Sweet success: Heavy consumption of sugary beverages declined in the US from 2003 to 2016
The percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several ...
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New model for district-based coronavirus forecasts
Neuroinformatics scientists at Osnabrück University and data specialists at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre provide daily analyses of infection ratesCredit: Copyright: ...
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by ...
August 2020 COVID update: Shift to actively looking to work may signal slowing recovery
nTIDE's experts take a closer look at factors underlying fluctuations in the unemployment numbers for people with and without disabilitiesCredit: ...
Is your drinking water toxic? This app may help you find out
A new tool developed by Penn Medicine researchers informs users about their potential exposure to hydraulic fracturing chemicalsCredit: Penn Medicine ...
New NCCN resource for understanding childhood leukemia
New NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia offers a comprehensive look at the latest expert recommendations for treating ...
A cheaper, faster COVID-19 test
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for fast, cheap, yet accurate testing for COVID-19 infection. ...
Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine
Credit: Dr. Elad Maor As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and ...
Mount Sinai researchers develop COVID-19 mortality prediction model
Credit: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bottom Line: Given the toll that ...
Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds
Results provide insight for public health policymakers fighting COVID-19Credit: (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is ...
When does a second COVID surge end? Look at the maths
New maths on US infection rates helps identify COVID turning pointsCredit: Max Menzies and Nick James Mathematicians have developed a ...
Test, isolate, communicate: Keys to controlling a COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility
Credit: West Virginia University Widespread COVID-19 testing may be an obvious way to control an outbreak in a long-term care ...
Henry Ford study demonstrates UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19 on N95s
Henry Ford, U-M team up for first-of-its kind research for facemask decontaminationCredit: Henry Ford Health System / University of Michigan ...
Revisions to drinking water standard tighten lead leaching allowance for plumbing products
Joint committee governing NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 lowers maximum allowable limits of leached lead from plumbing endpoint devicesCredit: NSF International ANN ARBOR, ...
Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19
Credit: CDC Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks ...
CRISPR-based malaria testing on-the-fly
A Plasmodium species-specific, ultrasensitive, nucleic acid detection assay to enable fast and inexpensive testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers in ...
Long-term COVID-19 containment will be shaped by strength, duration of immunity
Credit: Tumisu from Pixabay New research suggests that the impact of natural and vaccine-induced immunity will be key factors in ...
Older people have become younger
Physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 yearsCredit: Mostphotos, Doug Olson The functional ability of older people is ...
European survey shows alarmingly low awareness of erectile dysfunction
Majority does not know what it isCredit: EAU Arnhem (The Netherlands), 21 September 2020. Awareness of erectile dysfunction (ED) is ...
UM receives largest single research award in its history
Montana university and its partners seek opioid vaccinesCredit: University of Montana/Tommy Martino MISSOULA - The National Institutes of Health has ...
