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Common neural underpinnings identified for sleep disturbances associated with obsessive-compulsive spectrum, chronic tic, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Increased sleep difficulties in patients with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs), chronic tic disorders (CTDs), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are likely due to disruptions in the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) pathway, according to a narrative review in the May issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, part of the Lippincott portfolio from Wolters Kluwer.

Journal: Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Study reveals how social networks shape health in later life

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study followed tracked over 1,500 older adults for a decade using three rounds of data from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project. Led by Lissette Piedra, a professor of social work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and James Iveniuk, a senior research scientist at the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center; the team identified three types of social networks — enriched, focused and restricted — that reflected how socially connected people were as they aged and how their self-rated health was affected.

Journal: Innovation in Aging
Funder: Center for Health Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations

What are the tradeoffs when people have to choose between clean air and clean water?

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People in many parts of the world lack access to clean water, but boiling water to make it safer often requires burning wood or other dirty fuels that expose them to air pollution. How do these two risks compare to each other? A new study suggests that, while health risks from the resulting air pollution are real, the benefits associated with boiling water generally outweigh those risks.

Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives

Poor heart health increases risk of dementia for Black Americans

University of Georgia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Diabetes and hypertension could have a domino effect for future health problems like dementia — especially for Black Americans, according to a new University of Georgia study.

Journal: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

AI tool accurately sorts cancer patients by their likely outcomes

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new artificial intelligence-based method accurately sorts cancer patients into groups that have similar characteristics before treatment and similar outcomes after treatment, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The new approach has the potential to enable better patient selection in clinical trials and better treatment selection for individual patients.

Journal: Nature Communications

Non-variceal extrahepatic portosystemic shunts: A review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

Xia & He Publishing Inc.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (EPS) are abnormal vascular communications between the portal and systemic venous systems, often emerging in the context of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While variceal EPS, such as esophageal and gastric varices, are well-recognized, non-variceal EPS (NVEPS) remain underdiagnosed and misunderstood despite their clinical significance. This review synthesizes the latest knowledge on the pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis, complications, and management of NVEPS.

Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology

Mount Sinai researchers in semifinals of $101 million XPRIZE Healthspan, a competition seeking innovative approaches to aging well

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been named semifinalists—and one of the Top 40 Milestone Award winners—in the prestigious XPRIZE Healthspan, a $101 million global competition dedicated to transforming how we age. XPRIZE Healthspan challenges the world’s top scientists and clinicians to develop treatments that can restore muscle strength, cognitive performance, and immune function in older adults by at least 10 years, with a bold goal of 20 years. Selected from a highly competitive international pool, Mount Sinai’s multidisciplinary team, NYC-Vita, stood out for its innovative, feasible, and safe approach. The team was named a Milestone 1 Awardee in the competition, earning $250,000 in funding to advance to the next phase: a clinical trial to be conducted in New York City.