Health
Arming vegetables with anti-inflammatory properties using plant pigments
Betalains are a class of plant pigments that are responsible for the characteristic red-violet (betacyanin) or yellow (betaxanthin) color of...
Incarceration: burdensome legacy for African American fathers and their sons
More than 1.1 million African American men are imprisoned in the United States, and about 500,000 are fathers. Many of...
Terasaki Innovation Summit to bring academic and industry leaders together to tackle challenges of bringing biomedical innovations to patients
Los Angeles, CA – Feb. 16, 2023 – The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) is proud to announce the...
Mothers’ alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy is linked to changes in children’s face shapes
Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technology to find a link between alterations in the shape of...
Novel optical and fMRI platform identifies brain regions that control large-scale brain network
When we daydream or revisit memories, a large group of regions within our brain “lights up,” or becomes more active....
Transgender health in correctional systems
In the article titled “Trans and Living in Prison: A First-Person Perspective,” Ruth Utnage describes her experience in prison as...
Being bullied is associated with mental distress and suicide attempts in teens
Some forms of bullying are significantly correlated with feeling sad or hopeless and attempting suicide, according to a new study...
Purdue-connected digital health startup wins phase 1 of NIH competition for maternal health
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – HemaChrome, a digital health startup that uses smartphone technology to noninvasively and instantly measure blood hemoglobin levels,...
HIV treatment and prevention in Zambian prisons may be model for prisons worldwide
A recent study performed in Zambia by University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology researchers found...
Government’s role in promoting wood burning stove emissions unveiled in new study
The number of stove models officially exempt from UK smoke control regulations has increased ten-fold since 2010, a new study...
Percent insular ribbon infarction for growth rate prediction, outcomes in large-vessel occlusive stroke
Leesburg, VA, February 15, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), percent insular ribbon...
NIH trial to evaluate Shionogi antiviral in adults hospitalized with COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health has initiated a multi-site clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19....
‘Lego-like’ universal connector developed by NTU Singapore scientists makes assembling stretchable devices a snap
An international team led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a universal connector to assemble...
Researchers endorse widespread naloxone over the counter to prevent drug overdose deaths
In 2021, 100,306 Americans died from drug overdoses – a 28.5 percent increase from the prior year – with 75,673...
Pioneering new strategy lengthens limbs to treat skeletal disorder
Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the...
Genetic test can detect deadly bleeding disorder in dogs
PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new genetic test can identify dogs at risk of a potentially deadly disorder resulting in excessive...
HKUMed study reveals three or four doses of the Comirnaty or CoronaVac vaccines remain effective in preventing Omicron infection
An international research team comprised of members from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University...
Alternate-day fasting a good option for patients with fatty liver disease
Nutrition researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago studied 80 people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and found that those...
University of Houston professors named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors
Houston, Feb. 14, 2023 – Four University of Houston professors have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of...
Investigating neighborhood redevelopment’s impact on heart health in the Bronx
February 14, 2023—BRONX, NY—Neighborhood redevelopment, which transforms low-income neighborhoods through rezoning, new construction and renovation, can lead to health benefits, such...
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