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Medical Xpress / Older adults' turning movements reveal hidden balance strategies that may reduce falls
About one in three older adults fall each year, which often leads to broken bones, hip fractures, and other injuries that can contribute to a marked decline in their quality of life and leads to over $50 billion in medical ...
Medical Xpress / Early do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders aren't driving disparities in cardiac arrest survival, finds study
Black and Hispanic patients experience lower survival rates after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) than white patients. But a new Yale study suggests that differences in the use of early do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) ...
Medical Xpress / Epistasis study uncovers genetic interactions linked to heart disease
Euan Ashley's lab explores the intricate interactions of gene variants. Tiny "typos," or genetic mutations, can sneak into segments of DNA. Many of these are harmless, but some can cause health problems. Two or more genes ...
Medical Xpress / Universal tissue engineering approach could transform future of bone transplantation
Bone and skeletal injuries cause extensive and long-term functional impairments worldwide. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show how a cell-free cartilage structure can safely guide bone repair without ...
Medical Xpress / Down syndrome's unique cancer risk profile mapped across lifespan
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly increased risk of leukemia, while adults have a lower risk of several common solid tumors, according to a new register study from Karolinska Institutet published in the British ...
Medical Xpress / Antidepressants not linked to worse early outcomes after traumatic brain injury
Taking certain antidepressants at the time of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not associated with an increased risk of death, brain surgery, or longer hospital stays, according to a new study. For the study, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Research improves risk assessment for hereditary breast cancer
Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer. By identifying which mutations affect the function of PALB2, doctors can now assess much more ...
Medical Xpress / New analysis finds US pregnancy deaths vastly outnumber abortion-related deaths
Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, according to a study in JAMA Network Open led by researchers at the University of Maryland and Brown ...
Medical Xpress / Neighborhood, stress may speed up aging
While scientists have long known that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with biological symptoms of accelerated aging, emotional distress accounts for a significant portion of these effects, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / How caregiving burdens, medical debt are reshaping health in the US
Advances in medicine have extended life for millions of Americans, but longer lives often come with a price: a higher likelihood of chronic illness or physical or cognitive impairment.
Medical Xpress / Altered brain connection found in people with ME/CFS and long COVID
People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID experience a disruption to their brain connectivity during a mentally demanding task.
Medical Xpress / Study finds longer hospital stays and higher readmissions for young adults with complex childhood conditions
More children with medically complex conditions are surviving into adulthood, but researchers have had limited visibility into how these conditions influence adult hospital care. Young adults with complex chronic childhood-onset ...
