Health
Having dementia and reduction in social participation are associated with increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokyo, May 8, 2023 -- An increased risk of depression and anxiety among US older adults with dementia and poor...
New Utah study finds antibiotic stewardship program significantly reduced prescribing rates of antibiotics at urgent care centers in promising initiative to curb antibiotic overuse
Overuse of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with upper respiratory illnesses at urgent care clinics in the United States has been...
New lens analysis approach could improve treatments for nearsightedness
New lens analysis approach could improve treatments for nearsightedness Instrumentation recreates properties of the myopic eye to test lenses that...
How “extracellular chaperones” help remove abnormal proteins
Proteins tend to fold wrongly and become defective when exposed to stressors such as heat, oxidation, and pH changes. Accumulation...
Majority of nurses attribute well-being struggles to staffing shortages
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN), a market-leading, tech-enabled workforce solutions platform and advisory firm, in collaboration with Florida Atlantic...
A potential pathway to improved stroke recovery
Osaka, Japan – Ischemic stroke, caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain, is a common cause of...
Study proves efficacy of remote physical training in rehabilitation of severe COVID patients
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have created an exercise training program that survivors of severe...
Older adults are more easily distracted, study reports
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- While engaged in a physical task requiring effort, such as driving a car or carrying grocery bags,...
How does the brain interpret taste?
NORMAN, OKLA. – Taste is a complex neurological experience that has the potential to provide extensive, and perhaps surprising, information...
Built to outlast: Body type may give athletes upper hand in certain climates
Triathlons such as Ironman and Norway's Norseman competition epitomize human endurance with competitors undertaking nearly 150 miles of running, swimming...
Stimulating hope: Personalizing treatment options for depression
Artificial intelligence. Gene editing. mRNA vaccines. It’s safe to say the past few decades have felt like the next big...
An epigenetic approach to modulating aging with nutrition and exercise
“In this review, we describe how aging impacts epigenetics and how nutrition and physical exercise can positively impact the aging...
Simple management steps for a high fertility cycle in your dairy herd
Philadelphia, May 10, 2023 – The dairy industry has seen a revolution over the past two decades in fertility success...
Inhaling menthol improves cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease
Pamplona (Spain), May 10, 2023. Researchers from Cima University of Navarra (Spain) have shown in animal models of Alzheimer's disease...
UW Medicine scientists among leads of NIH pangenome studies
UW Medicine genome experts made significant scientific contributions to a National Institutes of Health Human Genome Research Institute reference collection...
Behind the scenes of a major genomic discovery
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023, AT 11AM ETCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023, AT 11AM...
Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference
Researchers have released a new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human...
21st Staffordshire Conference on Clinical Biomechanics
We are pleased to invite you to the 21st consecutive Staffordshire Conference on Clinical Biomechanics at the University Campus, Stoke...
Pandemic stress reshapes the placentas of expectant moms
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2023) – Elevated maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the structure, texture and other qualities of...
Home measurement of blood oxygen levels by corona patients themselves easily applicable
May 10 2023, Utrecht (The Netherlands) - When corona patients themselves measure the oxygen level in their blood at home,...
