Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time since 2021, a pill used to help people quit smoking—varenicline—will again be available from the NHS. Varenicline is one of the most…
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Study highlights physician perspectives on emerging anti-amyloid treatments for Alzheimer’s disease
Physician perspectives on amyloid-targeted therapies. Panel A shows the percentages for all survey respondents; Panel B shows the percentages according to speciality, p = 0.018. Credit: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (2024). DOI:…
High exposure to everyday chemicals linked to asthma risk in children
By measuring the concentrations of 24 phenols—including nitrophenol, parabens, bisphenol, octylphenol, and nonylphenol—in urine samples collected during the first trimester of pregnancy, and performing logistic regression analysis, researchers identified that…
Radiologists could soon be using AI to detect brain tumors
Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels A paper titled “Deep Learning and Transfer Learning for Brain Tumor Detection and Classification” published in Biology Methods and Protocols shows that scientists can train…
Brain injury rehabilitation study reveals neural mechanisms of sleep-dependent motor learning
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research published by scientists at Kessler Foundation provides critical insights into the role of sleep in motor learning for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury…
Clinical trial finds daily tablet increases growth in children with achondroplasia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A promising daily tablet is effective at increasing height and improving proportional limb growth in children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, according to…
Risk for mortality up with low income in type 2 diabetes
Adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have an increased risk for mortality in association with low income, with the most prominent increase seen for adults aged 20 to 39 years,…
Bloated after that holiday meal? what’s normal, what’s not
As the holidays approach, most folks are familiar with a common side effect of the overindulgence that can come with all those meals with family and friends: Bloating. Luckily, Baylor…
Exploring how stressful life events affect internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in childhood
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Past psychology studies have consistently highlighted the link between adverse and traumatic life events and mental health problems. Better understanding the intricate relationship between stressful life…
Traditional Mayan practices have long promoted unique levels of family harmony. But what effect is globalization having?
Credit: Carolina Basi from Pexels A new paper in the journal Child Development shows how some aspects of family interaction among Indigenous people in Guatemala have fundamentally shifted with rapid…
