Dallas, TX and Asbury Park, NJ (December 2, 2020) – GoMo Health and the Center for BrainHealth® at The University of Texas at Dallas have joined forces to incorporate the Center’s research-backed strategies that enhance brain health and build resilience, into GoMo Health’s evidence-based patient engagement platform. This combined approach supports all aspects of patients’…
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ESRF and UCL scientists awarded Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for human organ imaging project The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has awarded $1 million to an imaging research project led by three researchers, among them Prof Peter Lee and Rebecca Shipley from UCL (University College London), and ESRF scientist Dr Paul Tafforeau, as part of…
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Quality of life is important for persons with traumatic brain injury, and new studies find it’s just as important for the person’s caregiver. “Caregivers are often not the focus of treatments; It’s usually about the patient or person with the condition,” says Noelle E. Carlozzi, Ph.D., an associate professor of physical…
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Organ procurement organizations are a critical component in organ transplantation in the United States. But, what makes an organ procurement organization high performing and obtaining much needed organs to those awaiting a transplantation? In a new paper, published in JAMA Surgery, researchers found the metrics used to rank organ procurement organizations…
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SEOUL, South Korea — Fermented vegetables are delicious — on this point, many people from China and South Korea can agree. But for some social media users in the two countries, the culinary good will ends there. A spat is raging this week over a Chinese state tabloid’s claim that China had “led” the development…
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“So very quickly, we start having more than 150 million doses a month in March, April, May,” he added. He and other federal officials have said that the general public is likely to be able to be vaccinated by May or June. The Road to a Coronavirus Vaccine Words to Know About Vaccines Confused by…
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For years, Melissa Clark has been on a quest to make the most delicious cookie box to gift to loved ones, logging her triumphs and failures along the way. Here’s what she’s learned. Eleven months out of the year, I make what would be considered an above average, but not excessive, number of cookies. But…
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In medicine, children are often “assumed to be just miniature versions of grown-ups,” said Jennifer Dien Bard, director of the clinical microbiology and virology laboratory at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “But they are not just small adults. It’s really important that any testing that is available, that there are specific strategies offered for children and…
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I was at my gynecologist’s office. “At 39, I’m scared I’ll never get married or have kids,” I told him. “Think about freezing your eggs,” he said. My eyes went wide. It was 2009, when egg-freezing was “experimental” and felt like science fiction. Walking out of his office, I was filled with regret. I was…
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A healthy diet may help reduce the risk for erectile dysfunction, a new study concludes. Researchers used data from a large study of male health professionals aged 40 to 75. The participants filled out health questionnaires, including details on diet, every four years between 1998 and 2014. The scientists scored the men based on the…
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