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People with asthma could be negatively affected by increased disinfectant use in the COVID-19 era

Those with asthma are experiencing less asthma control related to an increase in using household disinfectants -- known asthma triggers -- because of COVID-19, according to a survey co-conducted by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

12 Feb 2021

Study: Marching bands need access to athletic trainers just as players do

Nearly every fall, as football teams return to the field, tragic stories of players falling ill and even dying of heat trauma make the headlines. What many don't consider is that marching band members -- who don heavy uniforms and perform in the same sweltering temperatures -- may also be at risk.

12 Feb 2021

New research examines how alcohol exposure impacts aspects of neuroplasticity

New research and analysis examine how alcohol exposure impacts many aspects of neuroplasticity in a special issue of Brain Plasticity

11 Feb 2021

Researchers develop new weapon to fight against resistant bacteria

Every day, people die from simple infections even though they have been treated with antibiotics. This is because more and more bacteria have become resistant to the types of antibiotics that doctors can prescribe.

10 Feb 2021

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect teenagers' mental health

As families settle back into a new school year, sleep experts at the University of South Australia are reminding parents about the importance of teenagers getting enough sleep, cautioning them that insufficient sleep can negatively affect their mental health.

10 Feb 2021

Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease

As the pandemic sends thousands of recovering alcoholics into relapse, hospitals across the country have reported dramatic increases in alcohol-related admissions for critical diseases like alcoholic hepatitis and liver failure.

10 Feb 2021

Challenges of Cannabis Analysis and Impacts on Driving and Public Health

An interview with Madeleine Swortwood of Sam Houston State University, on the symposia she will give at Pittcon 2022 about the analytical challenges of cannabis and its impacts on driving and public health.

From Pittcon 9 Feb 2021

Mortality study combines drug overdose deaths with all suicide rates into a self-injury category

Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western United States, which reports the highest suicide rates officially.

9 Feb 2021

Study finds increased substance use, mental health issues in people with obesity during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a detrimental impact on substance use, mental health, and weight-related health behaviors among people with obesity, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern and the UTHealth School of Public Health.

8 Feb 2021

Discovery may reduce the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing

Chemical manufacturers frequently use toxic solvents such as alcohols and benzene to make products like pharmaceuticals and plastics.

5 Feb 2021

CHiPS program reduces unwanted sexual contact among U.S. Air Force cadets

Sexual assault and sexual harassment are significant problems in the U.S. military and military service academies in the United States.

5 Feb 2021

GLS1 inhibitor selectively eliminates senescent cells, ameliorates age-associated disorders

Senescent cells accumulate in organs during aging, promote tissue dysfunction, and cause numerous aging-related diseases like cancer. The cells arise through a process called "cellular senescence," a permanent cell cycle arrest resulting from multiple stresses.

5 Feb 2021

Study finds cancer as the leading cause of death among patients with diabetes

Cancer is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes in England. This is the finding of an 18-year-study of over 300,000 people with diabetes in England, from scientists from Imperial College London and published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

4 Feb 2021

Report estimates cancer incidence and mortality at the global level

Cancer ranks as a leading cause of death in every country in the world, and, for the first time, female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, overtaking lung cancer, according to a collaborative report, Global Cancer Statistics 2020, from the American Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

4 Feb 2021

New computerized adaptive screener may help identify youth at risk for attempting suicide

Researchers have developed a computerized adaptive screener to identify youth at risk for attempting suicide.

4 Feb 2021

British and Chinese researchers identify origins of alcoholism

The physical origin of alcohol addiction has been located in a network of the human brain that regulates our response to danger, according to a team of British and Chinese researchers, co-led by the University of Warwick, the University of Cambridge, and Fudan University in Shanghai.

4 Feb 2021

Study identifies triggers for acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis

Chronic liver disease and even cirrhosis can go unnoticed for a long time because many patients have no symptoms: the liver suffers silently.

2 Feb 2021

Greater retail availability of marijuana and alcohol associated with co-use among teens

New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation examines whether recreational marijuana legalization in Oregon and marijuana and alcohol retail outlet density levels are associated with co-use and beliefs supportive of use of each among teens.

1 Feb 2021

Researchers design an on-chip printed 'electronic nose'

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Germany have designed an on-chip printed 'electronic nose' that serves as a proof of concept for low-cost and sensitive devices to be used in portable electronics and healthcare.

28 Jan 2021

Three mental health conditions increased the likelihood of violent offenses among jail detainees

Western Carolina University researchers find a disproportionate number of inmates with violent offenses suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder and alcohol use disorder, and published their findings in the Journal of Criminal Psychology.

28 Jan 2021

Alcohol News and Research

People with asthma could be negatively affected by increased disinfectant use in the COVID-19 era

Study: Marching bands need access to athletic trainers just as players do

New research examines how alcohol exposure impacts aspects of neuroplasticity

Researchers develop new weapon to fight against resistant bacteria

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect teenagers' mental health

Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease

Challenges of Cannabis Analysis and Impacts on Driving and Public Health

Mortality study combines drug overdose deaths with all suicide rates into a self-injury category

Study finds increased substance use, mental health issues in people with obesity during the pandemic

Discovery may reduce the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing

CHiPS program reduces unwanted sexual contact among U.S. Air Force cadets

GLS1 inhibitor selectively eliminates senescent cells, ameliorates age-associated disorders

Study finds cancer as the leading cause of death among patients with diabetes

Report estimates cancer incidence and mortality at the global level

New computerized adaptive screener may help identify youth at risk for attempting suicide

British and Chinese researchers identify origins of alcoholism

Study identifies triggers for acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis

Greater retail availability of marijuana and alcohol associated with co-use among teens

Researchers design an on-chip printed 'electronic nose'

Three mental health conditions increased the likelihood of violent offenses among jail detainees

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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