pacifiers are fine if used properly. "I prefer that babies suck their hands," says Dr. Barbara Howard, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in ...

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Nov. 8, 2024 — Researchers identify a key pathway leading to neurodegeneration in early stages of ALS, hinting at the potential for short-circuiting the progression of the fatal disease if ...

Pacifier use at sleep time decreases sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk. It is yet unclear whether pacifier use can modify the impact of other sleep-related factors upon SIDS risk. The ...

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Apr. 30, 2024 — A genetic propensity to higher circulating levels of lipids containing arachidonic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid found in eggs, poultry, and seafood, has been found ...

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precision-medicine-micro-chip-stem-cellsOn this chip, researchers Clive Svendsen and Samuel Sances at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, micro-engineered spinal cord tissue from a patient ...

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USC clinicians discuss the risk for bleeding incidents, such as intracranial hemorrhage, in patients with ITP as well as rescue treatment and subsequent management. COVID-19: Trial, Error, and ...

The thematic study of Medicine in Britain, c.1250-present spans almost 1,000 years. Understanding the period's chronology and knowing some key themes is essential to understanding patterns of ...