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Wildfire smoke affects 3 million asthmatics and more than half of the U.S. states, research reveals

An estimated 3 million asthmatics and over half of the states in the United States are being affected by particulates that are blowing over them from fires in Canada and the western U.S., according to new research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System.

16 Aug 2021

The newest disease detection tool for covid and beyond: Poop

Since reopening campus at the University of California-San Diego last summer, university officials have relied on the tried-and-true public health strategies of testing and contact tracing. But they have also added a new tool to their arsenal: excrement.

16 Aug 2021

Study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to prevent COVID-19 deaths

A new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital healthcare workers prevent the deaths and intensive care admissions of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, say researchers.

13 Aug 2021

Understanding how to regulate key enzyme may lead to new treatments for cancers, viral infections

A new study led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers identifies two ways in which APOBEC3A - a vital enzyme that is responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers while protecting our cells against viral infection - is controlled.

13 Aug 2021

Excess COVID-19 cases, deaths in the U.S. may be attributable to PM2.5 pollution from wildfires

Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

13 Aug 2021

Personality and gender can be linked to how people interact online

People's personality - such as how extroverted or introverted they are - and their gender can be linked to how they interact online, and whether they prefer interacting with a system rather than with other people.

13 Aug 2021

Study uncovers a subset of human short introns spliced out by a distinct mechanism

The interrupted non-coding regions in pre-mRNAs, termed “introns,” are excised by “splicing” to generate mature coding mRNAs that are translated into proteins.

13 Aug 2021

Scientists document person-to-person transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pneumonic plague

Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the deadly disease that killed tens of millions of people during the infamous Black Death in the 14th century.

13 Aug 2021

How a hospital and a school district teamed up to help kids in emotional crisis

In 2019, the Rockville Centre school district in Long Island, New York, was shaken by a string of student deaths, including the suicides of a recent graduate and a current student.

13 Aug 2021

Learning inequalities remain among disadvantaged children during the pandemic

A new study has shown that whilst the amount of home lessons increased during the second period of school closures compared to the first, the inequalities of access between advantaged and disadvantaged families remained.

12 Aug 2021

Study finds cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression

Used for the treatment of depression that does not respond to standard antidepressant medications, the anesthesia drug ketamine – and the related drug esketamine, recently approved for depression treatment – has no important adverse effects on memory, attention, or other cognitive processes, concludes a systematic review of medical research in the September/October issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

12 Aug 2021

Scientists find clues to how a specific synapse type regulates anxiety-like behavior

The mechanisms behind the organization of neuronal synapses remain unclear owing to the sheer number of genes, proteins, and neuron types involved.

12 Aug 2021

Survey: One in seven Norwegian doctors exposed to physical assault

According to a survey following Norwegian doctors over 20 years, nearly four out of ten doctors have been the target of threats from a patient during the first four years after graduation and one in seven doctors have been physically assaulted.

12 Aug 2021

Nanotechnology may help improve treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers recently completed a study that has the potential to improve cancer treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma by using nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapy in a way that makes it more effective against aggressive tumors.

12 Aug 2021

Researchers to study the genomics of Alzheimer's disease in people with African heritage

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, with colleagues from the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, at Columbia University, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine will study the genomics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in people with African heritage throughout the United States.

12 Aug 2021

UH receives $1.9 million grant to strengthen behavioral health workforce

The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work has received a $1.9 million grant to train more social work and counseling psychology clinicians to deliver culturally competent behavioral health services in medical settings, addressing a critical statewide shortage of mental health professionals.

12 Aug 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Senate acts

The Senate has set the stage for a busy fall that will include debate on a broad array of health issues, such as prescription drug prices, Medicare expansion and further expansion of the Affordable Care Act.

12 Aug 2021

Study finds novel approach to attenuate mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity

A team of University of California, Irvine, scientists have discovered a novel pharmacological approach to attenuate the mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity.

12 Aug 2021

Widowhood associated with greater risk of advanced prostate cancer

Social environment is a key factor in the risk of developing prostate cancer. PhD student Charlotte Salmon and Professor Marie-Élise Parent of Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have shown that widowers are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

12 Aug 2021

Reading, ’rithmetic and resisting covid: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

When kids head back to school this fall, for some it will be the first time they've been in a real classroom with other students since the pandemic began.

12 Aug 2021

Students News and Research

Wildfire smoke affects 3 million asthmatics and more than half of the U.S. states, research reveals

The newest disease detection tool for covid and beyond: Poop

Study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to prevent COVID-19 deaths

Understanding how to regulate key enzyme may lead to new treatments for cancers, viral infections

Excess COVID-19 cases, deaths in the U.S. may be attributable to PM2.5 pollution from wildfires

Personality and gender can be linked to how people interact online

Study uncovers a subset of human short introns spliced out by a distinct mechanism

Scientists document person-to-person transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pneumonic plague

How a hospital and a school district teamed up to help kids in emotional crisis

Learning inequalities remain among disadvantaged children during the pandemic

Study finds cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression

Scientists find clues to how a specific synapse type regulates anxiety-like behavior

Survey: One in seven Norwegian doctors exposed to physical assault

Nanotechnology may help improve treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma

Researchers to study the genomics of Alzheimer's disease in people with African heritage

UH receives $1.9 million grant to strengthen behavioral health workforce

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Senate acts

Study finds novel approach to attenuate mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity

Widowhood associated with greater risk of advanced prostate cancer

Reading, ’rithmetic and resisting covid: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

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