Most older adults don’t know about resources that can help them navigate aging & caregiving
Older Americans may be missing out on a wide range of programs and services that could help them meet their needs or assist their aging...
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Case Western Reserve University researchers develop new method of DNA testing—expanding scientific innovation
CLEVELAND—A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and...
Safer, cheaper, more flexible battery invented for wearable tech
Researchers have developed a safer, cheaper, better performing and more flexible battery option for wearable devices.Credit: Nano Research Energy, Tsinghua University Researchers have developed a...
‘Painting with light’ illuminates photo evidence of air pollution
Researchers and artists have joined forces to ‘paint with light’ – making invisible air pollution visible and demonstrating the health risks posed to people living...
‘Open gates’ in warming Arctic are expanding salmon range
New research has connected warming ocean temperatures to higher Pacific salmon abundance in the Canadian Arctic, an indicator that climate change is creating new corridors...
3 in 4 Americans under 65 are worried about future of Medicare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 5, 2024 — Concerns over the potential insolvency of Medicare among those under 65 have risen, with 73% now expressing worry...
Gold nanoparticles that selectively emit left-/right-handed light
doi.org/10.1002/adom.202400699When chiral(1) gold nanoparticles(2) are irradiated with near-infrared(3) femtosecond pulses(4), visible emission of luminescence is observed. In this study, this luminescence was found to yield...
Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and carers in nationwide Australian survey
Lived experience should be centered in future mental health research, say people with mental health conditions and their families and carers in nationwide Australian survey.Credit:...
Methods to quit smoking effective regardless of mental health history
Sarah Jackson and colleagues from University College London and King’s College London branches of the SPECTRUM Consortium conducted a survey to study how mental health...
In “mental illness” and “mental health”: how language around psychiatric conditions shifts
A new survey of nearly 340,000 texts spanning 79 years shows that generic terms in mental health have shifted away from words like “disease” and...
Signaling between brain regions altered in teenage internet addiction
Max Chang and Irene Lee of University College London review neuroimaging studies of the effects of internet addiction on adolescent brains. Published June 4 in...
Managing mental health should be about more than mind
Clinicians often default to treating mental health conditions with a variety of medication. This approach, however, largely ignores the role of environment, lifestyle, and social...
U.S. clinical trials begin for twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
WHAT: Two clinical trials have launched to examine a novel long-acting form of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in cisgender women and people who inject drugs....
UTA program helps students achieve medical school dreams
Getting into graduate school to become a doctor or a dentist is difficult. By some estimates, only about 37% to 42% of students who apply...
Veterans with service dogs have fewer PTSD symptoms, higher quality of life
Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans served in the United States Army for 27 years until a rocket blast in Afghanistan brought her career to...
