Nearly 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021: Pitt team forecast devastating toll five years ago
PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2022 – A grim prediction made half a decade ago by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health epidemiologists and modelers has...
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Social dissatisfaction predicts vulnerability to financial exploitation in older adults
Researchers who study elder abuse have long believed that when older adults face loneliness or relationship problems, they are more likely to fall victim to...
Hunting for the immune cells that predispose people to severe COVID-19
When a virus makes its way into a person’s body, one of the immune system’s first responders is a set of pathogen-removal cells called macrophages....
Ultrasound-assisted laser technique vaporizes artery plaque #ASA182
DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque, can lead to heart disease, artery disease, and chronic kidney disease and is traditionally treated...
Even in the operating room, team chemistry matters, study finds
Toronto - From flying a plane to swinging on a trapeze, there are plenty of high performance jobs where people must work closely together without...
Capturing cortical connectivity close-up
The brain is made up of a complex series of networks—signals are constantly bouncing between those networks to allow us to experience the world and...
Polymersomes efficiently deliver siRNA to treat breast cancers in preclinical model
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, hold promise to treat tumors, through their ability to specifically knock down oncogenes that promote tumor growth,...
New gene identified in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Researchers from the group of Eva van Rooij used advanced sequencing technology to better understand the heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, in which heart muscle tissue is...
COVID vaccine trial locations influenced in vaccine efficacy results
A new study by a University of Arkansas information systems researcher and his colleague at the University of Waikato in New Zealand shows that COVID...
Silk improves function of surgical masks
University of Cincinnati biologists found that a double layer of silk in combination with a surgical mask can enhance its ability to prevent the spread...
Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline
Scientists have demonstrated that normal brain aging is accelerated by approximately 26% in people with progressive type 2 diabetes compared with individuals without the disease,...
While the fetal clock develops, mom’s behavior tells the time
During fetal development, before the biological clock starts ticking on its own, genes within the fetus’s developing clock respond to rhythmic behavior in the mother,...
Data contradict fears of COVID-19 vaccine effects on pregnancy and fertility
New experiments conducted in mice add to mounting evidence in opposition to a popular claim that COVID-19 vaccination during early pregnancy may cause birth defects...
Listening can be exhausting for older cochlear implant users #ASA182
DENVER, May 24, 2022 – Degraded acoustic signals can make hearing difficult for anyone, but differences in cognitive abilities, age-related changes, and the use of...
The BrightFocus Foundation grants an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Standard Award to a CNIC project
The US nonprofit organization BrightFocus Foundation has granted an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Standard Award to the project ‘Understanding the impact of midlife cardiovascular risk factors...
