Mood neurons mature during adolescence
Late-maturing amygdala neurons may play role in emotional development, mood disorders Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala -- a key...
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Phones and wearables combine to assess worker performance
Mobile-sensing and consumer tech upgrade the employee review Credit: Shayan Mirjafari HANOVER, N.H. - June 24, 2019 -Using smartphones, fitness bracelets and a custom app,...
Long duration of sperm freezing makes no difference to live birth rates in large sperm bank study
Sperm samples stored for up to 15 years analyzed Vienna, 24 June 2019: Despite a time limit imposed in many countries on the freeze-storage of...
Scientists hit pay dirt with new microbial research technique
A better method for studying microbes in the soil will help scientists understand large-scale environmental cyclesCredit: Susan Brand and Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab Long ago, during...
More energy needed to cope with climate change
The world is dependent on energy both for human wellbeing and society's continued development. Energy use is however also one of the human systems that...
UTSA uses permeable pavements and grass to cool cities and clean the water
Credit: Photo by Jonas Weckschmied (San Antonio, June 24, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Engineering has been selected...
Nutrition is the missing ingredient in home health today, new study shows
Real-world data from Advocate Health Care and Abbott shows prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients helped keep them out of the hospitalCredit: Abbott New...
New reports provide guidance for obesity care
SILVER SPRING, Md.--Advocates for obesity prevention and treatment have designed two new resources for medical educators, healthcare providers and community programs that will enhance the...
Small shops, heavy advertisers less likely to ID for tobacco
Study has implications for Tobacco 21 enforcement, researchers say COLUMBUS, Ohio - Young people are less likely to be carded for cigarettes in certain types...
Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identifies and stratifies the mortality risks by age group, providing valuable insights for guiding prevention...
Study finds micronutrient deficiencies common at time of celiac disease diagnosis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Micronutrient deficiencies, including vitamins B12 and D, as well as folate, iron, zinc and copper, are common in adults at the time...
Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection
Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of infection, and the risk increased...
Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens
Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive and socioeconomic burdens decades after...
New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn research study presents the 'Coevolution Effect' to explain the connection between habitat fragmentation and disease spillover into human populationsCredit: Jamie Anderson AUBURN, Ala. -...
Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)
Credit: Şerban Procheş While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L. Padayachee (University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN)...
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