A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has updated an online tool to provide information for clinicians and parents on outcomes for extremely preterm infants. The key change in the update was the incorporation of data from the hospital where the infant was born, which the researchers found was as important as gestational age in determining infant outcome. The original web-based outcome tool was developed in 2008 by the Neonatal Research Network, a group of clinical sites supported by NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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Could targeting an Alzheimer’s-associated protein prevent autism?
Autism manifests in myriad forms. Symptoms and severity vary from person to person, but all autism spectrum disorders share three core symptoms: impaired social interactions, communication deficits, and excessive repetitive behaviors.
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A simple online physical activity guideline for people with spinal cord injury
A team of researchers has developed an online platform of tried and true resources to help people living with spinal cord injury lead a more active life.
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Pulmonary fibrosis: A lung disease many don’t recognize
More than 200,000 people in the United States have pulmonary fibrosis, but more than eight in 10 Americans don’t know the symptoms of the lung disease, a new survey finds.
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Harvard spearheads international effort to understand, fight new coronavirus
A Harvard/China collaboration has entered the coronavirus COVID-19 fray, with researchers on both sides of the globe working to expand understanding of the potentially pandemic virus.
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World Health Organization joins TikTok to share ‘reliable’ coronavirus information
Social media is being flooded with misinformation about coronavirus, and the World Health Organization joined TikTok on Friday in an effort to stop some of it.
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Age of onset may affect clinical outcomes for multiple sclerosis patients on disease-modifying therapy
Age of onset for disease is an important factor affecting clinical outcomes across the life span in patients receiving disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Feb. 25 in the European Journal of Neurology.
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Looking to quit smoking? A visit to the pharmacy could save your life
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death.
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Professor simplifies exercise advice for spinal cord injury
A team of researchers has developed an online platform of tried and true resources to help people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) lead a more active life.
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Scientists show drug may greatly improve cancer immunotherapy success
A study led by the University of Southampton, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown a new drug—originally developed to tackle the scarring of organ tissue—could help to significantly improve the success rate of cancer immunotherapy treatment.
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