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31-Jan-2025

In New Jersey, tobacco sales to underage buyers continue despite federal legislation

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tobacco sales to underage consumers remains high despite federal legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21, according to researchers at Rutgers Health.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: National Cancer Institute

31-Jan-2025

New Case Western Reserve University study identifies key protein’s role in psoriasis

Case Western Reserve University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have determined that a protein called NF-kB c-Rel can intensify the symptoms of psoriasis when activated by signals from the body’s immune system. Understanding how “c-Rel” affects skin inflammation could lead to new treatments.

Journal: EBioMedicine

31-Jan-2025

Anti-melanoma activity found in green-produced nanosilver-chlorhexidine complex

Pensoft Publishers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A complex between green-synthesized silver nanoparticles and chlorhexidine has shown explicit anti-tumor activity against human melanoma. A trustful concentration range was established in which the active agent was effective against the cancer cells but remained non-toxic to the normal cells. The findings were published in the open-access journal Pharmacia.

Journal: Pharmacia

31-Jan-2025

Healthy gut bacteria that feed on sugar analyzed for the first time

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A microbe found in the lower part of the gut that is associated with good health has been comprehensively analysed and found to have a focused diet breaking down sugars locked away in mucus, according to a new study, published in Nature Microbiology.

Journal: Nature Microbiology

31-Jan-2025

No evidence that maternal sickness during pregnancy causes autism

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While many studies have reported a link between a mother’s health condition during pregnancy and her child’s risk of autism, a new study shows that nearly all of these “associations” can otherwise be explained by factors such as genetics, exposure to pollution, and access to healthcare.

Journal: Nature Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

31-Jan-2025

240-year-old drug could save UK National Health Service £100 million a year treating common heart rhythm disorder

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A 240-year-old drug called digoxin could save the National Health Service (NHS) at least £100 million each year when treating older patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. This was compared to usual treatment with a beta-blocker according to a new study published in the journal Heart from the University of Birmingham, the city where digoxin was first used in 1785.

Journal: Heart

31-Jan-2025

Detections of poliovirus in sewage samples require enhanced routine and catch-up vaccination and increased surveillance, according to ECDC report

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Reports and Proceedings

Poliovirus detected in sewage in several European cities may pose a threat to public health in the EU/EEA and should be monitored closely, according to a Rapid Risk Assessment published today by ECDC.