Health
Nutrition educators support nutrition incentives for food and nutrition security programs to promote increased intake of fruit and vegetables
Philadelphia, March 9, 2023 – The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, includes...
Engineering breakthrough in softbotics
Pittsburgh, PA – March 9, 2023 - Carnegie Mellon University engineers have developed a soft material with metal-like conductivity and...
Can hormone replacement therapy protect the heart and brain after menopause?
LOS ANGELES — Many are aware of the short-term symptoms often associated with menopause, such as hot flashes, which are...
What if California didn’t close down during the pandemic?
SAN FRANCISCO (March 9, 2023) — Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences, along with a collaborator at Denison University,...
‘All work, no independent play’ cause of children’s declining mental health
Anxiety and depression among school-aged children and teens in the United States are at an all-time high. Sadly, in 2021,...
Detoxing body of 2 fat by-products could extend lifespan, UVA researchers discover
University of Virginia scientists have identified a promising approach to delay aging by detoxifying the body of glycerol and glyceraldehyde, harmful by-products...
Research shows success of working from home depends on company health
While more businesses continue to shift to remote work, some well-known CEOs remain steadfast against the movement. Naresh Khatri, an...
UAB startup receives $2.5 million FastTrack Grant from the NIH
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A new University of Alabama at Birmingham startup has become one of the few Alabama-based therapeutics companies...
National Science Foundation awards $90.8M to Arizona State University to advance x-ray science
Tempe, Ariz. — The National Science Foundation today announced $90.8 million in funding to Arizona State University — the largest...
Genetic adaptations help Amazonian populations resist Chagas infection
Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people only in Latin America and is one of the leading causes of death...
Group exercise program for older adults led to more independent exercise despite pandemic restrictions, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Sticking with an exercise program can be tough, even during the best of times. But what about...
Virginia Tech researchers study PTSD effects on bystanders
The traditional line of thought is that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is caused by directly experiencing the traumatic event. However,...
Dementia the top COVID-19 risk factor for seniors in care
In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia was the dominant risk factor for the disease among residents...
Overweight in children in Sweden increased during the pandemic
“Given that Sweden was one of the countries that did not have a lockdown during the pandemic, this increase is...
Men over 65 are at greater risk than women of skull fractures from falls
Each year, more than 3 million people ages 65 and older are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. Head...
Paving a smoother path to manuscript publication
Shane Harper, DMS, PA-C, knows how difficult it is to launch a medical research journal and get it into the...
Scientists show how gene expression controls synaptic plasticity in the aging human brain
Scientific evidence shows how the cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is caused by the buildup of amyloid beta proteins,...
To help dry forests, fire needs to be just the right intensity, and happen more than once
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University research into the ability of a wildfire to improve the health of a forest...
Spinal cord stimulation doesn’t help with back pain, says new review
Spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology suggested to treat people with chronic back pain, does not provide long-term relief and...
WormAtlas expanding beyond C. elegans with support from NIH
URBANA, Ill. – The National Institutes of Health recently pledged $2.6 million towards the Center for C. elegans Anatomy, also...
