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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

New Binghamton research explores how brain folds form in fetuses

Many mysteries continue to surround the human brain, but among the most important are how it forms and how those early weeks affect the rest of a person's life.

25 Aug 2021

Novel approaches needed to cope with the new reality affected by global crises

The thesis sets out with the observation that the current social science paradigms fail to adequately assess global crises in their totality and therefore fail to understand them.

25 Aug 2021

Study reveals stable usage of drugs by adolescents in the first six months of the pandemic

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in earnest in the United States in early 2020, affected different demographic groups in different ways.

25 Aug 2021

Two studies on gastrointestinal stroma tumors describe advances that may lead to new treatments

Gastrointestinal stroma tumors (GIST) are cancers that start in specialized nerve cells found in the digestive system, from the esophagus and stomach to the intestines and rectum.

25 Aug 2021

Reassuring news about the protection that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines offer

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines have proven effective at preventing COVID-19-related mortality and illness. Since no vaccine is 100% effective, breakthrough infections are likely to occur. New research by a group of scientists at Erasmus Medical Center and Radboud University in the Netherlands looked at vaccine-breakthrough infections in a large group of vaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs).

25 Aug 2021

New discovery may lead to more effective treatments for osteoarthritis, other cartilage diseases

New information from a study reported on in STEM CELLS might result in more effective treatments for osteoarthritis and other cartilage diseases, as well as hereditary disorders affecting cartilage development.

25 Aug 2021

Study: Majority of hospital-acquired COVID-19 cases were contracted from other patients

The majority of patients who contracted COVID-19 while in the hospital did so from other patients rather than from healthcare workers, concludes a new study from researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital.

25 Aug 2021

Study finds a new line of drugs to stimulate myelin repair in multiple sclerosis

In the nearly 1 million Americans living with multiple sclerosis, the fatty substance that insulates the nerves of the central nervous system—called myelin—is damaged.

24 Aug 2021

Intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation therapy, study finds

Cedars-Sinai Cancer researchers have discovered that intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation treatments, and that fungi and bacteria have opposing effects on those responses.

24 Aug 2021

Researchers find clues to how lung damage develops in the aftermath of a respiratory infection

The deadliest time in a viral respiratory illness sometimes is actually after the virus is cleared from the body. Destructive processes that are set in motion during an infection crest in the weeks after the virus is defeated, leading to organ damage that can cause chronic illness or even death.

24 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

Research News and Research

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

New Binghamton research explores how brain folds form in fetuses

Novel approaches needed to cope with the new reality affected by global crises

Study reveals stable usage of drugs by adolescents in the first six months of the pandemic

Two studies on gastrointestinal stroma tumors describe advances that may lead to new treatments

Reassuring news about the protection that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines offer

New discovery may lead to more effective treatments for osteoarthritis, other cartilage diseases

Study: Majority of hospital-acquired COVID-19 cases were contracted from other patients

Study finds a new line of drugs to stimulate myelin repair in multiple sclerosis

Intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation therapy, study finds

Researchers find clues to how lung damage develops in the aftermath of a respiratory infection

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

Study suggests a balanced approach to developing safer opioid analgesics

Breast milk of vaccinated mothers contains antibodies that may protect nursing infants from COVID-19

Study uncovers how breast cancer cells use cholesterol to overcome stress-induced death mechanism

Study assesses contemporary burden of brain and other CNS tumors in the U.S

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

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

Viral clearance accompanied by persistent footprints

Do aerosol boxes prevent airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2?

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