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Study identifies a signaling cascade behind retina regeneration in zebrafish
The findings could help inform treatments for blindness in humans.
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Tailored approach makes inroads in rural firearm safe storage
Rural gun-owning families responded favorably to a customized intervention to increase safe storage of rifles, handguns and other firearms in homes with children.
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P53 could be key to therapies for salivary gland cancer
Mouse models show that activating a non-mutated form of the gene could lead to developing therapies for this deadly form of cancer. 
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Most heart transplant centers’ websites get failing grade when it comes to clear, accessible information
Most heart transplant centers’ websites are written in language above the average American’s reading level, and more than a third have no resources for people who spoke a language other than English.
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Cerebral palsy doesn't cause death in adults, so why is it still listed as an underlying cause?
Cerebral palsy is often listed as the underlying cause of death for patients, however CP does not, itself, cause death in adult patients. Providers are concerned that this inaccuracy negatively impacts patient care.
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First-of-its-kind whole lung simulator helps predict new treatments and vaccines for tuberculosis
The research team is the first to perform virtual clinical trials using a multi-scale lung model, with early results expected next year, to examine this reemerging global health threat.
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Dietary change starves cancer cells, overcoming treatment resistance
A new study in cells and mice from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has found that a low-protein diet and a specific reduction in amino acids can improve treatment for colon cancer.
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Social media: Top setting tips to promote positive boundaries, mental health for young people
Experts share tech savvy ways to better manage and control social media use on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for youth, teens and kids.
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Many young people recognize negative impact of social media and have considered deleting accounts
Youth ages 14-24 often use strategies to regulate social media use, from time limits to changing settings.
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Cannabis users had worse bypass outcomes, increased amputation and opioid use
Just over 125 of 100,000 people in the U.S. will have a bypass procedure.
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Study compares adverse events after two types of bariatric surgery in adolescents
Complication and death rates were similar for both gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy when researchers compared the two weight-loss surgeries in adolescents covered by Medicaid.
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Bias against older organ donors may be leading to smaller organ supply for transplants
Left-digit bias, a type of unconscious bias often linked to ageism, is linked to fewer organs selected from donors 70 years old or older, compared to those who are 69 or younger.
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Major financial pain follows major injury, study says
Medical debt in collections and bankruptcy much higher in working-age adults after hospitalization for traumatic injury, suggesting need for strategies to reduce financial burden.
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Smoking, drinking means higher surgery risks, but health coaching before surgery could help
Reoperations, readmissions, surgery complications and emergency visits highest among surgery patients with risky drinking and smoking, but raising awareness of alcohol related surgery risk can reduce use.
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Study hints at why older people are more susceptible to the flu
Influenza is back in circulation, posing a special danger to older adults.
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