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A study of pregnant women in Gaza during conflict found that over 90% reported eating two or fewer meals a day, and over 70% had anemia. This highlights the severe impact of war and displacement on maternal nutrition and health, creating a high-risk environment for both mothers and newborns.
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A new deep learning model called ALSNet can automatically classify different types of acute leukemia from microscope images of bone marrow with high accuracy, even when the images come from different hospital lab machines. This tool could help pathologists diagnose leukemia faster and more reliably, especially in cases with subtle or rare features.
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Researchers found that a specific genetic deletion in the ABCA7 gene, which is a strong risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease in people of African ancestry, causes fat droplets to build up inside brain cells and damages their energy-producing mitochondria. This discovery reveals a direct biological mechanism linking this genetic change to increased Alzheimer’s risk.
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A long-term partnership with an Indigenous community in Montana shows that involving communities as equal partners from the start—co-creating research goals and building trust—is key to making clinical trials more inclusive and ethical. This approach is crucial for developing treatments that work for everyone and healing historical mistrust in medical research.
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For teens with chronic pain, the study found that how much the pain interferes with daily life (like school or activities) is a stronger predictor of future painkiller use than having catastrophic, fearful thoughts about the pain itself. This means treatments should focus on improving a young person’s ability to function, not just changing their thoughts.
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A review of 31 studies found that using regional numbing techniques (like nerve blocks) during heart surgery on children can reduce the need for strong opioid painkillers and may help them get off the breathing machine and leave the ICU a bit sooner. However, the authors caution that the evidence is not yet strong enough to be certain of these benefits for all patients.
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