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Genetic risk factor for Crohn’s disease influences natural microbiome changes during pregnancy, mouse study finds

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Pregnancy is accompanied by profound changes in the body. Among other things, these affect the energy metabolism and the immune system. But the gut microbiome, i.e., the composition of the microbial community in the gut, also changes considerably, especially towards the end of pregnancy.

Trump pauses disbursement of global HIV treatment funds

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The Trump administration has paused funding for a crucial HIV treatment program in Africa and developing countries for 90 days, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.

Trump pauses disbursement of global HIV treatment funds

MyBlueDots1 week ago01 mins

The Trump administration has paused funding for a crucial HIV treatment program in Africa and developing countries for 90 days, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

Innovative voice-based approach enables early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

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A multi-task learning framework, DEMENTIA, has been developed by Prof. Li Hai and his team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to improve the early detection and assessment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The research was recently published in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.

Study: Among veterans with alcohol use disorder, women drink as much as men and have more severe mental health symptoms

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Women veterans with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are drinking in similar quantities to their male peers and have more severe symptoms of co-occurring depression, anxiety, and PTSD, a new study suggests. Among veterans, the rates of AUD and related impairments in physical and mental functioning are higher than in the general population. The study in Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research implies that drinking trends among veterans are paralleling those in the general population.

Radiotherapy with cetuximab may be superior to radiotherapy alone for patients who undergo surgery for head, neck cancer

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Results from the Phase III NRG Oncology RTOG 0920 (NRG-RTOG 0920) trial assessing postoperative radiotherapy with or without concurrent cetuximab for selected patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN) showed that radiotherapy with cetuximab demonstrated superiority as measured by improved disease-free survival, a secondary endpoint.

Patients with anorexia have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity in the brain, study shows

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A study conducted at Turku PET Center in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia. The results were published on 12 January 2025 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Study succeeds in early diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in diffuse midline gliomas by liquid biopsy

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A group led by the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, has succeeded in the diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in diffuse midline gliomas by detecting H3K27M-mutant droplets from circulating tumor DNA of cerebrospinal fluid taken from these patients.

Epigenetic states during development establish cancer risk before birth

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A person’s lifetime risk for cancer may begin before they are even born, reports a paradigm-shifting study by Van Andel Institute scientists.

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Genetic risk factor for Crohn’s disease influences natural microbiome changes during pregnancy, mouse study finds

Trump pauses disbursement of global HIV treatment funds

Trump pauses disbursement of global HIV treatment funds

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

Innovative voice-based approach enables early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

Study: Among veterans with alcohol use disorder, women drink as much as men and have more severe mental health symptoms

Radiotherapy with cetuximab may be superior to radiotherapy alone for patients who undergo surgery for head, neck cancer

Patients with anorexia have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity in the brain, study shows

Study succeeds in early diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in diffuse midline gliomas by liquid biopsy

Epigenetic states during development establish cancer risk before birth

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