Health
Teen jobs: Some parents cautious about negative impact on grades, sleep and social life
For many teens, that first formal job as a fast-food cashier, barista or lifeguard is a rite of passage.Credit: University...
A new breakthrough in Alzheimer disease research – visualizing reactive astrocyte-neuron interaction
Recently, a team of South Korean scientists led by Director C. Justin LEE of the Center for Cognition and Sociality...
Study of cerebral blood vessels uncovers potential new drug targets for treating stroke
Strokes cause numerous changes in gene activity in affected small blood vessels in the brain, and these changes are potentially...
Tastes differ – even among North Atlantic killer whales
Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it’s known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit...
Healing the unhealable: New approach helps bones mend themselves
Young babies and newborn mice can naturally heal damage to the bones that form the top of the skull, but...
Safe bioink for artificial organ printing
The development of biomaterials for artificial organs and tissues is active due to an increase in accidental injuries and chronic...
Disrupted rhythms of rest and wakefulness contribute to worse symptoms in schizophrenia patients
PITTSBURGH, April 13, 2023 – In a paper published today in Molecular Psychiatry, a team of scientists from the University...
How AI and a mobile phone app could help you quit smoking
A stop smoking mobile app that senses where and when you might be triggered to light up could help people...
Sensor system could decrease fall risk for older adults
HOUSTON – (April 13, 2023) – Knowing how to avoid falls could help adults 65 and older fend off costly...
First-in-Canada clinical RNA sequencing platform may improve rare disease diagnostics in pediatrics
A new clinical RNA sequencing platform at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is helping to facilitate research into rare...
Rice U. engineering students’ brace puts patients first
HOUSTON – (April 13, 2023) – Body image can have a significant impact on a person’s life, especially in their...
The first line of vaccines was highly effective at restricting COVID-19’s damage, according to a new Concordia study
A new Concordia-led analysis concludes that the primary COVID-19 vaccines provided adequate protection against transmission, hospitalization and death. However, their...
Study casts doubt on causal link between cognitive ability and obesity
The well-replicated associations between cognitive ability and body mass index (BMI) may largely reflect confounding by other factors related to...
A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by interfering...
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty, a novel treatment for chronic blood clots in lung arteries, gives patients a new lease on life, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University study shows
Old blood clots in lung arteries can obstruct blood flow and lead to pressure build-up in the affected arteries. When...
Time out: We all need a three-day weekend
As a four-day work week is trialled in countries across the globe, health researchers at the University of South Australia...
Using a new technique, PESI/MS/MS, to analyze the nutritional compounds in crops
Anthocyanins are compounds related to the color of plants. They also have beneficial effects on human health and are used...
Refining your search: A team approach to identifying patient cohorts using data from the electronic health record
Finding the right patients for clinical trials can be a struggle and require much time and effort. Clinical researchers have...
Sex of blood donor has no effect on recipient survival
A large clinical trial of more than 8,700 patients published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the...
5,500 people diagnosed with rare genetic diseases in major research study
Around 5,500 people with severe developmental disorders now know the genetic cause of their condition, thanks to a major nationwide...
