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Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy

Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes toward vaccination—and potentially boost vaccine uptake. The research, led by the University of Bristol, also found this new style of communication could help build and maintain a positive relationship with …

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Sleep apnea symptoms linked to memory and thinking problems

Sleep apnea symptoms linked to memory and thinking problems

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who experience sleep apnea may be more likely to also have memory or thinking problems, according to a preliminary study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 76th Annual Meeting taking place April 13–18, 2024, in person in Denver and online. The study shows a positive association …

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Gut microbiome: Meet Bifidobacterium breve, keeping babies healthy

Gut microbiome: Meet Bifidobacterium breve, keeping babies healthy

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bifidobacterium breve, or B breve for short, is a bacterial species that’s found in the human intestine. It’s especially relevant. in early lifebeing one of the most abundant bacteria in the newborn gut. B breve is a species of the genus Bifidobacterium and is considered key in the development of a …

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A ‘gentle touch’ molecule confers light tactile sensation in humans—and perhaps in individual cells.

A ‘gentle touch’ molecule confers light tactile sensation in humans—and perhaps in individual cells.

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Mouse neurons with the new ion channel ELKIN1 (cyan), which is responsible for touch sensation, nucleus (yellow) and the already known ion channel PIEZO2 (magenta). Credit: Sampurna Chakrabarti / Max Delbrück Center You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: “touch” is not …

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COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants—researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass

COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants—researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the US, it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from its original form. The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout …

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Study finds the timing of CSF biomarker divergence for Alzheimer disease, normal cognition varies

Study finds the timing of CSF biomarker divergence for Alzheimer disease, normal cognition varies

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other biomarkers differ for individuals with Alzheimer disease and cognitively normal controls, with the estimated times of divergence varying from 18 to six years before diagnosis, according to a study published in the Feb. 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jianping Jia, MD, Ph.D., from Xuanwu Hospital in …

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The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom’s plan to transform California’s mental health system

The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom’s plan to transform California’s mental health system

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If approved by voters on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure to overhaul the state’s mental health services system and sell bonds to finance more than 10,000 treatment beds across California could cost the state up to $14 billion. Opponents of Proposition 1 argue the price is too high. “What California …

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Incarceration history tied to lower access to health care

Incarceration history tied to lower access to health care

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An incarceration history is associated with worse access to and receipt of health care, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in JAMA Health Forum, Jingxuan Zhao, MPH, from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, and colleagues examined whether incarceration history is associated with access to and receipt of health care in the United …

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Food or medicine? Stark choice for sick Argentines

Food or medicine? Stark choice for sick Argentines

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In pharmacies in crisis-riddled Argentina, people look at the prices on medicine containers, then put them down again. Even prescription antibiotics and chronic treatments are being ditched in a country where annual inflation exceeding 250 percent means that health care has become a luxury for many. “Between eating and buying medicine, …

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