Test anxiety is not just about how the child feels in the room taking the test, said Nathaniel von der Embse, an assistant professor of school psychology at the University of South Florida, who was the first author on a 30-year review of test anxiety published in 2018. The review showed that test anxiety is…
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IMAGE: Left grouping: Mild OSA in a 38-year-old male, untreated. Center: Moderate OSA in a 49-year-old male, untreated. Right: Severe OSA in a 63-year-old male, untreated…. view more Credit: Wang R, Wu P, Li L, et al. Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2019 Annual Meeting draws a strong link between…
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IMAGE: 68Ga-PSMA11 PET MIP images at baseline and after 2 cycles of 177Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy in a patients with mCRPC. view more Credit: Andrei Gafita, Matthias Eiber, TUM School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany. New prostate cancer research shows that adding an interim scan during therapy can help guide a patient’s treatment. Prostate-specific…
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IMAGE: Young women who undergo radiation therapy to treat a pediatric brain tumor are more likely to suffer from long-term cognitive impairment than male survivors, according to a study by Georgia… view more Young women who undergo radiation therapy to treat a pediatric brain tumor are more likely to suffer from long-term cognitive impairment than male…
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IMAGE: Sex Modulates the ApoE ε4 Effect on 18F-AV-1451 Tau PET. view more Credit: Paranjpe M, Liu M, Paranjpe I, et al. The strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is the apolipoprotein E type 4 allele (ApoE ε4). Research presented by Manish Paranjpe at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and…
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IMAGE: A 38-year-old woman diagnosed to have with Pott’s spine was subjected to F-18 FDG PET/CT scan. Baseline study–maximum intensity projection image (A), fused PET/CT (B) and CT image (C) showing… view more Credit: Mittal BR, Parihar AS, Sood A, et al. Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2019 Annual Meeting…
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IMAGE: Discoveries by Brazilian and German researchers may facilitate early sexing of pirarucu (arapaima) and its reproduction in captivity while also paving the way for genetic improvement. view more Brazilian and German scientists have completed a collaborative project to sequence and analyze the whole genome of Arapaima gigas, a giant freshwater fish known in Brazil as…
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IMAGE: Poyee Tung, M.D., is the medical director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at UTHealth. view more Credit: Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Congenital heart disease, which used to be considered a death sentence, is now a managed disease for adults thanks to advances in medicine and specialized programs such as the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program…
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DENVER–Today, the research journal Obesity published the study “Development of Obesity Competencies for Medical Education: A Report from the Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative” which outlines the first set of obesity-focused competencies to improve obesity medicine education for physicians and advanced healthcare providers. The 32 competencies were developed by The Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC), an…
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A new technology discovered by UConn School of Dental Medicine researchers records cellular communication in real time – providing a closer look into the dynamics of cell secretion and a greater understanding of how cells repair tissue. In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kshitiz Gupta, an assistant…
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