An ongoing debate is focused on race-based algorithms in medicine—such as an adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate individuals’ kidney function. A study appearing in an upcoming issue of JASN examines the impact of dropping this race adjustment…
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Research breakthrough in the fight against cancer
A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer. This new research, which…
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ATTR amyloidosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from a global medical roundtable
The global spread of COVID-19 has raised serious concern for patients with chronic disease. A correlation has been identified between the severity of COVID-19 and a patient’s preexisting comorbidities. Although COVID-19 primarily involves the respiratory system, dysfunction in multiple organ…
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Plotting the end of Lyme disease
As people weary of being cooped up during a pandemic winter look forward to a summer outside, residents across the northeastern United States are once again confronted with a familiar virulent pathogen lurking in the woods and fields. Unlike coronavirus,…
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Exercise aids the cognitive development of children born preterm
A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A study by the University of Basel and the University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB) indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are older….
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The Rock Shared Why He Never Quits a Workout Early\u2014Even if People Are Waiting for Him
The season one finale of Young Rock, the NBC comedy-drama based on the early life and career of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, includes a pivotal moment which has been cited so many times that it has taken on the air…
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Here’s What The Laundry Guy’s Mall Of America Store Is Really Like
While doing laundry seems like a tedious chore we are all forced to do but never look forward to, there is one man who has made laundry his passion and that passion has led to a new show on Discovery…
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Genetics, not the intrauterine environment, controls abnormal development
Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and placenta—and not the mother’s intrauterine environment. The findings are reported in the April 28 online…
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Navigating the squircle: Hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behavior
Successful navigation requires the ability to separate memories in a context-dependent manner. For example, to find lost keys, one must first remember whether the keys were left in the kitchen or the office. How does the human brain retrieve the…
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The Weird Reason Your Urine Might Smell
You have probably heard by now how to tell if your stools are healthy or if your diet needs some work in the fiber department. They shouldn’t be too loose, they shouldn’t be too dark, and they should be easy…
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