Developing: Two New Animal Recovery Facilities for Victims of Cruelty and Neglect
We’re excited to announce the development of two new animal rehabilitation and recovery centers to add to our current facilities providing much-needed care for abused and neglected cats and dogs. The facilities, which will open in Columbus, OH, and Pawling,…
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Research identifies key role of CXCL9 cytokine in age-related chronic inflammation
An inflammatory-aging clock called developed by Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging can predict how strong your immune system will be in 10 years, when you'll become frail or whether you may develop…
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Building a Better Predictive Model for Progression to Kidney Failure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new risk equation can accurately estimate the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progressing to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the development team from France and Germany reports. The “Z6” risk equation is based on…
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Take two: Integrating neuronal perspectives for richer results
Every brain function, from standing up to deciding what to have for dinner, involves neurons interacting. Studies focused on neuronal interactions extend across domains in neuroscience, primarily using the approaches of spike count correlation or dimensionality reduction. Pioneering research from…
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As COVID rises, a vexing hunt for nursing home vaccine stats
With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one. Medicare has a “Care Compare” website…
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3D assembloid shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential route of entry of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, into the human…
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First vaccinations given in Haiti since start of pandemic
Health care workers and senior citizens were the first people vaccinated on Friday in Haiti as part of a test run after the country recently received 500,000 doses from the United Nations. The vaccinations were given to more than 30…
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CIOs and innovation officers bolster clinical informatics, cyber defenses and more
Photo: NYU Langone Medical Center When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many IT leaders shadowed clinical staff to view first-hand the support those clinicians needed on the front lines. And often they learned some valuable lessons. Meanwhile, while healthcare organizations and…
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Arkansas virus hospitalizations go up by 106 over weekend
The number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus jumped by 106 over the weekend in Arkansas, which is leading the nation in new virus cases were capita. The Department of Health said Monday that the state’s virus hospitalizations increased…
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ctDNA Identifies Patients Who Benefit From Immunotherapy in MIUC
Among patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC), the presence of detectable circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after surgery may identify those who are likely to benefit from adjuvant immunotherapy with the immune checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq). The finding comes from a…
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