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Despite overall progress, low birthweight rates still high in certain Indian states
Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain ...
Minutes instead of months: Algorithm rapidly identifies cell types to match patients with effective cancer therapies
Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a novel algorithm that could provide a revolutionary ...
Potential Medicaid cuts could lead to more than 16,500 medically-preventable deaths each year
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine estimates the potential effects on Medicaid enrollment, uninsurance, ...
Smartphones may improve accuracy of medical devices across skin tones
As concern grows over racial bias in common medical tools like pulse oximeters, a new study shows that smartphones may offer ...
Integrative exome sequencing and machine learning identify new genes contributing to systemic sclerosis risk
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been ...
Early mitochondrial impairment and myelin loss tied to multiple sclerosis brain damage
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 million people worldwide. Approximately 80% of people with MS have inflammation in the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps control movement ...
Glial replacement therapy slows Huntington's disease in adult mice
Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that ...
Dad's mental health linked to kid's well-being
Dads with poor mental health may be impacting the development of their kids, with Australian research linking mental distress ...
New study decodes genetic influences on brain structure
A research team has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions—far beyond volume ...
What's really in our food? A global look at food composition databases
In today's world, we hear a lot about what we should eat: more vegetables, less sugar and salt, and to obtain locally sourced ...
Paper-based devices diagnose malaria in asymptomatic people during field test
Devices made with cheap strips of paper have outperformed two other testing methods in detecting malaria infection in ...
Enzyme inhibitor strategy converts neuroblastoma cells into healthy neurons in mice
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma ...