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Achieve Greater Success With Your Blogging Now

April 21, 2021May 5, 2021icn-namesnet

If you’re a passionate individual who has something to say and who wants an avenue to say it, blogging might be right up your alley. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other social media mediums, blogging gives you an entire website to do with whatever you see fit. Check out this article for some tips on how […]

Biden and Harris dress to reassure that normal service is restored

January 28, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

There were a number of concerns about what might happen at the 59th presidential inauguration, but what Joe Biden would wear was never one of them. With reassuring predictability, he was sworn in as the 46th US president wearing a navy blue, single-breasted suit by that most wholesomely all-American of designers, Ralph Lauren. In contrast […]

Artificial intelligence tool for reading MRI scans could transform prostate cancer surgery and treatment

January 27, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

Researchers at the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) at Case Western Reserve University have preliminarily validated an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to predict how likely the disease is to recur following surgical treatment for prostate cancer. The tool, called RadClip, uses AI algorithms to examine a variety of data, from MRI scans […]

Principles of care established for young adults with substance use disorders

January 26, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

A national group of pediatric addiction medicine experts have released newly-established principles of care for young adults with substance use disorder. Led by the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, the collection of peer-reviewed papers was developed to guide providers on how to treat young adults with substance use disorder given their age-specific […]

Study measures brain volume differences in people with HIV

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

Nearly 38 million people around the world are living with HIV, which, with access to treatment, has become a lifelong chronic condition. Understanding how infection changes the brain, especially in the context of aging, is increasingly important for improving both treatment and quality of life. In January, researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging […]

Researchers find NTRK fusions more common than expected in pediatric tumors

January 24, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

In a large study of pediatric cancer patients, researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have analyzed the frequency, fusion partners, and clinical outcome of neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) fusions, which are clinical biomarkers that identify patients suitable for treatment with FDA-approved TRK inhibitors. The researchers found that NTRK fusions are more common in […]

IOF and IFCC review calls for harmonization of assays for reference bone turnover markers

January 23, 2021January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

Bone turnover markers (BTMs) in blood and urine are useful tools in monitoring osteoporosis treatment effects and may be useful for improving patient adherence. In 2011, a Joint Committee on Bone Metabolism of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) designated Procollagen type I N-propeptide (PINP) […]

Revisiting the Global Workspace orchestrating the hierarchical organisation of the human brain

January 22, 2021icn-namesnet

The celebrations in the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven would not be the same without Herbert von Karajan’s brilliant performances conducting Beethoven’s memorable symphonies. The execution of any musical symphony is a hugely difficult task, demanding very significant skills on the part of each individual musician—but perhaps the most difficult task […]