Health
COVID-19’s impact on socioeconomic inequality in health behaviors among Japanese adolescents
Key FindingsCredit: KYAN Akira and TAKAKURA Minoru Key Findings This study is the first worldwide to investigate time trend in...
More exposure needed for cosmetic breast enhancement risks
Complications after cosmetic breast augmentation are more common than other cosmetic plastic surgery yet many women who undergo such procedures...
Bringing the power of “multiplex” imaging to clinical pathology
June 22, 2023, NEW YORK – Researchers at the Ludwig Center at Harvard have developed a platform technology for imaging...
Stronger tape engineered through the art of cutting
Adhesive tape fulfills many purposes, from quickly fixing household appliances to ensuring a reliable seal on a mailed package. When...
Marine protected areas improve health, wealth of nearby communities
Protecting the ocean and providing livelihoods and food security do not have to be mutually exclusive. A new study, led...
Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine study uncovers trends in the global burden of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer
Tracheal, bronchus, and lung (TBL) cancer contributes significantly to the disease burden globally, increasing expenditure on health and impacting the...
World’s biggest study of wildfire smoke impact reveals alarming long-term health impacts
As North America recovers from some of the worst air quality in decades due to wildfires, one of the largest...
Cancer drugs show potential in fight against malaria
With malaria becoming increasingly drug-resistant, a team of UCF researchers is looking to use cancer drugs to accelerate the discovery...
An app can transform smartphones into thermometers that accurately detect fevers
If you’ve ever thought you may be running a temperature yet couldn’t find a thermometer, you aren’t alone. A fever...
Wild and feral cats shed more toxoplasmosis parasites in areas densely populated by humans
A new analysis suggests that wild, stray, and feral cats living in areas with higher human population density tend to...
Drug-resistant fungi are thriving in even the most remote regions of Earth
New McMaster research has found that a disease-causing fungus — collected from one of the most remote regions in the...
A new, promising weapon in the fight against HIV
A research team led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has identified a molecular compound that activates latent HIV-1...
Multi-valent mRNA vaccines against monkeypox enveloped or mature viron surface antigens for enhanced protection
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Beijing Institute of...
Yongguo Li secures ERC Starting Grant
Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) are awarded to outstanding researchers and are worth millions of euros in funding....
Ketone supplements worsen performance in trained endurance athletes, researchers find
Hamilton, ON, June 21, 2023 – Kinesiologists at McMaster University have found ketone supplements, used by some athletes hoping to...
Screening newborns for deadly immune disease saves lives
Introducing widespread screening of newborns for a deadly disease called severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, followed by early treatment boosted...
Sustainability of a 12-month lifestyle intervention delivered by community health workers in reducing blood pressure in Nepal: 5-year follow-up of an open-label, cluster randomised (COBIN) trial
The sustainability and scalability of limited duration interventions in low- and middle-income countries remain unclear. A study published in The...
Impact Journals sponsors 2023 Ride for Roswell
Impact Journals is sponsoring Team Open Access in the annual cycling event to end cancer: The Ride for Roswell. This...
UNCG spin-off launches national study to help prevent opioid misuse
Prevention Strategies received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to pursue the study and develop a commercially viable...
Less-invasive cardiac MRI is a valuable diagnostic tool in the early evaluation of patients with acute chest pain
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 20, 2023 – An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain...
