The birth rate in the United States was essentially unchanged from 2021 to 2022, according to the April 4 National Vital Statistics Reports. Michelle J.K. Osterman, from the National Center…
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Screening with a PSA test has a small impact on prostate cancer deaths but leads to overdiagnosis, finds study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The largest study to date investigating a single invitation to a PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer has found it had a small impact…
First cardiac bioimplants for treatment of myocardial infarction using umbilical cord stem cells
PeriCord at the lab. Credit: IGTP The results of a pioneering study support the safety of the bioimplants called PeriCord, made from stem cells of the umbilical cord and pericardium…
Platform tracks SARS-CoV-2 mutational impact on disease severity, identifies effective therapeutic inhibitors
A droplet microfluidics-based system for high-throughput screening of syncytium formation. a, Co-culture of spike-expressing sender cells (mCherry+) and ACE2-expressing receiver cells (BFP+) resulted in syncytium formation (GFP+) due to cell–cell…
Biological mechanism discovered that could lead to new treatments for neurological disorders and cancers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, Ph.D., at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has discovered a…
Prairie voles display signs of human-like depression, show promise as animal model
Sergio Iñiguez, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at The University of Texas at El Paso, points out the symptoms of depression in voles to doctoral student Minerva Rodriguez. They are…
Exercise habits in youth create better health outcomes for some
Girls playing soccer. Credit: Joppe Spaa Forming a long-term recreational exercise habit as a young person has a beneficial impact on physical and mental health later in life, but some…
Life expectancy increased as world addressed major killers, though poor pandemic management slowed progress
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years since 1990 according to a new study published in The Lancet. Over the past three decades, reductions in death…
Good evidence confuses ChatGPT when used for health information, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A world-first study has found that when asked a health-related question, the more evidence that is given to ChatGPT, the less reliable it becomes—reducing the accuracy…
Researchers explore diagnostic role of the systemic inflammation index
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A routine blood test that measures a patient’s inflammation levels could improve the early diagnosis and management of a wide range of debilitating autoimmune diseases. The…
