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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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ASCO22: Lung Cancer Therapy Could Help Patients Live Longer
Results of a Phase II clinical trial led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators indicate that an immunotherapy drug combination could extend the lives of those diagnosed with ad...
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Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Introduces Community Registry for Self-Reported Data Participation Will Accelerate Medical Research Surrounding Life-Threatening Lung Disease
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has launched the PFF Community Registry, a distinct data set of the PFF Registry™ that will collect participant-reported data provided ...Full Article
MU Study Finds Health Benefits Of ‘Aging In Place’
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) found the majority of older adults want to stay in their own home as they age. However, given the natural decline in health ...Full Article
Covid-19 Was Third Leading Cause Of Death In The United States In Both 2020 And 2021
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States between March 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis of national death certificate data by research...Full Article
Established Drug For Symptoms Of Angina Pectoris Also Protects Vascular System
A drug used in the clinical treatment of angina symptoms also has an anti-inflammatory effect and reduces atherosclerotic plaques in blood vessels - thereby reducing the risk ...Full Article
Is My Scratchy Throat Allergies or Omicron?
Around 60 million Americans suffer from itching, coughing, and sneezing caused by seasonal allergies each spring, according to the CDC. And while these symptoms aren’t typical...Full Article
Zinc Found to Play an Important Role in Lung Fibrosis
Investigators from the Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai have discovered that zinc, a common mineral, may reverse lung damage and improve survival for patients with...
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Aphasia: Relatively Unknown but Common
Despite affecting millions of American adults, most people are not familiar with aphasia. During June, recognized nationally as Aphasia Awareness Month, the American Speech-La...Full Article
UCI Research Finds Parents’ Unpredictable Behavior May Impair Optimal Brain Circuit Formation
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are conducting pioneering research into the concept that unpredictable parental behaviors, together with unpredictable envi...Full Article
Electrical Pulses To The Back Of The Neck Found To Restore Breathing After Drug Use
Breathing difficulties are the main cause of death following opioid use. In the UK, the number of adults entering treatment for opioid use was 140,863 in 2020/211 and opioid u...Full Article
Treating Chronic Hypertension In Early Pregnancy Benefits Parents, Babies
Adults treated with medication for high blood pressure present before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, defined as chronic hypertension in pregnancy, had fewer advers...Full Article
Brain Cell Activity Plays Critical Role in CNS Disorder Outcomes
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have comprehensively mapped molecular activity in the brain and spinal cord that is responsible for regulating the body's response to central ner...Full Article
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Expands Clinical Trial Resources for Patients
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF), the nation’s leading pulmonary fibrosis research, education, and advocacy organization, has developed new materials and tools for peop...
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NIH Begins Clinical Trial Evaluating Second Covid-19 Booster Shots In Adults
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating various additional COVID-19 booster shots has begun enrolling adult participants in the United States. The trial aims to understand if diff...Full Article
Good Hydration May Reduce Long-Term Risks For Heart Failure
Staying well-hydrated may be associated with a reduced risk for developing heart failure, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Their findings, which ...Full Article
NIH’s All of Us Research Program Releases First Genomic Dataset of Nearly 100,000 Whole Genome Sequences
Nearly 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences are now available through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. About 50% of the data is from in...Full Article
Inflation, War Push Stress To Alarming Levels At Two-Year Covid-19 Anniversary
Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, inflation, money issues and the war in Ukraine have pushed U.S. stress to alarming levels, a...Full Article
Lead As a Social Determinant of Child and Adolescent Physiological Stress and Behavior
Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantage...Full Article
ANA Hails Signing of Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
The American Nurses Association (ANA) hails the signing of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610/H.R. 1667) into law by President Joseph R. Biden. Th...Full Article
The Secret To Staying Young: New Research Highlights Power Of Life Long Exercise To Keep Muscles Healthy
Lifelong physical activity could protect against age-related loss of muscle mass and function, according to research published in The Journal of Physiology. Individuals aged 6...Full Article
Clinical Decision Support System Reduces Cardiovascular Risk In Patients With Serious Mental Illness
In a new study, researchers demonstrated that they can significantly lower cardiovascular risk for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) by using a clinical decision suppo...Full Article
Mandatory Masking In Schools Reduced COVID-19 Cases During Delta Surge
Schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of in-school transmission of SARS-CoV-2 when compared to schools with optional or parti...Full Article
Take-Home Antibiotic Therapies May Improve Health Outcomes, Lower Costs, For Patients With Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis
A new modelling study suggests that when patients who inject opioids continue an antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis outside of the hospital, they experience bette...Full Article
