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Can everyday physical activity improve cognitive health in middle age?

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Engaging in everyday physical activity has immediate benefits for brain health. Middle-aged people who participated in everyday movement showed improvement in cognitive processing speed equivalent to being four years younger, regardless of the activity's intensity, according to a new study led by a team from the Penn State College of Medicine.

Journal: Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

Only half of young cancer patients report a discussion on fertility preservation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Only half of people with early-onset cancers reported discussing fertility preservation options prior to their oncology treatments, according to results of a cross-sectional study published Nov. 12 in JAMA Network Open.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), American Cancer Society, Drs. Sidney and Becca Fleischer Undergraduate Summer Research Fund

Johns Hopkins researchers use electronic diagnostic model to predict acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) in patients

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from both Johns Hopkins Medicine and Yale University collaborated on the development and application of a diagnostic model to detect acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) in patients, which could have a lasting impact on getting patients diagnosed earlier

Journal: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Study advances understanding of metformin effects on fetus

University of Oklahoma
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology demonstrates that when the diabetes drug metformin is given to the mother during pregnancy, fetus growth is restricted, including a slowed maturing of the kidneys, which has been linked to a higher risk of obesity and insulin resistance in childhood.

Journal: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Researchers link satellite data with brain scans to identify environmental impacts on brain development

Georgia State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A pioneering new study links satellite and brain imaging data to identify how environmental factors can impact mental health, cognition and brain development in young people.

Journal: Nature Mental Health
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health