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Floods and droughts linked to child malnutrition in low-income countries
A sweeping new systematic review and meta-analysis published in Pediatric Research has brought together the available global evidence on how…
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Video-based leg agility scoring in Parkinson’s disease links to arm motor impairments
Researchers have developed a video-based method for quantifying leg agility in Parkinson’s disease, revealing previously underappreciated connections between lower-body motor…
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Dual-Task Training Boosts Shoulder Recovery After Rotator Cuff Surgery
Rehabilitation after shoulder surgery may be about to get a cognitive upgrade. A randomized controlled trial conducted at the First…
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Microplastics shrink soil nematode populations and body sizes, study finds
Micoplastics may be invisible to the naked eye, but their effects on the smallest inhabitants of the soil are proving…
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Degranulated eosinophilia offers unexpected diagnostic clue for ectopic paragonimiasis
In a striking reminder that the humble blood smear still has life in it, laboratory physicians in Southwest China have…
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Novel kynureninase inhibitor KS79356 slows triple-negative breast cancer progression
Researchers at King Khalid University have identified a small molecule, KS79356, that potently blocks the growth, invasion, and migration of…
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Genetic autopsy findings in unexplained sudden cardiac deaths reviewed
When a previously healthy young person dies suddenly and a full autopsy finds nothing, families are often left with a…
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New machine learning model predicts IVIG resistance in Kawasaki disease
Researchers in China have developed and validated a machine learning model that predicts, before treatment begins, which children with Kawasaki…
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New Hope for Alzheimer’s: Life Beyond a Devastating Diagnosis
A physician’s reflections published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine are challenging one of the most entrenched assumptions in…
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Human Mitral Valve Cells Show Distinct 3D Remodeling in Prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse, a condition in which the valve between the heart’s left atrium and left ventricle bulges backward into…