates have a substantial influence on blood glucose levels meaning current automated insulin delivery ...

Scientists discover new details of gene regulation that control cell identity

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Genes make up the blueprints and outline the process of building every living organism. To ensure ...

Early-stage trial finds stem cell therapy for retinitis pigmentosa is safe

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of UC Davis Health researchers has shown that CD34+ stem cells can be safely ...

IBD can be detected up to 16 years before onset

Inflammatory bowel disease can be detected in blood samples up to 16 years before onset, study suggests

Credit: Gastroenterology (2024). DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.11.006 Scientists at Örebro University have identified specific protein patterns in blood tests that can predict ...

Variation seen in rates of SGLT2i rx for heart failure, LVEF >40 percent

From 2021 to 2023, there was an increase in prescription rates of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) for patients with ...

Biden will move to have Medicare, Medicaid cover GLP-1 weight-loss meds

The outgoing Biden administration will propose that pricey GLP-1 obesity medications such as semaglutide (Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Zepbound) be covered ...

Is hearing loss reversible or preventable?