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Scientists have developed a molecular “clock” that could reshape how pediatricians measure and monitor childhood growth and potentially allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders. The research, published this week in PNAS, describes how the addition of chemical tags to DNA over time can potentially be used to screen for developmental differences and […]
Refugees who fled to Sweden were no more likely to die by suicide than migrants who moved to the country on their own terms, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and UCL in the U.K. However, the risk of suicide for both groups increased the longer they stayed in Sweden […]
Government cuts to alcohol taxes have had dramatic consequences for public health, including nearly 2000 more alcohol-related deaths in England since 2012, according to new research from the University of Sheffield’s School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). The findings come as Chancellor Sajid Javid considers whether to cut or raise alcohol duty in the […]
Researchers from Canada have found a link between taking antidepressants during pregnancy and an increased incidence of gestational diabetes. It was, for how long and what type of antidepressants was taking a wife. The scientists from the University of Montreal compared for the study, the medication of Pregnant women with and without gestational diabetes. This […]
Mother can now kiss and cuddle her 10-month-old son who was born without SKIN and defied the odds to survive after doctors grew new tissue for him in a lab Ja’bari Gray, 10 months, was born in January 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, with almost no skin below his neck Doctors diagnosed him with aplasia […]
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have demonstrated a new, rapid method to obtain donor stem cells for bone marrow transplants using a combination of Viagra and a second drug called Plerixafor. Bone marrow transplants, used mostly in the treatment of cancer, are life-saving procedures to restore the stem cells that generate new blood cells throughout […]
Broadening diversity among participants in human genomics research will maximize its potential to discover causes and possible treatments of diseases, requiring thoughtful study design and methodological considerations, write members of an international genomics consortium in the journal Cell. In the journal’s Oct. 10 issue, a working group in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium examined the scientific […]
Analysis of the CANTO cohort published in the journal Annals of Oncology will upset received wisdom on the effects that hormone therapy and chemotherapy have on the quality of life in women with breast cancer. Contrary to the commonly held view, two years after diagnosis, hormone therapy, a highly effective breast cancer treatment, worsens quality […]
Loving the concrete jungle! Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are having a great time raising their 8-year-old twins, Harper and Gideon, in Harlem. “[The best part is the] culture and energy and being engrossed in the world,” the chef, 44, told Us Weekly exclusively of their New York City home on Wednesday, October 2, at the […]
A study by a team of Victoria University of Wellington scientists spotlights the role of gene networks in how people respond to one of the world’s most prescribed medications. The research team investigated the genetic network response to cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, a medication prescribed to about 30 million people worldwide. The researchers say it […]