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Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

A year ago, while many Americans were finishing their holiday shopping and finalizing travel plans, doctors in Wuhan, China, were battling a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia with no known cause.

21 Dec 2020

Everyday physical activities are less intensive than organized sports, shows study

In spring 2020, when soccer and sports clubs closed for sever-al weeks due to the Corona pandemic, children and adoles-cents looked for alternative physical activities.

21 Dec 2020

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

A new study by US-based researchers – at the Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and Columbia University – has found that healthcare workers have experienced significant psychiatric distress during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers use precision medicine strategy to identify a new genetic skeletal disorder

Researchers of the "Cell Biology and Physiology-LABRET" group of the University of Malaga (UMA), together with the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), have described a new genetic skeletal disorder based on a precision medicine strategy.

21 Dec 2020

Study examines how masks disrupt facial perception

The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicament and its potentially significant repercussions.

21 Dec 2020

Autobahn Labs announces a strategic drug discovery partnership with UCSF

Autobahn Labs, a virtual incubator partnering with top academic and research institutions to catalyze early-stage drug discovery and development, today announced a strategic collaboration with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

21 Dec 2020

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, in its Spanish acronym), among other institutions, have developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.

21 Dec 2020

Inter-arm blood pressure difference linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death

Robust evidence from a large international study confirms that a difference in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers develop a method to examine the body’s own pain control system

When two painful stimuli act on us at the same time, we perceive the one of them as less painful. This phenomenon is part of the body’s own pain control system.

21 Dec 2020

Hand-eye coordination found to be dramatically more sensitive to alcohol

In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving (0.08% BAC), in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

21 Dec 2020

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in serum associated with poor prognosis and high mortality

A new preprint indicates the direct correlation between the presence of detectable viral RNA loads in serum, and clinical severity and death.

21 Dec 2020

Cross-reactive coronavirus antibodies shape COVID-19 convalescent plasma functionality

The onset of the current COVID-19 pandemic revealed the seventh known pathogenic human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

21 Dec 2020

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 sequences in blood monocytes

A meeting with doctors from Wuhan presented a compelling observation to Professor Laura Manuelidis, MD, from the Yale Medical School early in 2020.

21 Dec 2020

The difference in blood pressure between arms linked to a greater risk of death, new study finds

A new study finds that a difference in blood pressure between arms is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.

21 Dec 2020

Study reveals critical role of perirhinal cortex in managing learning process

The famous patient Henry Molaison (long known as H.M.) suffered damage to his hippocampus after a surgical attempt to cure his epilepsy. As a result, he had anterograde amnesia, which meant that things he learned never made it past his short-term memory.

21 Dec 2020

Research News and Research

Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

Everyday physical activities are less intensive than organized sports, shows study

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

Researchers use precision medicine strategy to identify a new genetic skeletal disorder

Study examines how masks disrupt facial perception

Autobahn Labs announces a strategic drug discovery partnership with UCSF

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

Inter-arm blood pressure difference linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death

Researchers develop a method to examine the body’s own pain control system

Hand-eye coordination found to be dramatically more sensitive to alcohol

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in serum associated with poor prognosis and high mortality

Cross-reactive coronavirus antibodies shape COVID-19 convalescent plasma functionality

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 sequences in blood monocytes

The difference in blood pressure between arms linked to a greater risk of death, new study finds

Study reveals critical role of perirhinal cortex in managing learning process

New report addresses the recovery of surgical services in post-pandemic

Study provides key data on safety of head and neck cancer surgery during COVID-19 pandemic

Study: Exposure to metals may disrupt a woman's hormones during pregnancy

UK experts explain the urgent need for long-term research into antimicrobial resistance

Research may lead to better treatment and vaccines for Ebola, COVID-19

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