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Study examines the impacts of racism on physical and mental well-being of Black people

Black men and women, as well as adolescent boys and girls, may react differently to perceived racial discrimination, with Black women and girls engaging in more exercise and better eating habits than Black men and boys when faced with discrimination, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

26 Feb 2021

New tool identifies security and privacy risks associated with COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Researchers have developed a tool to identify security and privacy risks associated with Covid-19 contact tracing apps.

26 Feb 2021

Researchers use Doppler to look inside living cells, track their metabolic activity

Doppler radar improves lives by peeking inside air masses to predict the weather. A Purdue University team is using similar technology to look inside living cells, introducing a method to detect pathogens and treat infections in ways that scientists never have before.

26 Feb 2021

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

A study by physiology researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso found that El Paso's stay-at-home ordinance due to the COVID-19 pandemic had positive effects on the health and well-being of the region's residents.

26 Feb 2021

New tool predicts trends and outcomes in individual patients

Clinical research requires that data be mined for insights. Machine learning, which develops algorithms to find patterns, has difficulty doing this with data related to health records because this type of information is neither static nor regularly collected.

26 Feb 2021

New approach can help treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with precision medicine

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiovascular disease characterized by thickening of the left ventricle, otherwise known as the main squeezing chamber of the heart. HCM is best known for causing sudden death in athletes but can occur in persons of any age, often without symptoms.

26 Feb 2021

Study reveals information about risk genes in schizophrenia

Dr. Felix-Martin Werner, working at the Euro Academy Pößneck in Germany and Prof. Rafael Coveñas, working at the Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla and León, Salamanca in Spain, have been working on neurological and psychiatric disease for over ten years.

26 Feb 2021

Researchers propose new mechanism to promote access to COVID-19 vaccines

Although the value of vaccines for COVID-19 may seem obvious, government action and investment in vaccines have not been commensurate with the enormous scale of benefits they offer, argue Juan Camilo Castillo and colleagues in this Policy Forum.

26 Feb 2021

New test can detect viral infections in uncultured bacteria

The pandemic has made clear the threat that some viruses pose to people. But viruses can also infect life-sustaining bacteria and a Johns Hopkins University-led team has developed a test to determine if bacteria are sick, similar to the one used to test humans for COVID-19.

26 Feb 2021

Study indicates neural pathway that provides pain relief, reduces cravings for opioids

Researchers have discovered that there may be a new pathway in the brain that provides pain relief and reduces cravings for opioids.

26 Feb 2021

LOINC receives additional federal funding to respond to COVID-19 pandemic

LOINC® at Regenstrief, an international health data standard critical to health information exchange, has received additional federal funding to support efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health needs.

26 Feb 2021

Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone, according to Rice University engineers.

26 Feb 2021

Study uses artificial system to describe how space and time data are combined in human brain

A computer network closely modelled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images - and explains some perplexing optical illusions.

26 Feb 2021

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

America's stark racial disparities in health care have been exposed by COVID-19, but a new study from Michigan State University suggests that Black individuals are more likely than conservative White people to adhere to public health standards due to disparities.

26 Feb 2021

Medical News

Study examines the impacts of racism on physical and mental well-being of Black people

New tool identifies security and privacy risks associated with COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Researchers use Doppler to look inside living cells, track their metabolic activity

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

New tool predicts trends and outcomes in individual patients

New approach can help treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with precision medicine

Study reveals information about risk genes in schizophrenia

Researchers propose new mechanism to promote access to COVID-19 vaccines

New test can detect viral infections in uncultured bacteria

Study indicates neural pathway that provides pain relief, reduces cravings for opioids

LOINC receives additional federal funding to respond to COVID-19 pandemic

Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

Study uses artificial system to describe how space and time data are combined in human brain

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

New study aims to improve anti-cancer drug response predictions across cancer types

New device accelerates transdermal penetration of drug molecules and extraction of interstitial fluid

Study examines the future psyche of post-COVID-19 traveler

Study explains the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Scientists assess the concentration of microplastics in table salt

Researchers identify cells responsible for maintenance and regeneration of liver

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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