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As South Korea’s physician shortage has intensified, the government has leaned on targeted grants and financial incentives to preserve essential services, particularly obstetric care. Yet despite sustained investment, many rural communities still struggle to keep their maternity units alive.
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have discovered that a gene long known for shaping the skin’s physical barrier also plays a crucial role in building and maintaining the skin’s immune defense. The findings, published in Cell Reports,…
Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine have made a major advance in their research into cardiovascular disease: They’ve created functional, three-dimensional heart tissue that can beat autonomously in vitro. The tissue…
Life-saving antibiotics that could treat severe infections in babies and children aren’t accessible due to a lack of data around safety and dosage, new research shows. Two wide sweeping reviews, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Australasian…
A study of more than 500 people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers, co-led by researchers at Mass General Brigham, found that survey participants viewed the ability to regain basic communication as the minimum acceptable outcome after…
Researchers at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen reported that starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) coincided with slightly healthier supermarket purchases. Grocery purchases from GLP-1RA users in Denmark contained modestly fewer calories and sugars and slightly more protein per 100 g…
A new Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation–led survey of more than 1,500 people living with or at risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) found that 93% would be interested in a test to predict their or their family’s risk of developing…
A new study offers hope that kidney transplant patients could one day have a monthly treatment instead of multiple pills every day. The new treatment may also reduce side effects and increase the lifespan of the donor organ. The results…
Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart’s major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to serious congenital heart defects. The study, led by scientists from…
The DGIST Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity has identified MDGA2 as a novel causative gene for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), a rare and intractable neurological disorder occurring in infancy and early childhood. This study advances the understanding of…