Early intervention following traumatic brain injury reduces epilepsy risk
UC Riverside-led rat study finds an immune receptor in the hippocampus is responsible for the onset of the disease after ...
Tag: Public Health
Study reveals how green space can reduce violent crime
Researchers seek to enhance public safety by harnessing natureCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Properly designed and maintained outdoor green ...
Extra olive virgin oil keeps healthy properties when used for cooking
Simulation of cooking conditions in a domestic kitchenCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Consuming extra virgin olive oil has proved to have ...
Printer toner linked to genetic changes, health risks in new study
Credit: Aira Burkhart/West Virginia University Getting printer toner on your hands is annoying. Getting it in your lungs may be ...
A new strategy to prevent the most aggressive tumors from generating resistance to chemotherapy
This strategy can open new avenues to improve the effectiveness of therapies in thousands of patients who are currently being ...
Existing drugs may offer a first-line treatment for coronavirus outbreak
Broad-spectrum antiviral agents could be a possible quick response to the potential COVID-19 pandemicCredit: https://drugvirus.info/ The number of people infected ...
Wildness in urban parks important for human well-being
Credit: Elizabeth Lev/University of Washington As metropolises balloon with growth and sprawl widens the footprint of cities around the world, ...
Melbourne welcomes Indian delegation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Joint Secretary Tarika Roy and Under Secretary Sanjay Singh from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPWD) in ...
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysisCredit: Image: Melanie ...
Lab-free infection test could eliminate guesswork for doctors
Credit: University of Southampton A new infection test, made up of sheets of paper patterned by lasers, has been developed ...
Medicine and flyfishing
Gilbert Thompson's Medicine My Vocation, Fishing My RecreationCredit: World Scientific What do medicine and flyfishing have in common? Gilbert Thompson's ...
Cook County’s short-lived ‘soda’ tax worked, says new study
Sweetened beverage sales decreased by 21% during tax implementationCredit: UIC A study of beverage sales in Cook County, Illinois, shows ...
PA school nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 24, 2020) - As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
For weight-loss surgery patients who quit smoking, relapse is common
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21, 2020 - Although 1 in 7 adults smoke cigarettes the year prior to undergoing weight-loss ...
Social accounting, a different perspective when analysing public spending efficiency
The ECRI group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has established the socio-emotional value of the Hospital Santa Marina ...
E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Zinc excess in the body correlates with oxidative stressCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University ...
$3.2 million NIH award to support technology to fight deadly bacterial lung infections
Credit: Ella Maru Studio WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New support may help Purdue University scientists target what they call one ...
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more ...
