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People who have symptoms of depression may have an increased risk of having a stroke, according to a study published in the March 8, 2023, online issue of Neurology. Researchers also found that people with symptoms of depression were more likely to have worse recovery after a stroke.

According to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, prostate cancer screening frequently results in biopsies that find clinically insignificant cancer or no cancer at all.

Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people only in Latin America and is one of the leading causes of death in this region. This infectious disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). However, despite being in contact with the parasite, Amazonian populations hardly suffer from Chagas infection. A new study aimed to find out why.

New research from Swansea University shows that reducing social media use by 15 minutes a day can significantly improve general health and immune function and reduce levels of loneliness and depression.

There are substantial state variations in racial and ethnic disparities in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) incidence in the United States, according to a study published online March 2 in JAMA Oncology.

Recurrent febrile urinary tract infections (FUTIs) are common in children with neurogenic bladder, and the risk for rapid progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases in a dose-response manner, according to a study recently published in the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Blood pressure measurements taken in a medical office can vary widely between visits, new research finds, offering further support for guidelines that call for supplemental home monitoring.

Junior Associate Professor Taro Toyoda and his research group, in collaboration with industrial companies including Orizuru Therapeutics, Inc., conducted a safety assessment of the differentiation inducers used in the preparation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic islet cells (iPIC) from human iPS cells and developed a safer differentiation protocol for generating iPICs based on those new findings. The research results were published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy on January 5, 2023.

Overweight and obesity among 4-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving more than 200,000 children in Sweden. The number of children with obesity increased by some 30%, and there are large regional differences. The study was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.

In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia was the dominant risk factor for the disease among residents of Swedish nursing homes. This elevated risk applied to both getting infected with and dying of COVID-19, a University of Gothenburg study shows.