Credit: CC0 Public Domain Australian children with potentially deadly peanut allergies will be offered life-saving treatment in a nationwide program touted as a world first. Eligible babies will receive daily…
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Accuracy of diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease varies
Determining performance of blood biomarker tests for amyloid pathology. Neurologists diagnose cognitive impairment with a clinical exam of memory and thinking skills. To determine whether Alzheimer’s disease is the cause…
Nurse practitioners can ease NZ’s health care pressures—why is the role not better recognized or funded?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand’s health system is grappling with a severe workforce shortage. Media reports frequently highlight individuals and families being unable to access timely health care, exacerbated…
Research shows genetic variants are more common in people with Parkinson’s disease than previously thought
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators in the Parkinson’s Foundation-backed PD GENEration study—which reached its goal of 15,000 participants ahead of schedule this spring—found that 13% of participants have a genetic…
Little evidence to back widespread prescribing of mood-altering drugs to children for mental health issues
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There’s limited evidence to back up the widespread and increasing rates of prescribing mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) as the mainstay of mental health treatment for children and…
Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job
A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that famously makes mice lose their fear of cats, but also can cause…
Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis tied to higher risk of polyneuropathy
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis may be associated with an increased risk of polyneuropathy, according to a study published online June 28 in Muscle & Nerve. Pietro E. Doneddu, M.D., from…
One type of non-statin cholesterol-lowering drug linked to lower liver cancer risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Past studies have suggested that taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may lower individuals’ risk of developing liver cancer. In a new study of non-statin cholesterol-lowering medications, one…
Evidence-based information combats misleading and false claims about the anti-Mullerian hormone test
Credit: Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels Researchers in Australia have found that when women are given accurate information about a test that indicates the number of eggs in their ovaries, they…
How a stem cell bank is helping scientists understand psychiatric disorders
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Ralda Nehme, a cell biologist and neuroscientist, first started her lab at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and…
