Health
Flagship report of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Taking Stock, examines where 5 billion kg of industrial pollutants go every year in North America
Montreal — The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today released a new report compiling and analyzing data reported...
SwRI, UTSA researchers develop new method to synthesize antimalarial drug
SAN ANTONIO – May 2, 2023 - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)...
Chinese Medical Journal study suggests psilocybin could help treat fear-based and other mental disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by a terrifying event. Its symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, and...
PCORI offers up to $452 million through new health research funding opportunities on high-priority topics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through...
Could wearables capture well-being?
New York, NY (May 2, 2023)—Applying machine learning models, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to data collected passively from...
Single-molecule valve: a breakthrough in nanoscale control
Scientists dream of using tiny molecules as building blocks to construct things, similar to how we build things with mechanical...
Columbia University study finds that improved access to mental health care is associated with reductions in suicide risk
Amid historically high suicide rates and mental health care provider shortages, new research from Incite @ Columbia University suggests that...
Coal trains increase air pollution in San Francisco bay area
Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so...
A chronic wound model to investigate skin cellular senescence
“Here, we report a chronic wound healing model that can be used to decipher the paradoxical role of cellular senescence...
Occludin protein plays key role in spread of coronavirus throughout body’s cells
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- While the coronavirus continues to infect people around the world, researchers at the University of Missouri have...
Pusan National University study suggests that hospital admissions for acute kidney injury may be linked to air pollution
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a decrease in kidney function. AKI is very common in...
Texas A&M research redefines mammalian tree of life
Research led by a team of scientists from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences puts to...
Twelve outstanding journalists named 2023 MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellows
WOODS HOLE, Mass. –Twelve accomplished science and health journalists have been awarded a highly competitive fellowship in the Logan Science...
Insilico Medicine founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., presents at LSX World Congress
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”) will present at the 9th LSX World Congress happening in...
Study shines light on impact of environment on neurocognitive outcomes
To gain a clearer understanding of the differences between childhood cancer patients when it comes to the impact of radiation...
Higher rates of autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in American children
In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientists led by Dr. Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research...
Mammalian evolution provides hints for understanding the origins of human disease
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Hundreds of scientific studies have been conducted over the years to find the genes underlying common...
Socio-economic inequalities in access to joint replacement surgery in England
The provision of joint replacement surgery in England is subject to socio-economic inequalities, despite a years-long effort to reduce them....
Novel biomarker score could help measure adherence to Mediterranean diet
Researchers have developed a novel way to detect whether a person follows a Mediterranean diet using a blood test and,...
Scientists slow aging by engineering longevity in cells
Human lifespan is related to the aging of our individual cells. Three years ago a group of University of California San...
