Aliquots - Research Briefs Archive — Page 2 of 86
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August 7, 2025
Healthy plant-based diets reduce risk of death in long-term VUMC study
The findings published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that efforts to promote diets high in healthy plant foods and low in animal foods could improve health outcomes. -
June 4, 2025
VUMC team finds potential target to slow atherosclerosis
The research findings suggest that regulating the immune response to high cholesterol through the protein CaMK4 could enhance blood vessel repair and slow atherosclerosis progression. -
April 8, 2025
A link between bacterial infection and colorectal cancer: Study
Understanding factors that contribute to the development of colorectal cancer could point to new targets for treating the disease at earlier stages, when survival rates are highest. -
March 5, 2025
Team finds a better way to identify newborns at risk for opioid withdrawal
By 2017, on the back of the opioid crisis, the rate of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome in the U.S. was estimated to have reached 7.3 per 1000 deliveries. Meanwhile, many newborns exposed to opioids in utero never develop the syndrome and must undergo needless monitoring in the hospital after birth. -
March 4, 2025
Skin tone may affect accuracy of blood oxygen measurement in children: study
One of two commonly used oximetry devices failed to detect low oxygen levels in 7% of patients with the darkest skin tone. -
February 17, 2025
Weight-loss surgery associated with reduced dementia
An observational study found that bariatric surgery was associated with 63% reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. -
December 16, 2024
There goes the sun
Too much screen time might leave little darling deficient in vitamin D.