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Large analysis identifies 579 genetic locations linked to anti-social behavior and addiction

An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including addiction and child behavioral problems.

27 Aug 2021

Fine particle pollution doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Black women

Fine particle pollution may be one reason why Black women have double the risk of developing Alzheimer's than white women, suggests new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

27 Aug 2021

New machine learning techniques help resolve structural biology challenges

Determining the 3D shapes of biological molecules is one of the hardest problems in modern biology and medical discovery. Companies and research institutions often spend millions of dollars to determine a molecular structure – and even such massive efforts are frequently unsuccessful.

27 Aug 2021

Higher intake of specific nutrients linked to lower brain iron and better cognition in older adults

Research conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine suggests that higher intake of specific nutrients is associated with lower brain iron concentration and better cognitive performance in older adults.

26 Aug 2021

Researchers reveal mechanism underlying most common cause of epileptic seizures

During fetal development, cells should migrate to the outer edge of the brain to form critical connections for information transfer and regulation in the body.

26 Aug 2021

What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid covid testing in schools

Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid covid tests for the state's K-12 schools in hopes of quickly identifying sick students or staff members.

26 Aug 2021

New Montana law sows confusion, defiance over school quarantines

As classes get underway this week and next, Montana school and county health officials are grappling with how a new state law that bans vaccine discrimination should apply to quarantine orders for students and staffers exposed to covid-19.

26 Aug 2021

Johns Hopkins experts share tips to protect kids heading back to school

Children across the nation are heading back to school, a time of year that can bring a variety of emotions from excitement to anxiety.

26 Aug 2021

Study shows school closures can be minimized by regular testing and vaccination against COVID-19

A new study discusses a novel model to determine age-specific differences in susceptibility of infection, contact patterns, and contagiousness to COVID-19.

25 Aug 2021

The woman behind the development of mRNA-based vaccines against coronavirus

With her research, biochemist Katalin Karikó laid the foundation for the development of RNA vaccines against the coronavirus. Now she is being honoured for this by the Würzburg Societas Physico-Medica.

25 Aug 2021

Government launches back to school and college campaign

Today (Thursday 26 August) the government launches its back to school and college campaign to set out the experience that students can 'get back to' from September, with restrictions such as bubbles eased to allow a full return to sport, music, drama, science experiments and being with their friends.

25 Aug 2021

Portable MRI can help identify intracranial hemorrhages in stroke patients

When patients exhibit stroke symptoms, doctors must quickly make a life or death determination: Are their symptoms caused by a clot that can be treated with blood thinners or by bleeding in the brain, which may require surgery?

25 Aug 2021

Predictability of single symptom screening for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections

A new study on the preprint server medRxiv* discusses the predictive value of single symptom-based screening to confirm pediatric SARS-CoV-2 cases.

25 Aug 2021

Higher SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant transmission among K-12 schoolchildren can be reduced by interventions, says study

A new study reports the results of a model framed to explore the transmission of the delta variant among schoolchildren and the most effective intervention methods to minimize such spread.

25 Aug 2021

Number of adults with hypertension has doubled in the last thirty years

The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control, led by Imperial College London and WHO, and published today in The Lancet.

25 Aug 2021

From Uber vouchers to patient advocates: What it takes to increase ER addiction treatment

For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she treated people with mental illness but felt she needed to do more to address addiction.

25 Aug 2021

Implementing healthy habits early can help stave off weight gain in college students

Everyone's heard about the so-called freshman 15, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests that counteracting this weight gain might be more complicated than just taking a walk around the quad.

25 Aug 2021

Psychological capital helps employees to cope with the negative effects of working in a pandemic

Just like the COVID-19 vaccine protects against contracting the contagious virus, the collective elements of self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resiliency helps inoculate employees from the negative effects of working through a pandemic, according to a new West Virginia University study.

24 Aug 2021

Population peak could contribute to less meaningful social interactions and reproduction suppression

A predicted population drop at the end of the century could be explained by stress from meaningless social interactions, according to a review article published in the Endocrine Society's journal, Endocrinology.

24 Aug 2021

Waterloo experts are developing new cancer treatments with high-intensity focused ultrasound

Researchers are bringing the use of acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumors closer to reality.

24 Aug 2021

Students News and Research

Large analysis identifies 579 genetic locations linked to anti-social behavior and addiction

Fine particle pollution doubles the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Black women

New machine learning techniques help resolve structural biology challenges

Higher intake of specific nutrients linked to lower brain iron and better cognition in older adults

Researchers reveal mechanism underlying most common cause of epileptic seizures

What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid covid testing in schools

New Montana law sows confusion, defiance over school quarantines

Johns Hopkins experts share tips to protect kids heading back to school

Study shows school closures can be minimized by regular testing and vaccination against COVID-19

The woman behind the development of mRNA-based vaccines against coronavirus

Government launches back to school and college campaign

Portable MRI can help identify intracranial hemorrhages in stroke patients

Predictability of single symptom screening for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections

Higher SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant transmission among K-12 schoolchildren can be reduced by interventions, says study

Number of adults with hypertension has doubled in the last thirty years

From Uber vouchers to patient advocates: What it takes to increase ER addiction treatment

Implementing healthy habits early can help stave off weight gain in college students

Psychological capital helps employees to cope with the negative effects of working in a pandemic

Population peak could contribute to less meaningful social interactions and reproduction suppression

Waterloo experts are developing new cancer treatments with high-intensity focused ultrasound

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