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UCR scientists pave the way for diabetes and cancer patients to forget injections

Researchers at UC Riverside are paving the way for diabetes and cancer patients to forget needles and injections, and instead take pills to manage their conditions.

10 Nov 2022

Study finds differences in brain structure between boys and girls with binge eating disorders

Conducting the first known comparison of the brains of boys and girls with binge eating disorder, a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found significant differences in brain structure between the sexes.

10 Nov 2022

COVID-19 vaccine intention linked to trust in opinion of health experts, media literacy

An early pandemic survey found that respondents' intentions to receive COVID-19 vaccines were linked more to their media literacy and opinion of health experts than knowledge of the virus or previous vaccination behavior.

9 Nov 2022

AI-powered system can predict healing of venous leg ulcers

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home.

9 Nov 2022

Severe or morbid obesity in youth linked to higher risk of early atrial fibrillation

Severe or morbid obesity at age 18 may be linked to an elevated risk of atrial fibrillation in younger middle age.

9 Nov 2022

New insight into how childhood traumas affect health outcomes

The social environments we grow up in are critical when determining our wellbeing and health later in life. Most Americans (67%) report experiencing at least one traumatic event in childhood, and a new study shows that these experiences have significant impacts on our health risks as adults.

8 Nov 2022

Scientists develop new electrochemical sensing platform to monitor vascularized tissue model

The costliness of drug development and the limitations of studying physiological processes in the lab are two separate scientific issues that may share the same solution.

8 Nov 2022

Defense department health plan cuts its pharmacy network by nearly 15,000 outlets

Doris Spatz takes a once-a-day pill, Kisqali, to keep her metastatic breast cancer in check. As a patient in the Defense Department health system, she can fill routine prescriptions at a military pharmacy without a copay but also has the option of using a regular pharmacy through Tricare, the Defense Department's private health care program.

8 Nov 2022

People living in the United States more likely to share COVID-19 misinformation online, study finds

People living in the United States are more than three times more likely to share misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 than people in four other English-speaking countries, including Canada, a Simon Fraser University study has found.

7 Nov 2022

Vaccine confidence declined significantly since the start of the pandemic, study suggests

A new study suggests that, despite the success of the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, vaccine confidence has declined significantly since the start of the pandemic.

7 Nov 2022

Researchers identify gene expression correlated with response to chemotherapy in medulloblastomas

An international team led by the Department of Neurosurgery, Niigata University, has identified a new gene called Schlafen11 (SLFN11) whose expression is tightly correlated with response to chemotherapy in medulloblastomas, a highly malignant brain tumor affecting pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations.

7 Nov 2022

Beer hop compounds could serve as the basis for nutraceuticals to combat Alzheimer’s disease

Beer is one of the oldest and most popular beverages in the world, with some people loving and others hating the distinct, bitter taste of the hops used to flavor its many varieties.

7 Nov 2022

Findings from a multi-year initiative aimed at improving HIV health outcomes

The results of a multi-year initiative aimed at improving HIV health outcomes for Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are published in a new Supplement in the peer-reviewed journal AIDS Patient Care and STDs.

7 Nov 2022

Supreme Court to hear nursing home case that could affect millions

When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father's care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family.

7 Nov 2022

Private interests in endorsing fluoride-supplemented high-carbohydrate nutritional guidelines

Prominent organizations including the World Health Organization and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have dismissed low-carbohydrate diets that prevent tooth decay in favor of recommending high-carbohydrate diets which rely on fluoride and food fortification to mitigate dental damage and nutritional shortcomings, a University of Washington researcher says.

6 Nov 2022

Centene showers politicians with millions as it courts contracts and settles overbilling allegations

On Nov. 2, 2021, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak's reelection campaign received 10 separate $10,000 contributions from what appeared to be unrelated health insurance plans from across the country.

4 Nov 2022

Specific mutations in the monkeypox virus contribute to its continued infectiousness

Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide, and - similar to COVID-19 - mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines in its mission to infect more people.

4 Nov 2022

Understanding the brain correlates of dissociative disorders

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms - such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb - that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the symptoms persist for a long period of time.

3 Nov 2022

Ventilation rates need to increase substantially to bring down Omicron infection probability

With SARS-CoV-2 variants continuing to evolve, building scientists and air quality specialists have assessed the ventilation rates of rooms required to keep the risk of infection under one percent, concluding that Omicron and its sublineages require ventilation some 50 times greater than the virus did when humanity first encountered it in the spring of 2020.

3 Nov 2022

Therapeutic community gardening helped reduce loneliness during the pandemic

Therapeutic community gardening helped reduce loneliness as the pandemic paralyzed the nation, University of Essex research has revealed.

3 Nov 2022

OCT News and Research

UCR scientists pave the way for diabetes and cancer patients to forget injections

Study finds differences in brain structure between boys and girls with binge eating disorders

COVID-19 vaccine intention linked to trust in opinion of health experts, media literacy

AI-powered system can predict healing of venous leg ulcers

Severe or morbid obesity in youth linked to higher risk of early atrial fibrillation

New insight into how childhood traumas affect health outcomes

Scientists develop new electrochemical sensing platform to monitor vascularized tissue model

Defense department health plan cuts its pharmacy network by nearly 15,000 outlets

People living in the United States more likely to share COVID-19 misinformation online, study finds

Vaccine confidence declined significantly since the start of the pandemic, study suggests

Researchers identify gene expression correlated with response to chemotherapy in medulloblastomas

Beer hop compounds could serve as the basis for nutraceuticals to combat Alzheimer’s disease

Findings from a multi-year initiative aimed at improving HIV health outcomes

Supreme Court to hear nursing home case that could affect millions

Private interests in endorsing fluoride-supplemented high-carbohydrate nutritional guidelines

Centene showers politicians with millions as it courts contracts and settles overbilling allegations

Specific mutations in the monkeypox virus contribute to its continued infectiousness

Understanding the brain correlates of dissociative disorders

Ventilation rates need to increase substantially to bring down Omicron infection probability

Therapeutic community gardening helped reduce loneliness during the pandemic

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