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Climate directly contributed to changes in body size and indirectly to brain size throughout human evolution

Humans have evolved larger body sizes in colder regions and smaller bodies in warmer regions, with brain size showing little correlation with temperature.

8 Jul 2021

Cast not more effective than a brace for treating broken ankles

Using a cast is not more effective than a brace for treating broken ankles, according to University of Warwick researchers – a conclusion that could hasten the decline of the tradition of signing a cast.

8 Jul 2021

As covid vaccinations slow, parts of the US remain far behind 70% goal

July Fourth was not the celebration President Joe Biden had hoped for, as far as protecting more Americans with a coronavirus vaccine.

7 Jul 2021

CDC grant aims to improve care and outcomes for stroke patients throughout Kentucky

UK HealthCare, UofL Health, the Kentucky Department for Public Health's Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (KHDSP), and other state partners have been awarded the prestigious Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

7 Jul 2021

Hi-tech lab taps advanced technology to boost Singapore's future pandemic response

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Pathnova Laboratories, a medical diagnostic company backed by Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator and headquartered in Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, is contributing to Singapore's COVID-19 diagnostic capability through its partnership in a new clinical diagnostic laboratory.

2 Jul 2021

Researchers discover genetic markers that drive the timing of first sex and birth

An Oxford-led team, working with Cambridge and international scholars, has discovered hundreds of genetic markers driving two of life's most momentous milestones - the age at which people first have sex and become parents.

1 Jul 2021

Behavior modification key to prevent COVID-19, study shows

One of the longest-running studies examining COVID-prevention behaviors shows hygiene changes have been sustained but not complex changes, like social distancing, with important policy implications.

30 Jun 2021

Researchers turn to machine learning to predict when immunotherapy will be effective

When it comes to defense, the body relies on attack thanks to the lymphatic and immune systems. The immune system is like the body's own personal police force as it hunts down and eliminates pathogenic villains.

30 Jun 2021

Strength training for breathing muscles lowers blood pressure, improves vascular health

Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as "strength training for your breathing muscles" lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication, new CU Boulder research shows.

30 Jun 2021

New sweat-proof “electronic skin” reliably monitors individual health even during perspiration

Engineers have developed a type of “electronic skin” that monitors a person's health without malfunctioning or peeling away, even when a wearer is perspiring.

30 Jun 2021

Low-cost training program can reduce hazardous driving in older adults

A recent proof-of-concept study finds that a low-cost training program can reduce hazardous driving in older adults. Researchers hope the finding will lead to the training becoming more widely available.

29 Jun 2021

Study: Low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking

A new research paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last week showed that a low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking. This landmark finding is rooted in data pulled and analyzed from the Framingham study, one of the longest running studies in the world.

25 Jun 2021

Lack of spectators during pandemic has noticeable effect on athletes’ performance

Without an audience, men run slower and women faster: The lack of spectators during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have had a noticeable effect on the performance of athletes at the 2020 Biathlon World Cup, a new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Psychology of Sport and Exercise shows. According to the new analysis, women also performed better in complex tasks, such as shooting, when an audience was present while men did not.

23 Jun 2021

Hospitals, insurers invest big dollars to tackle patients’ social needs

When doctors at a primary care clinic here noticed many of its poorest patients were failing to show up for appointments, they hoped giving out free rides would help.

22 Jun 2021

Wayne State receives NIH grant for undergraduate training program in biomedical sciences

Researchers at Wayne State University recently received a nearly $1.97 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health for the T34 program, Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC).

21 Jun 2021

‘It’s a mission’: Volunteers treat refugees massing at the border

El Chaparral Plaza once teemed with tourists, street vendors and idling taxis. But the plaza, just outside the San Ysidro port of entry on the Mexican side of the border, now serves as a sprawling refugee camp where migrants from Mexico, Central America and Haiti wait in limbo while they seek asylum in the U.S.

21 Jun 2021

The hard realities of a ‘no jab, no job’ mandate for health care workers

Christopher Richmond keeps a running tab on how many workers at the ManorCare skilled nursing facility he manages in western Pennsylvania have rolled up their sleeves for a covid-19 vaccine.

18 Jun 2021

Researchers identify properties that enable proteins to remember and respond to pressure

A new rubber band stretches, but then snaps back into its original shape and size. Stretched again, it does the same. But what if the rubber band was made of a material that remembered how it had been stretched? Just as our bones strengthen in response to impact, medical implants or prosthetics composed of such a material could adjust to environmental pressures such as those encountered in strenuous exercise.

16 Jun 2021

Collecting FEMA funeral money takes some tenacity — and help

As a funeral director at Ingold Funeral and Cremation in Fontana, California, Jessica Rodriguez helps families say goodbye to their loved ones. "We serve predominantly Latino families, most of them second- and third-generation" residents, said Rodriguez. "We do have quite a few that are first-generation, that don't speak any English."

16 Jun 2021

COST Actions provide space to grow ideas in science and technology fields

Over the years, COST Actions have become one the main instrument for research collaboration in Europe.

15 Jun 2021

Running News and Research

Climate directly contributed to changes in body size and indirectly to brain size throughout human evolution

Cast not more effective than a brace for treating broken ankles

As covid vaccinations slow, parts of the US remain far behind 70% goal

CDC grant aims to improve care and outcomes for stroke patients throughout Kentucky

Hi-tech lab taps advanced technology to boost Singapore's future pandemic response

Researchers discover genetic markers that drive the timing of first sex and birth

Behavior modification key to prevent COVID-19, study shows

Researchers turn to machine learning to predict when immunotherapy will be effective

Strength training for breathing muscles lowers blood pressure, improves vascular health

New sweat-proof “electronic skin” reliably monitors individual health even during perspiration

Low-cost training program can reduce hazardous driving in older adults

Study: Low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking

Lack of spectators during pandemic has noticeable effect on athletes’ performance

Hospitals, insurers invest big dollars to tackle patients’ social needs

Wayne State receives NIH grant for undergraduate training program in biomedical sciences

‘It’s a mission’: Volunteers treat refugees massing at the border

The hard realities of a ‘no jab, no job’ mandate for health care workers

Researchers identify properties that enable proteins to remember and respond to pressure

Collecting FEMA funeral money takes some tenacity — and help

COST Actions provide space to grow ideas in science and technology fields

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