Despite great advances in care, some children with heart disease still experience a cardiac arrest during their hospital stay. But a recent initiative at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott…
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New genomic research shows why testing malaria vaccines in the clinic is as rigorous as natural exposure in the field
Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne parasitic infection of humans. In 2021, after a century of research, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the world's first malaria vaccine. That vaccine reduces…
Researchers discover neural plastic changes that improve functional recovery after cervical spinal cord injury
Spinal cord and brain injury researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are studying new alternatives to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. In a paper recently published…
Caregiver engagement enhances health outcomes of chronically ill adults
Led by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kristin Levoy, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., a meta-analysis of findings from 54 studies (involving more than 31,000 individuals) confirms that caregiver engagement across health care…
Genetic liability to RA linked to CAD, intracerebral hemorrhage
Shuai Yuan, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues used a Mendelian randomization approach to examine the causality of the associations of RA with CAD and stroke. Seventy independent…
U.S. children aged 9 to 13 sleep average of 7.45 hours/Night
Natasha T. Giddens, M.D., from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues compared total sleep time using a…
PCP gender wage gap varies by compensation model
Ishani Ganguli, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues examined how PCP compensation varies by gender in a microsimulation. The net annual, full-time-equivalent compensation was examined for…