AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY ARLINGTON, Va., February 27, 2023 — A new study finds that recent increases in Medicare spending on outpatient cancer care at the end of patients’ lives were driven almost entirely by a type of treatment given to fewer than 1 in 5 patients. The study is published in the International Journal of Radiation...
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Sunrise’s sleep apnea detection tool receives FDA 510(k) clearance
By Jessica Hagen February 15, 2023 10:36 am Photo: Westend61/Getty Images Belgian sleep-focused digital health startup Sunrise received FDA 510(k) clearance for its home sleep apnea test that’s placed on a user’s chin at night. The test utilizes a sensor that analyzes bio-signals from mandibular jaw movements, which can help calculate respiratory disturbance often found in sleep apnea patients....
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Largest-ever genetic study of prostate cancer in men of African descent finds new risk factors for the disease
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC Prostate cancer takes a greater toll on Black men than on men of other races. In the United States, one in six Black men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime, compared to one in eight men overall. Black men are also more than twice as likely to die...
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Putting out “the fire in the brain”
UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG IMAGE: STRUCTURE OF THE FUSION CONSTRUCT THAT IS USED AGAINST AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS. DOMAINS OF THE NMDA RECEPTOR ARE STAINED IN BLUE AND YELLOW. CREDIT: STEFAN HALLERMANN, LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY In autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but serious and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the central nervous system, the body’s own defences are directed against the central...
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Researchers identify gene mutation capable of regulating pain
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: VANESSA O. ZAMBELLI AND PHD CANDIDATE BEATRIZ STEIN NETO. IN A STUDY INVOLVING MICE, THE SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THAT AN AVIAN VARIANT OF THE TRPV1 RECEPTOR CREDIT: RAFAEL PORTO Pain afflicts at least 1.5 billion people worldwide, and despite the availability of various painkilling drugs,...
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How gut microbes help mend damaged muscles
by Ilima Loomis, Harvard Medical School Graphical abstract. Credit: Immunity (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.01.033 The human immune system is incredibly versatile. Among its most skilled multitaskers are T cells, known for their role in everything from fighting infection to reining in inflammation to killing nascent tumors. Now, in a surprising new discovery, Harvard Medical School researchers have found that a...
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Scientists identify two new genes involved in hemiplegic migraine
by Queensland University of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain QUT and Dutch scientists have identified two new genes involved in hemiplegic migraine, a rare, debilitating subtype of migraine that causes weakness along one side of the body during the aura phase. Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths, Director of the QUT Center for Genomics and Personalized Health,...
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Sleep too much or too little and you might get sick more, scientists find
by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers Credit: Shutterstock A good night’s sleep can solve all sorts of problems—but scientists have now discovered new evidence that sleeping well may make you less vulnerable to infection. Scientists at the University of Bergen recruited medical students working in doctors’ surgeries to hand out short questionnaires to patients, asking about...
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Possible treatment strategy identified for bone marrow failure syndrome
by Washington University School of Medicine A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible treatment strategy for some bone marrow failure syndromes. Shown are human embryonic stem cells engineered to have a mutation that causes poikiloderma with neutropenia, a bone marrow failure syndrome that increases a patient’s risk...
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Using radar to predict Alzheimer’s disease and fall accidents
by Karin Wik, Chalmers University of Technology The new method uses a small radar sensor to acquire real-time, high-resolution reading of a person’s walking pattern, especially the time required to take a step. Credit: Chalmers/David Ljungberg Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a method for predicting fall accidents and cognitive illnesses such...