Health studies cover postpartum pain, Alzheimer's genes and ingestible batteries

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that postpartum women with simultaneous physical pain and depression reported compromised self-care, infant care and mother-infant bonding, according to Medical Xpress. Other items report that PLCG2 has emerged as a protective Alzheimer's gene alongside APOE ε4 risk, that a machine learning model classified health care workers' psychosocial resilience with 75.6% accuracy in a study published in Discover Artificial Intelligence, and that MIT researchers created tiny batteries from materials safe for human consumption to power inge

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  • Postpartum pain and depression
    • Study findings on recovery
      • Pain plus depression compromised self-care and infant care
      • Symptoms affected mother-infant bonds and relationships
    • Who conducted the research
      • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers
    • Reported by Medical Xpress
      • Women described symptoms in a recent study
  • Alzheimer's genetic pathways
    • APOE ε4 as risk factor
      • Strongest genetic risk for late-onset Alzheimer's
      • Not all carriers develop dementia
    • PLCG2 as protective gene
      • Emerged as important protective gene in recent years
    • Two pathways may converge
      • Other genetic factors may modify disease risk
  • Resilience machine learning model
    • Methods used for classification
      • Logistic regression, random forest and SVM
      • Data collected during COVID-19 pandemic
    • Accuracy of logistic regression
      • 75.6% accuracy and 0.8 area under ROC
    • Publication venue
      • Study published in Discover Artificial Intelligence
  • Ingestible device batteries
    • MIT researchers created tiny batteries
      • Made with materials safe for human consumption
    • Intended use and benefits
      • Could power ingestible electronic devices
      • Aim to make devices safer for patients
    • Environmental impact
      • Batteries break down safely in GI tract
  • Other health research items
    • Social behavior genetics
      • Social behavior is heritable but heterogeneous
      • Examples span mother, teacher and teenager reports
    • Contactless vital sign sensor
      • Compact sensor measures without touching or restricting movement
      • Conventional methods need electrodes, cables or worn sensors
    • RNA therapy and GLP-1 weight loss
      • GLP-1 drugs can cause muscle loss along with fat
      • Stopping treatment often leads to weight regain as fat
    • Radiotracer for kidney cancer
      • 18F-FDG uptake strong in renal medullary carcinoma
      • PET/CT detected metastases missed by anatomic imaging

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