Why are the offspring of older mothers less fit to live long and prosper?
Credit: Michael Shribak, Evgeny Ivashkin, Kristin Gribble WOODS HOLE, Mass. - The offspring of older mothers don't fare as well ...
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Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, ...
Social distancing and dying alone
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 29, 2020)- The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in how hospitals provide end-of-life ...
First comparison of dangers of tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes and waterpipes
Any smoking and vaping technique may increase risk of COVID-19 infection and deathCredit: European Heart Journal Smoking and vaping, whether ...
Race, rurality play prominently in Georgia areas hardest hit by COVID-19
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University While counties in populous metropolitan Atlanta had the highest number of COVID-19 cases ...
Focused ultrasound shows promise against deadliest brain tumor
Credit: UVA Health An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is ...
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment could provide a favorable prognosis in children with neuroblastomaCredit: Kanazawa University ...
MRI test for football players that could detect CTE, developed by Ben-Gurion U. researcher
Credit: Ben-Gurion University BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 19, 2020 - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries ...
Strenuous daily exercise may shorten, not prolong, longevity
Credit: Naoyuki Hayashi, Kazuhiro Kezuka By analyzing longevity data for professional Japanese traditional artists, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology ...
COVID-19 collaboration reduces infections in long-term care facilities
Credit: UVA Health A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is ...
Learning from history to fight against COVID-19
Grant awarded to MU researchers looks for similarities, differences between 1918 flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Image courtesy of The ...
Health disparities prove to be multidimensional
Hollings Cancer Center researcher finds that it is important to have effective strategies for chronic disease prevention and management for ...
Heart injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients associated with higher risk of death
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai researchers have found that myocardial injury (heart damage) is prevalent among patients hospitalized ...
Volcanic glass spray shows promise in controlling mosquitoes
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Roe, NC State University. An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic ...