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  • Key differences between visual- and memory-led Alzheimer’s discovered

    Key differences between visual- and memory-led Alzheimer’s discovered

    Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

    Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease that, rather than causing problems with memory, leads to difficulties with reading, navigating, and recognising objects. Studies suggest that one in 10 patients with Alzheimer’s disease have a form which…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • New brain organoid model | ScienceDaily

    New brain organoid model | ScienceDaily

    Organoids have revolutionized science and medicine, providing platforms for disease modeling, drug testing, and understanding developmental processes. While not exact replicas of human organs, they offer significant insights. The Siegert group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) presents a new organoid model that reveals details of the developing nervous system’s response to viral infections, such as Rubella. This model could influence pharmaceutical testing,…

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  • Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider

    Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider

    Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the Supreme Court is weighing whether people who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance have that right, and if they do – is it enforceable by law?

    That’s the key question at the heart of a case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, that began during President Donald Trump’s first term in office.

    “There’s a right, and the right is the right to choose…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Novel point-of-care technology delivers accurate HIV results in minutes

    Novel point-of-care technology delivers accurate HIV results in minutes

    A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines have developed new technology that could lead to the creation of a rapid point-of-care test for HIV infection competitive with traditional lab-based HIV testing in a fraction of the time and without the need for a stressful wait while results are processed or confirmed in a clinical laboratory.

    HIV-diagnostic technology traditionally relied on the detection of HIV-specific antibodies that form several weeks after infection….

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke

    Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke

    Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold increase in the number of U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period. The study is published on April 2, 2025, online in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

    A dissection in the artery wall is most often caused by trauma due…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Psychiatric BCI Gears Up For Prime Time

    Psychiatric BCI Gears Up For Prime Time

    Inner Cosmos is a startup reinventing care for depressed patients unresponsive to conventional pharmaceutical therapies. Since the FDA granted the company a device exemption to initiate a feasibility study in 2022, they have fitted three patients with their Digital Pill device. This makes the company an early first mover in psychiatric brain-computer…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Study reveals how alcohol abuse damages cognition

    Study reveals how alcohol abuse damages cognition

    For the first time researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for decision-making.

    Rats exposed to high amounts of alcohol exhibited poor decision-making during a complex task even after a months-long withdrawal period. Key areas of their brains had undergone dramatic functional changes compared to healthy rats.

    The findings, published today in Science Advances, provide a new explanation of alcohol’s…

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  • Scientists unveil starfish-inspired wearable tech for heart monitoring

    Scientists unveil starfish-inspired wearable tech for heart monitoring

    When we move, it’s harder for existing wearable devices to accurately track our heart activity. But University of Missouri researchers found that a starfish’s five-arm shape helps solve this problem. 

    Inspired by how a starfish flips itself over — shrinking one of its arms and using the others in a coordinated motion to right itself — Sicheng Chen and Zheng Yan in Mizzou’s College of Engineering and collaborators have created a starfish-shaped wearable device that tracks heart…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • First guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis calls for changes in practice to improve outcomes

    First guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis calls for changes in practice to improve outcomes

    The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in order to improve timely detection of CF in infants from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. The new guideline, based on systematic literature reviews and published in the International Journal of Neonatal Screening, reflects rigorous scientific investigation and perspectives from parents, CF specialists, public health representatives, primary care providers and genetic…

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  • Retinal therapy may restore lost vision

    Retinal therapy may restore lost vision

    Vision is one of the most crucial human senses, yet over 300 million people worldwide are at risk of vision loss due to various retinal diseases. While recent advancements in retinal disease treatments have successfully slowed disease progression, no effective therapy has been developed to restore already lost vision — until now. KAIST researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision.

    KAIST (represented by President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 30th of March that…

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