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New research shows that comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease, history of myocardial infarction or clinical stroke are associated with higher plasma p-tau levels.

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, researchers have identified links between 127 genes and immune diseases, providing newfound insights into the sequence and timing of gene activity during the activation of T cells, a key process in regulating the body’s immune response.

When the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 hit the United States in summer 2021, it led to a larger-than-expected surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. New Penn State research suggests this lack of preparedness may have been partially due to overestimating the number of US citizens who were immune or partially immune to the virus.

Children who were prescribed antibiotics inappropriately were more likely to develop complications such as diarrhea and skin rashes than children who were treated according to medical guidelines, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and The Pew Charitable Trusts. This misuse of antibiotics resulted in at least $74 million in excess health-care costs in the U.S. in 2017.

About The Study: In this study conducted within an existing community-based COVID-19 testing program, integrating rapid testing for diabetes was feasible, reached low-income Latinx individuals and identified many people with prediabetes and diabetes, most of whom lacked access to services in formal health care settings.

About The Study: The findings of this study that included 430 adults in Korea suggest that macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness could be considered a predictive biomarker for evaluating cognitive function in older adults.

About The Study: Researchers examined airway injuries and the long-term consequences of button battery ingestion among 195 children.

New research suggests that it is the local ocean environment and population demographics, and not genetics, that best explains the different lengths and pitches of signature whistles – the unique identifying call akin to a name – between common bottlenose dolphin populations in the Mediterranean Sea.