Gestational weight gain increased in Louisiana during the pandemic
Louisiana women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic were 3 to 7 percent more likely to exceed the recommended weight gain levels than those...
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Presenting non-traditional symptoms, women suffer worse heart disease outcomes than men
Media Contacts:Credit: UMass Lowell Media Contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations More than a dozen medical...
Liver-targeting drug reverses obesity, lowers cholesterol in mice
A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer has used a nanogel-based carrier designed in his lab to deliver a drug exclusively to the liver of...
MIND Institute director calls for new approach to equity in autism, fragile X research
UC Davis MIND Institute Director Leonard Abbeduto is calling for a major shift in the way research into autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities is conducted....
Magnesium deficiency is detrimental to plants
The importance of magnesium in plants and animals has long been known, but the details of its uptake and transport in plants are largely unexplored....
Hemp helps to heal
A few days ago, the federal government took the controversial decision to make the acquisition and possession of small amounts of cannabis exempt from punishment....
Yeast studies show that diet in early life matters for lifelong health
Researchers at the Babraham Institute are proposing an alternative link between diet and ageing based on studies in yeast. Dr Jon Houseley and his team...
New species of marine bacteria isolated from a deep-sea cold seep
Researchers have isolated a new strain of marine bacteria with unique characteristics from the ocean seabed. Credit: Rikuan Zheng Researchers have isolated a new strain of...
MU study shows how brucellosis — which can jump from animals to humans — impacts the brain
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Brucellosis is a disease, caused by the members of bacterial Brucella family, that mainly infects cattle, goats and sheep, leading to pregnancy...
Sensors harnessing light give hope in rehabilitation
Recently, a Korean company donated a wearable robot, designed to aid patients with limited mobility during their rehabilitation, to a hospital. These patients wear this...
Study identifies geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette, firearm deaths in the US over two decades
Smoking and firearms are among the leading causes of avoidable premature death in the United States. In 2021, 480,000 deaths in the U.S. were attributable...
From lab to market: A look at graphene’s societal impact
For ten years, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has coordinated the EU's largest research project ever – the Graphene Flagship with a budget of 1...
A first for ferrocene: Organometallic capsule with unusual charge-transfer interactions
Ferrocene is an emergent organic-metal hybrid compound, and its accidental discovery has led to the rapid development of organometallic chemistry. Aside from its interesting structure,...
Direct power generation from methylcyclohexane using solid oxide fuel cells
Methylcyclohexane (MCH), a type of organic hydride, is expected to be an excellent hydrogen carrier because it remains liquid at room temperature, is easy to...
#MedEd: How doctors use social media to advance medicine
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