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Some patients with chest pain from reduced blood flow to the heart may benefit from having a stent implanted, instead of chest pain medications.

Teresa Quattrin, MD, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of pediatrics, is a co-author on a new global study that suggests a novel treatment option for children with achondroplasia—a form of severe short stature.

THE Bemba Royal Establishment (BRE) has officially installed Peter Chandwa as Senior Chief Nkula of the Bemba people of Chinsali in Muchinga Province.

Have you ever been exposed to someone with COVID-19, or had the sniffles, and reached for an at-home test in your medicine cabinet—only to notice it’s way past the expiration date stamped on the box?

A research collaboration led by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, investigated the role of CHIT1, a protein associated with microglia, in aging.

The benefits of breastfeeding are well known—but the UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. The WHO recommends that babies should be exclusively breastfed up to the age of six months (when they can start having food in addition to breast milk). But just 1% of women in the UK exclusively breastfeed their babies to six months old.

New findings from the University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance reveal a significant association between a lower number of positive childhood experiences and a higher prevalence of binge-eating disorder characteristics, as well as lower scores for intuitive eating.

To accurately perceive the direction of moving objects, rats may exploit a small but very useful cluster of visual neurons, which seem to work in the same way as the “pattern cells” found in the cerebral cortex of primates. Thanks to these neurons, rats may rely on a rather advanced motion processing system, based on extraction of high-level visual information from retinal images.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab in Sweden have combined artificial intelligence (AI) techniques used in satellite imaging and community ecology to interpret large amounts of data from tumor tissue. The method, presented in the journal Nature Communications, could contribute to more personalized treatment of cancer patients.

Despite national medical guidelines supporting the use of antiviral medications in young children diagnosed with influenza, a new study reports an underuse of the treatment.