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Blood-Based Biomarkers Help Predict Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury
A study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that biomarkers present in the blood on the day of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can accurately predict a patient’s ...Full Article
Scientists Find Surprising Link Between Mitochondrial DNA And Increased Atherosclerosis Risk
Mitochondria are known as cells’ powerhouses, but mounting evidence suggests they also play a role in inflammation. Scientists from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego publish...Full Article
How a Brain Tumor Helped Cyclist Chris Baccash Change His Life
Being a professional cyclist with an optimistic disposition and an adventurous spirit comes in handy when, after having a seizure at work and waking up in a hospital, you even...
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UCI Study Examines Distorted Time Perception During Pandemic
The passage of time was altered for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from difficulty in keeping track of days of the week to feeling that the hours themselves...
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Clinical Trial Evaluating Monkeypox Vaccine Begins
A clinical trial evaluating alternative strategies for administering the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine to increase the number of available doses has begun enrolling adult voluntee...Full Article
Sex Differences and AFib: New Study Flips Conventional Wisdom
Science has long shown that men are at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AFib) than women; but it has never been fully understood why women would be protected f...Full Article
Arterial Stiffness Raises Blood Pressure In Adolescents Via Insulin Resistance
In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via an in...Full Article
Pregnant Women With Obesity And Diabetes May Be More Likely To Have A Child With ADHD
Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to those whose mothers did n...Full Article
Increased Use of Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Services During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Reduced Risk of Overdose
The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated over...Full Article
SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Levels Linked To Patient Outcomes
The amount of SARS-CoV-2 antigen measured in the blood of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is associated with illness severity and other clinical outcomes, according to a n...Full Article
Precision Health Perspectives: How Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Medical Care
In February, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, a campus-wide, interdisciplinary endeavor that merges UCI’s powerhouse health sciences, engineering, machine lear...Full Article
Discovery Advances The Potential Of Gene Therapy To Restore Hearing Loss
Scientists from the Salk Institute and the University of Sheffield co-led a study that shows promise for the development of gene therapies to repair hearing loss. In developed...Full Article
Academic Decline Could be a Sign of Hearing Loss
As children across the U.S. prepare to get back to school, the American Academy of Audiology recommends that parents and teachers pay close attention to children’s hearing abi...
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Back to School: Key Facts for Families New to Speech and Language Services
As children across the country return to classrooms, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is offering families information about speech and language service...
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People with Severe COVID-19 Face Increased Risk of Life-Threatening Blood Clots
Individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 were more likely to develop venous thromboembolism – a potentially life-threatening condition – than those hospitalized with influenza, ...Full Article
Vaccine-Induced Immune Response to Omicron Wanes Substantially Over Time
Although COVID-19 booster vaccinations in adults elicit high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, antibody levels decrease substantiall...
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Why Do Men Face A Higher Risk Of Most Types Of Cancer Than Women?
Rates of most types of cancer are higher in men than in women for reasons that are unclear. Results from a recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed jo...Full Article
Enabling Addiction - 7 Behaviors That Suggest You’re An Enabler
When your loved one struggles with drug addiction, it’s important to provide support. However, there’s a difference between supporting someone and enabling them. Enabling me...Full Article
Largest International Effort to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing of Health Professionals and Patient Safety
Magnet4Europe, a 4 million Euro project funded by the European Commission, is the largest international implementation science project ever attempted to fundamentally change h...Full Article
Caring For Loved Ones With Dementia Is Stressful. Rice Researchers Aim To Help
Providing care for people with dementia is a physically demanding and emotionally taxing job that often falls upon loved ones, whose own health can suffer as a result. A new,...Full Article
Hypertension Elevates Risk for More Severe COVID-19 Illness
Hypertension more than doubles the risk of hospitalization related to Omicron infection, even in people who are fully vaccinated and boosted, according to a new study led by i...Full Article
The Human Side of AI: Predicting Spine Surgery Outcomes
Ever since Corey Walker, MD, became a spine surgeon, the traditional measure of success focused on how well a patient was able to walk, bend or move after spine surgery. Now, ...Full Article
Take These 7 Healthy Habits On Your Summer Road Trip
You've spent the past couple of years staying fit and healthy despite the unusual circumstances of mostly staying home. Now you're packing the car for a well-deserved summer ...Full Article
NIH-Supported Study Links Poor Sleep To Increased Risk of COPD Flare-Ups
Poor sleep is associated with a significantly increased risk of life-threatening flare-ups in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a new st...
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Cedars-Sinai Experts Lift a 'Sinking' Brain
Russell Secker, now 67, was in Lake Tahoe in 2016 to run a series of ultra-distance races with his wife, Claire. The two had completed hundreds of marathons and races totaling...
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