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'Care groups' help keep women coming back for prenatal visits

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'Care groups' help keep women coming back for prenatal visits
Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study.

844. New research shows promise for targeted therapies for pediatric gliomas

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A collaborative study between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute found that 8.9% of children with glioma, the most common form of pediatric brain tumor, have alterations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family of proteins, and that these gliomas may be sensitive to existing U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved inhibitors that broadly block FGFR.

845. AI model uses glucose spikes to reveal hidden diabetes risk before symptoms appear

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To diagnose either type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, clinicians typically rely on a lab value known as HbA1c. This test captures a person's average blood glucose levels over the previous few months. But HbA1c cannot predict who is at highest risk of progressing from healthy to prediabetic, or from prediabetic to full-blown diabetes.

846. Trump warns pharma companies to cut prices or be punished

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US President Donald Trump told major pharmaceutical firms Thursday to lower prices or face punishment, as he moved to give Americans relief from medicine costs much higher than elsewhere in the world.

847. US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record

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U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.

848. Research shows children's mental health problems occur regardless of family income level

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Can poverty exacerbate mental health problems among the youngest family members? A new study by an international team, including a researcher from SWPS University, demonstrates that financial problems do not play a significant role, and mental health problems can occur regardless of a family's financial situation.

849. Nearly 70% of U.S. children in car crashes with a fatality were not using proper child passenger restraints, study finds

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Despite national guidelines, state laws and known safety benefits of child passenger restraint systems (CRS), suboptimal practices were found in nearly 70% of children under 13 years old who were involved in car crashes with a fatality from 2011 to 2021, according to a study published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention.

850. Study involving turquoise killifish pinpoints key mechanism of brain aging

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Aging and neurodegeneration are both known to disrupt the production of functional proteins in cells—a process called "proteostasis," or protein homeostasis. Brain cells in particular fall prey to proteostasis disruptions, which are linked to the accumulation of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases.

851. Simulations of beating heart may inform treatments for atrial fibrillation

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You may have heard the phrase "my heart skipped a beat" when someone was talking about a romantic encounter. In truth, hearts that beat irregularly are dangerous for your health. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, and over time, it can worsen and become a permanent condition, a severe disorder that's the leading preventable cause of ischemic stroke, according to the NIH.

852. X-SCID gene therapy gives scientists a rare glimpse into early immune system

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Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrate that virtual memory T cells, a specialized group of immune cells, provide nonspecific immunity for infants early in life.

853. 'Care groups' help keep women coming back for prenatal visits

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Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study.

854. How natural language processing can aid doctors

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What if a computer could read a patient's medical notes and help doctors determine important information for their treatments?

855. How the COVID-19 pandemic affected parents and youth: Thorns and silver linings

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The COVID-19 pandemic upended life for individuals and communities worldwide. Social isolation, health mandates, illness, and economic hardships took a toll on the well-being of families and children, but there were also silver linings to people's experiences.

856. Robotic surgery can be used in more emergency colorectal procedures

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Robotic surgery is a viable and sometimes advantageous approach for emergency colorectal surgery, a setting in which it has previously been underused and understudied, according to new research findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

857. Dementia's broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults will likely provide care

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About 26% of both households and immediate families of older adults include an individual with dementia—often requiring relatives to step into unexpected caregiving roles, according to a new University of Michigan study. The work is published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia.

858. Rates of sports betting, problem gambling show increase among monthly gamblers in Massachusetts in 2024

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In the latest online gambling surveys conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, monthly gamblers in Massachusetts reported ongoing higher levels of sports betting, gambling intensity and gambling harms, with their attitudes toward gambling continuing to be more negative.

859. Function behind mysterious variants for gene linked to colon cancer identified

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Genes get passed down from parents, determining traits such as eye color and height as well as risk for certain diseases.

860. Hibernator 'superpowers' may lie hidden in human DNA

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Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, body temperature dropping to near freezing as their metabolism and brain activity slow to a crawl. When they emerge from hibernation, they recover from dangerous health changes similar to those seen in type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke.

861. Removal of ventilator breathing tube is delayed for some patients, posing health risks

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Research from the University of Michigan Medical School finds that one in three hospitalized patients remain connected to a breathing tube after passing a spontaneous breathing trial.

862. Large-scale gene analysis identifies new biomarkers and drug targets for lung adenocarcinoma

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By analyzing tens of thousands of genes, proteins, and protein modifications in hundreds of lung tumors, an international research team has uncovered new factors linked to poor outcomes in lung adenocarcinoma in both smokers and people who have never smoked. These factors include a pattern of DNA damage and signatures of exposures to chemicals found in processed foods and cosmetics. The findings could lead to better precision medicine strategies for this most common type of lung cancer.

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