\u2018After My Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Doctors Sent Me Home With Minimal Info. So I Found An Online Group\u2019

Where do you go when you feel scared, confused, and lonely after a life-altering diagnosis? For many people, the answer is…online. In WH’s 2021 Owning It series, you’ll meet nine self-starters who used social media and digital tools to seek solutions and community they couldn’t find elsewhere. Barriers, broken. I was diagnosed with a rare, nonmalignant brain tumor called a […]

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How messenger substances influence individual decision-making

Studies indicate that different parts of the brain are responsible for different types of decisions. A research team led by Luca Franziska Kaiser and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jocham from the HHU working group “Biological Psychology of Decision Making,” and Dr. Theo Gruendler together with colleagues in Magdeburg analyzed the balance of the messenger substances GABA and glutamate in two forms […]

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Study reveals mechanism behind “Fecal Microbiota Transplantation”

Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) occurs in the gut and is caused by the Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium, C. difficile when its spores attach to fecal matter and are transferred from hand to mouth by health care workers. Patients undergoing antibiotic treatment are especially susceptible as the microorganisms that maintain a healthy gut are greatly damaged by the antibiotics. Treatment of […]

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Despite pandemic lockdowns, some experience ‘post-traumatic growth’

Texas student-run grocery store aims to curb food insecurity Feeding America estimates more than 50 million Americans became food-insecure during 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic Has the last year —  a time for spirituality, existential crisis, and interiority —  forced you to go within and contemplate the purpose and meaning of your life? Despite the  havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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New combination treatment approach improves overall survival in mice with glioblastoma

Findings In a study of mice, researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new approach that combines an anti-psychotic drug, a statin used to lower high cholesterol levels, and radiation to improve the overall survival in mice with glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumors. Researchers found the triple combination extended […]

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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

A report released Tuesday by Foley & Lardner LLP found that the COVID-19 pandemic compelled state and federal policymakers to remove restrictions on and expand reimbursement for telehealth and virtual care at unprecedented rates. The firm, which monitors legal policy in the telemedicine and digital health industry, reported that 43 states and the District of Columbia implemented a version of […]

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