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New study seeks to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health visiting services

A new £265,000 study led by the University of Stirling is seeking to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health visiting services across the UK, with a view to improving them in the future.

3 Jun 2022

Marine organism compounds may have potential to help human fertility

Zinc-filled oysters are often linked to improved libido and sexual activity, and now scientists at Flinders University are calling for more serious investigations into how marine organism compounds can help human fertility.

3 Jun 2022

Contraceptive pills may affect some women’s moods

Finding the right type of contraception is important. Oral contraception – also known as the pill – is the most popular and widely used method. In the June edition of Australian Prescriber, Dr Eveline Mu and Professor Jayashri Kulkarni from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre in Melbourne write how contraceptive pills may affect some women’s moods.

3 Jun 2022

A system for detecting emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

An article published in the journal Nature Medicine examines the unpredictable evolution of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

2 Jun 2022

Study: Halting in-person postoperative visits due to Covid-19 did not affect knee replacement outcomes

A study at Hospital for Special Surgery found that halting in-person postoperative visits in March 2020 due to COVID-19 did not lead to a higher complication rate, nor did it affect patient-reported outcomes after knee replacement surgery.

2 Jun 2022

Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

A new study explores how acute stressors affected mice in terms of their immune responses in specific regions of the brain.

2 Jun 2022

Millions of COVID-19 patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury, finds study

A University of Queensland-led study has found millions of COVID-19 patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury (AKI).

2 Jun 2022

Contrastive machine learning helps better characterize the neuroanatomical variation of ASD

Understanding brain heterogeneity in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could be pivotal to improving quality of life in affected individuals, by leading to more specific diagnoses and targeted behavioral interventions.

2 Jun 2022

A non-coding RNA molecule regulates mitochondrial gene expression in human cells, study shows

A new study published in the journal Cell shows that a non-coding RNA molecule regulates mitochondrial gene expression in human cells.

2 Jun 2022

Counting metastatic lymph nodes is better for determining prognoses of solid tumors

Patients newly diagnosed with cancer typically focus on one question, eclipsing all others: "What is my prognosis?"

2 Jun 2022

Vaccine-induced immunity against severe COVID-19 remains high for about six months

Protection against symptomatic COVID-19 begins to decrease after one month from initial vaccination, while immunity against severe COVID-19 remains high for about six months, according to a recent study by Penn State College of Medicine scientists.

2 Jun 2022

COVID-19 superspreader events typically originate from few carriers

A recent research paper published in the journal Physics of Fluids analyzed the overdispersion in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) airborne transmission.

2 Jun 2022

Smokers hide cigarette packs with graphic warning labels in public, study finds

Smokers in the United States who received cigarette packs with graphic warning labels hid their packs 38% more often. However, smokers stopped hiding their cigarettes when they returned to regular packs without the graphic labels, reports a multi-institutional group of public health experts led by University of California San Diego.

2 Jun 2022

New compound shows promise to kill a range of hard-to-treat cancer types

A compound, developed by a team including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, kills a range of hard-to-treat cancer types in petri dishes and animal models by targeting a previously unexploited vulnerability, a new study reports.

2 Jun 2022

Multidisciplinary medical team needed to provide care for pregnant women with lupus, study says

A study that includes researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary medical team to counsel and provide care for women with systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common form of lupus, who become pregnant.

2 Jun 2022

Benefits and limitations of non-invasive tests for diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is among the most prevalent chronic liver disorders worldwide and can sometimes lead to severe conditions like cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

2 Jun 2022

Study shows the two-way association between IBD and depression in siblings

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition involving inflammation of the digestive tract, affecting some 1.6 million Americans. Depression affects more than 16 million Americans.

2 Jun 2022

Black youth in racist communities less likely to benefit from psychotherapy

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that Black youth living in communities with high (vs. low) anti-Black racism are less likely to benefit from psychotherapy ("talk therapy;" such as cognitive behavioral therapy).

2 Jun 2022

Genetically predicted height linked to risk for several common health conditions

A large genetic study by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs' Million Veteran Program (MVP)) has found that a person's height may affect their risk for several common health conditions in adulthood.

2 Jun 2022

Truncated tau protein may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

In a new study of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that a relatively unstudied form of the tau protein associated with neurodegeneration may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

2 Jun 2022

Research News and Research

New study seeks to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health visiting services

Marine organism compounds may have potential to help human fertility

Contraceptive pills may affect some women’s moods

A system for detecting emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study: Halting in-person postoperative visits due to Covid-19 did not affect knee replacement outcomes

Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

Millions of COVID-19 patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury, finds study

Contrastive machine learning helps better characterize the neuroanatomical variation of ASD

A non-coding RNA molecule regulates mitochondrial gene expression in human cells, study shows

Counting metastatic lymph nodes is better for determining prognoses of solid tumors

Vaccine-induced immunity against severe COVID-19 remains high for about six months

COVID-19 superspreader events typically originate from few carriers

Smokers hide cigarette packs with graphic warning labels in public, study finds

New compound shows promise to kill a range of hard-to-treat cancer types

Multidisciplinary medical team needed to provide care for pregnant women with lupus, study says

Benefits and limitations of non-invasive tests for diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Study shows the two-way association between IBD and depression in siblings

Black youth in racist communities less likely to benefit from psychotherapy

Genetically predicted height linked to risk for several common health conditions

Truncated tau protein may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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