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Researchers design comprehensive toolkit to help Ohioans at higher COVID-19 risk

Those looking to improve the lives of Ohioans facing the greatest COVID-19 risks now have a comprehensive, evidence-based toolkit – one designed to inform the work of everyone from grassroots community groups to state leaders.

14 Oct 2020

Amino acid produced by the brain could prevent temporal lobe epileptic seizure

A team of researchers from the Florida State University College of Medicine has found that an amino acid produced by the brain could play a crucial role in preventing a type of epileptic seizure.

14 Oct 2020

Researchers develop online game to tackle the deluge of coronavirus misinformation

A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news is the latest tactic in efforts to tackle the deluge of coronavirus misinformation costing lives across the world.

12 Oct 2020

HIV self-tests improve "door-to-door" testing campaigns

Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still get infected with HIV every year.

12 Oct 2020

Health inequities can be measured in children as young as 5 years old, shows study

9 Oct 2020

miR-29 is an age-dependent regulator of developmental plasticity in the visual cortex

Postnatal development of the brain after birth is characterized by temporary, function-specific windows of high plasticity (critical or sensitive periods).

9 Oct 2020

Study: Musically trained children perform better at attention and memory recall

Neuroscientists have found new evidence that learning to play an instrument may be good for the brain. Musically trained children perform better at attention and memory recall and have greater activation in brain regions related to attention control and auditory encoding, executive functions known to be associated with improved reading, higher resilience, greater creativity, and a better quality of life.

9 Oct 2020

In debate, Pence and Harris offer conflicting views of nation’s reality

The Trump administration's pandemic response: decisive action that saved lives, or the greatest failure of any presidential administration? During Wednesday's vice presidential debate, Vice President Mike Pence and the Democratic challenger, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, offered drastically different takes — from behind plexiglass screens — on how the president has handled the COVID-19 crisis.

8 Oct 2020

Multi-faceted approach required to improve cardiovascular health of LGBTQ population

More than half (56%) of LGBTQ adults and 70% of those who are transgender or gender non-conforming report experiencing some form of discrimination, including the use of harsh or abusive language, from a health care professional.

8 Oct 2020

Researchers track down two new relatives of rubella virus

At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats.

8 Oct 2020

COVID-19 mortality linked to differences in trust and income inequality

rust in public institutions is linked to fewer COVID-19 deaths, but trust and belonging to groups is associated with more deaths, according to a wide-ranging, McGill-led study of 30-day COVID-19 mortality rates in 84 countries.

7 Oct 2020

Why do we need sleep?

In this interview, Dr. Gina Poe speaks to News-Medical about why we sleep, and the importance of REM sleep for brain development.

7 Oct 2020

DFG establishes new research units

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is setting up six new Research Units and a new Clinical Research Unit. The DFG Joint Committee decided this on the recommendation of the Senate.

7 Oct 2020

Survival probabilities are higher in patients who underwent complex pancreatic surgery

For certain surgical procedures, can a correlation be shown between the volume of services provided per hospital and the quality of treatment results?

6 Oct 2020

Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with COVID infection, hospitalization and death

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is actively spreading across nations, with millions of people affected. In the United States alone, more than 7.45 million people have been infected, and more than 210,000 have died.

5 Oct 2020

New deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

When you take a medication, you want to know precisely what it does. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing to ensure that you do.

5 Oct 2020

Holidays linked to severe spike in nut allergies among children

A new study examining the link between peanut and tree-nut anaphylaxis in children and holidays found spikes at Halloween and Easter.

5 Oct 2020

Researchers identify neural mechanisms involved in social interactions of people from different backgrounds

Our brain responds differently if we talk to a person of a different socioeconomic background from our own compared to when we speak to someone whose background is similar, according to a new imaging study by UCL and Yale researchers.

5 Oct 2020

AI improves outcomes in traffic accident victims, predicts survival after liver transplantation

New applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care settings have shown early success in improving survival and outcomes in traffic accident victims transported by ambulance and in predicting survival after liver transplantation, according to two research studies presented at the virtual American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2020.

5 Oct 2020

New tool can employ MRI scan data to predict motor development risks for preterm infants

As many as 70% of very premature infants (born earlier than 32 weeks gestation) show signs of white matter abnormalities at birth. But only some of those infants go on to develop cognitive, language, motor, or behavioral disorders as they grow.

30 Sep 2020

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Researchers design comprehensive toolkit to help Ohioans at higher COVID-19 risk

Amino acid produced by the brain could prevent temporal lobe epileptic seizure

Researchers develop online game to tackle the deluge of coronavirus misinformation

HIV self-tests improve "door-to-door" testing campaigns

Health inequities can be measured in children as young as 5 years old, shows study

miR-29 is an age-dependent regulator of developmental plasticity in the visual cortex

Study: Musically trained children perform better at attention and memory recall

In debate, Pence and Harris offer conflicting views of nation’s reality

Multi-faceted approach required to improve cardiovascular health of LGBTQ population

Researchers track down two new relatives of rubella virus

COVID-19 mortality linked to differences in trust and income inequality

Why do we need sleep?

DFG establishes new research units

Survival probabilities are higher in patients who underwent complex pancreatic surgery

Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with COVID infection, hospitalization and death

New deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

Holidays linked to severe spike in nut allergies among children

Researchers identify neural mechanisms involved in social interactions of people from different backgrounds

AI improves outcomes in traffic accident victims, predicts survival after liver transplantation

New tool can employ MRI scan data to predict motor development risks for preterm infants

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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