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Medical Xpress / Study finds epigenetic signature of pediatric traumatic brain injury, paves way for precision recovery tools
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of "complicated" mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Unlike a concussion—which ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find vital clue in the progression of Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body mistakenly attacks itself as the immune system destroys the pancreas's insulin-producing cells. Why the immune system turns against these cells remains one of the enduring questions ...
Phys.org / Australia's supercomputers are falling behind—and it's hurting our ability to adapt to climate change
As Earth continues to warm, Australia faces some important decisions.
Medical Xpress / Tec-Dara combination offers improvement over standard second-line therapies for relapsed, refractory multiple myeloma
Patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma who received a combination of teclistamab, a bispecific monoclonal antibody, and daratumumab, a CD38-directed monoclonal antibody, were 83% more likely to be alive ...
Medical Xpress / Ianalumab+standard therapy extends time to treatment failure in patients with previously treated immune thrombocytopenia
Patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who received a first-in-class investigational drug in addition to standard therapy went longer without a bleeding episode that needed urgent treatment or needing another treatment ...
Medical Xpress / Study suggests that water treatment methods may impact the risk of Legionnaires' disease
Preliminary results of a nationwide study suggest that the disinfectant used to treat water before it is distributed through pipes may impact the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in certain parts of the country. The findings ...
Phys.org / How eating oysters could help restore South Australia's algal-bloom-ravaged coast
South Australians are suddenly hearing a lot about oyster reefs—from government, on the news and in conversations, both online and in person. It's not accidental.
Phys.org / Reclaiming control to build workforce resilience
University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies announced the publication of "Reclaiming Control: Autonomy as the Key to Workforce Resilience and Career Optimism," a new white paper by Karen Johnson, Ed.D. The report argues ...
Medical Xpress / Caregiver smartphone use can affect a baby's development; new parents should receive more guidance
We already know excessive smartphone use affects people's mental health and their relationships.
Medical Xpress / Contactless pulse measurement falters at high heart rates, finds study
Researchers at Bielefeld University have analyzed how reliably AI methods can detect pulse rates from simple video recordings. The technique, known as rPPG—remote photoplethysmography, an optical form of contactless pulse ...
Phys.org / Genes behind the insecticide-resistant aphids damaging Australia's crops
For keen veggie growers and rose enthusiasts, aphids can be a real bane to your gardening dreams. These little insects are not only sap suckers—literally sucking the life out of plants—but they can also transmit toxins ...
Medical Xpress / Drug reduced need for blood transfusions during hospitalization for non-cardiac surgery
When hospitals were randomly assigned to treat patients undergoing higher-risk non-cardiac surgery with tranexamic acid (TXA) or a placebo, patients who received TXA needed significantly fewer blood transfusions and saw no ...
