Health
Study finds low vitamin D levels in young people of color
Results from a University of Houston College of Nursing study indicate that 61% of otherwise healthy Black and Hispanic adolescents...
Spinal fractures in the elderly are preventable with simple X-rays
Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring...
Maternal mortality jumped during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts have taken a disproportionate toll on American mothers who were pregnant or just gave...
The Mark Foundation for cancer research expands partnership with the Johns Hopkins University to accelerate groundbreaking immunotherapy research
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (BKI) announced today a new $10 million...
Trial of potential universal flu vaccine opens at NIH Clinical Center
A Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel influenza vaccine has begun inoculating healthy adult volunteers at the National Institutes...
Seat assignments drive friendships among elementary school children
Most teachers focus on academic considerations when assigning seats. A new study by Florida Atlantic University psychology researchers is the...
Common antiretroviral drug improves cognition in mouse model of Down syndrome
Lamivudine, a commonly-used antiretroviral drug for treating HIV, improves cognition in a mouse model of Down syndrome, according to the...
Bacteria’s shapeshifting behaviour clue to new treatments for urinary tract infections
Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. More than half of all Australian women will suffer...
Emergency care and hospitalizations higher among cannabis users, study finds
Visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations are 22 per cent higher among individuals who use cannabis compared with those...
COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
RICHLAND, Wash.—The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat...
Structural racism drives higher COVID-19 death rates in Louisiana, study finds
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND–Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities...
New genetic associations in pediatric NAFLD affect both risk and severity
In a pair of overlapping studies, a diverse team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego...
nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
East Hanover, NJ. June 27, 2022. Unemployment declined again in May for people with disabilities, while people without disabilities saw...
Discovered epigenetic alterations associated with the COVID-19 related severe inflammatory syndrome in childhood
June 27th, 2022. Researchers from the Cancer Epigenetics group led by Dr. Manel Esteller at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research...
Novel sewage treatment system removes up to 70% of nitrogen that would otherwise be discarded into nature
A new type of biofilm reactor adapted to Brazilian conditions and using polyurethane foam to lower costs can reduce the...
Arsenic in private well water contributes to low birth weight even at low levels
In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and...
Oral antiviral drug effective against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) identified by Biomedical Sciences researchers
ATLANTA—An oral antiviral drug that targets a key part of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase and inhibits the synthesis of...
Stop for migration!
Dystroglycans on epithelial cell surfaces interact with the extracellular matrix via long sugar chains (called matriglycans), and they are responsible...
Study explores when nursing home chains should customize or standardize
TAMPA, Fla. (June 24, 2022) – A new study by a University of South Florida researcher found important revelations that...
The yin and yang of empathy
Kyoto, Japan -- Humans have evolved as social animals. From childhood, we are taught the benefits of forging ties and...
