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ZF2001 vaccine safe and effective against symptomatic and severe-to-critical COVID

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has discussed the efficacy and safety profile of the ZF2001 vaccine in adults, based on a randomized, placebo-controlled, multinational, double-blind phase 3 trial.

9 May 2022

Approximately 13% of hospitalized COVID patients have serious neurologic symptoms

In a recent study in the journal Critical Care Explorations, the Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry was used to record significant neurologic signs of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as prehospital risk factors and outcomes.

9 May 2022

Changes in gut microbiome impact depression

Over the last five years, the effects of the gut microbiome on depression have gained scientific attention, resulting in a significant increase in research papers.

8 May 2022

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in antibodies against common colds

A study published in the journal Science Advances uses electron microscopy-based polyclonal epitope mapping (EMPEM) methodology to elucidate the spike epitopes of β-HCoV targeted by preexisting serum antibodies and compares them to the epitopes targeted by antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection using electron microscopy-based polyclonal epitope mapping (EMPEM) methodology.

8 May 2022

Study: Only 3% of adults diagnosed as obese or overweight are referred to weight management programs

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has found that just 3% of adults with a recording of overweight or obesity in England are referred to weight management programs by their GP.

8 May 2022

$Women with obesity and overweight found to be more susceptible to fractures$

Women with obesity and overweight found to be more susceptible to fractures

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has found that women with obesity and overweight, particularly women with high waist circumference, are more susceptible to fractures than those with normal weight.

8 May 2022

Study reveals increase in obesity prevalence among Danish adults over the past 34 years

New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests that rates of obesity in Danish adults have trebled over the past 34 years rising from 6% in 1987 to over 18% in 2021.

8 May 2022

Obesity increased among children, teens from low-income families during early pandemic months

During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of children and adolescents from low-income families with overweight or obesity increased markedly, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May).

8 May 2022

Women recommended to wait for at least two years after bariatric surgery before trying to conceive

Women who have had weight loss surgery should wait at least two years before trying for a baby, new research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), suggests.

8 May 2022

Local system use not correlated with prevention of COVID-19, study reveals

Although many pandemics have occurred throughout human history, digital technology enables the development of new tools for dealing with these events.

8 May 2022

Understanding the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply after spousal health shocks

The 2022 Economic Report of the President cited Associate Professor of Health Administration and Policy Priyanka Anand's research on the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply and caregiving decisions following a spousal disability or health shock.

6 May 2022

Nature's effects on mental health have a 'massive' bias towards rich, white populations

New research shows that a rapidly-growing environmental science field - which measures nature's effects on human well-being - has a diversity problem that threatens its ability to make universal scientific claims.

6 May 2022

Study provides important insights into employee performance while working remotely

A research team from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health found that employee and company resiliency may be enhanced through the opportunity for employees to work remotely during natural disasters and other events that cause workplace displacement.

6 May 2022

New program focuses on friends, family to support sexual assault survivors with recovery

Most services for sexual assault survivors focus on the survivor. A UW Medicine researcher is studying a new program that instead focuses on survivors' friends, family and other supporters.

6 May 2022

Study identifies an underlying cause of opposition to equality-enhancing policies

Most Americans say they want a more equal society, yet policies aimed at increasing equality for disadvantaged groups in higher education, corporations, government, and elsewhere continue to generate backlash.

6 May 2022

Mailed at-home disposal kits increase disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery

Mailed opioid disposal kits led to 60 percent of patients who had leftover opioid pain pills properly disposing of them after surgeries, according to a new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

6 May 2022

Researchers discover a bi-directional neural network connecting the legs and visual system to shape walking

A fruit fly walks on a small styrofoam ball fashioned into a floating 3D treadmill. The room is completely dark, and yet, an electrode recording visual neurons in the fly's brain relays a mysterious stream of neural activity, rising and falling like a sinusoidal wave.

6 May 2022

Study reveals underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of high blood pressure in the lungs, in which blood vessels are narrowed, blocked or destroyed, causing the heart to work harder and, in time, result in cardiac weakness and failure.

6 May 2022

Neuroscientists discover a new facet to caloric restriction that dramatically extends life span

A new study in mice led by neuroscientists at UT Southwestern's Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute shows that it's not just calories that count.

6 May 2022

Coaching program reduces emotional exhaustion and imposter syndrome among resident physicians

A coaching program aimed at decreasing burnout among female resident physicians significantly reduced emotional exhaustion and imposter syndrome while increasing self-compassion over a six month period, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

6 May 2022

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ZF2001 vaccine safe and effective against symptomatic and severe-to-critical COVID

Approximately 13% of hospitalized COVID patients have serious neurologic symptoms

Changes in gut microbiome impact depression

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in antibodies against common colds

Study: Only 3% of adults diagnosed as obese or overweight are referred to weight management programs

Women with obesity and overweight found to be more susceptible to fractures

Study reveals increase in obesity prevalence among Danish adults over the past 34 years

Obesity increased among children, teens from low-income families during early pandemic months

Women recommended to wait for at least two years after bariatric surgery before trying to conceive

Local system use not correlated with prevention of COVID-19, study reveals

Understanding the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply after spousal health shocks

Nature's effects on mental health have a 'massive' bias towards rich, white populations

Study provides important insights into employee performance while working remotely

New program focuses on friends, family to support sexual assault survivors with recovery

Study identifies an underlying cause of opposition to equality-enhancing policies

Mailed at-home disposal kits increase disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery

Researchers discover a bi-directional neural network connecting the legs and visual system to shape walking

Study reveals underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Neuroscientists discover a new facet to caloric restriction that dramatically extends life span

Coaching program reduces emotional exhaustion and imposter syndrome among resident physicians

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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