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For patients undergoing nerve transfer surgery for facial palsy, Botox injections can improve facial symmetry by reducing overactivity of the muscles on the unaffected side, suggests a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

“Violence is just part of the job. Every nurse and health care worker experiences it at some point.”

An observational study found that infants who had more diverse bacteria in their gut had lower childhood blood pressure, and this protective association was stronger if they were breastfed for at least six months. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young people. Acute obstruction of the pulmonary circulation by a blood clot can lead to circulatory failure with a high mortality rate.

Patrick Lenehan, MD, Ph.D. and Anji Tang, MD are co-first authors, and Bharti Khurana, MD, MBA, in the Department of Radiology Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center (TIRIC) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, “Utilizing Radiology as a Screening Tool to Identify Intimate Partner Violence.”

The link between alcohol consumption and anxiety had been established long before the stressful early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of the world will mark the fifth anniversary of the global lockdown in the coming weeks.

Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an AI tool that analyzes brain wave activity recorded during sleep using electroencephalography (EEG), a non-invasive technique that measures electrical activity in the brain through sensors placed on the scalp. The AI tool was developed using sleep study data from a group of women over 65, who were tracked for five years.

Creation of a comprehensive genetic representation for more than 2.5 billion people across the Middle East and South Asia could make a major contribution towards advancing precision medicine, a publication in Nature Medicine reveals.

Bad meetings don’t just waste time—they can leave workers with a “meeting hangover,” new research shows.

Tossing and turning more as you age? You’re not alone—and experts think they know why.