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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 02:11 ET (7-Oct-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

3-Jul-2025

Targeted concussion care improves quality of life over longer term

University of Arkansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

After receiving targeted treatment for concussion in which an individualized “profile” is created for patients, more than 83% of them reported still being fully recovered from their concussions, ranging from 1-6 years after the injury.

Journal: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

3-Jul-2025

Cell sheet production efficiency greatly influenced by polymer brush lengths and densities

Hiroshima University

Cell sheet preparation for use in tissue engineering and regenerative therapies could be significantly improved with the use of thermo-responsive polymer brushes, adjusted in length and density according to specific cell types

Journal: Biomaterials Science
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Precise Measurement Technology Promotion Foundation, Casio Science Promotion Foundation

3-Jul-2025

Urgent unmet need for improved tools to identify patients at risk of myocardial infarction

Amsterdam University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nick Nurmohamed and colleagues have raised critical concerns regarding the detection of risk factors and the use of preventive measures before the occurrence of myocardial infarctions (MI). They performed a retrospective cohort study examining U.S. patients with their first MI between 2017 and 2022. Their results are published in European Heart Journal.

Journal: European Heart Journal

3-Jul-2025

More people need to know how to prevent SIDS

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

An Annenberg health survey finds that many Americans are unaware of two factors that can reduce a baby's risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS: Putting a baby to sleep on its back and reducing a baby's exposure at home to secondhand smoke.

3-Jul-2025

New study shows link between childhood health and risk of disease in men in later life

University of Nottingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in infancy may increase their risk of having chronic disease in later life.

Journal: Andrology

3-Jul-2025

Review article highlights urgent need for aflatoxin control strategies in Pakistan’s feed supply chain

CABI
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists who have written in the CABI One Health journal say there is an urgent need for aflatoxin control strategies in Pakistan’s feed supply chain to improve animal health, productivity, food safety and exports of animal-based products.

Journal: CABI One Health

3-Jul-2025

Understanding the role of pigmentation in hereditary hearing loss

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from Japan. Using genetically engineered mice lacking the SLC26A4 gene, the researchers found that problems with melanin degradation led to its pathological accumulation in the inner ear, causing chronic inflammation and macrophage activation. These findings could inform new therapeutic strategies to minimize some forms of hereditary hearing loss.

Journal: Neurobiology of Disease
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kao Melanin Workshop