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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

nTIDE report: Post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities continues at historic highs

The post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities remained strong in April and continued at historic highs, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).

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

Cedars-Sinai geriatricians create program to catch at-risk older adults before they fall

Falls and broken bones are common among older adults, but they're not a natural part of aging. That's why Cedars-Sinai geriatricians created a bone health and falls risk consultation program to catch at-risk people before they break a bone or help them avoid another fracture in the future.

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

CandyCoded pills may be a simple way to prevent pharmaceutical fraud

While most of us were baking sourdough bread and watching "Tiger King" to stay sane during the pandemic shutdown, UC Riverside bioengineering professor William Grover kept busy counting the colorful candy sprinkles perched on top of chocolate drops.

6 May 2022

Single-cell-resolution map of retinal pigment epithelium could help develop precise therapies for degenerative diseases

Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is vital to human visual perception.

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

New tool can help researchers interpret the clinical significance of somatic mutations in cancer

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a new tool to help researchers interpret the clinical significance of somatic mutations in cancer.

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

The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute joins Cancer Proteome Project

The Josep Carreras Institute becomes part of the Cancer Proteome project, an international initiative for the study of malignant tumors.

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

Workplace mistreatment found to be common among all physicians

According to new research from Boston Medical Center and Stanford University School of Medicine, almost a quarter of physicians who responded to a survey at Stanford Medicine experienced workplace mistreatment, with patients and visitors being the most common source.

6 May 2022

Doctoral students explore alternative methods for detecting skin cancer

An early diagnosis is crucial to be able to treat skin cancer before it spreads. But are there simpler methods that do not require taking a traditional tissue sample? Doctoral students from Malmö University have tested and explored various alternative methods with promising results.

6 May 2022

Combined use of traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes does not reduce cardiovascular disease risk

People who use both traditional (combustible) cigarettes and e-cigarettes do not reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people who exclusively use traditional cigarettes, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

6 May 2022

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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

nTIDE report: Post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities continues at historic highs

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

Cedars-Sinai geriatricians create program to catch at-risk older adults before they fall

Study provides important insights into employee performance while working remotely

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

CandyCoded pills may be a simple way to prevent pharmaceutical fraud

Single-cell-resolution map of retinal pigment epithelium could help develop precise therapies for degenerative diseases

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

New tool can help researchers interpret the clinical significance of somatic mutations in cancer

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

The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute joins Cancer Proteome Project

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

Coaching program reduces emotional exhaustion and imposter syndrome among resident physicians

Workplace mistreatment found to be common among all physicians

Doctoral students explore alternative methods for detecting skin cancer

Combined use of traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes does not reduce cardiovascular disease risk

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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