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HKUST researchers identify new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease (AD) by studying the patients' brain with a newly-developed methodology.

5 Nov 2020

Stanford researchers create a highly automated device that can detect COVID-19 in 30 minutes

Throughout the pandemic, infectious disease experts and frontline medical workers have asked for a faster, cheaper and more reliable COVID-19 test.

5 Nov 2020

Healthcare providers should ask patients about cannabis use, researchers urge

Nurses and other healthcare providers should talk to patients about their cannabis use the same way they talk about other habits like smoking and drinking: routinely and without judgment.

5 Nov 2020

UCF researcher leads project to identify factors linked to preterm births among Black women

The rate of preterm births in the U.S. has been on the rise during the past six years, with a stark difference in the rate of preterm births among non-Hispanic Black women compared to non-Hispanic white women.

5 Nov 2020

Wearing a face mask during strenuous workouts does not hinder breathing

A new University of Saskatchewan study has found that exercise performance and blood and muscle oxygen levels are not affected for healthy individuals wearing a face mask during strenuous workouts.

5 Nov 2020

NIH awards grant totaling $19.5M for Down syndrome research project

Scientists and data experts are joining forces to create the world's first centralized platform for Down syndrome researchers to share, access, and analyze data.

5 Nov 2020

Climate change linked to higher rates of cancer

Climate change will bring an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a new report from UC San Francisco.

5 Nov 2020

Medicaid expansion associated with decreased cancer mortality rates

In states that have expanded Medicaid availability as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mortality rates for three major forms of cancer are significantly lower than in states that have not expanded their Medicaid, a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University shows.

5 Nov 2020

Cleveland Clinic receives $2.6 million NIA grant to develop automated screening for cognitive decline

Cleveland Clinic has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop and validate two automated tools - a risk calculator to identify patients at high risk of cognitive decline and a screening tool to test for cognitive decline.

5 Nov 2020

Neuroscientists receive ERC Synergy Grant to explore the neural basis of cognition

A Norwegian-Israeli team of neuroscientists has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant to explore the biological basis of spatial operations in the brain.

5 Nov 2020

Longtime health advocate Donna Shalala loses house reelection race

Rep. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, the first-term Democratic member of Congress and former Health and Human Services secretary in the Clinton administration, lost her campaign for reelection Tuesday.

5 Nov 2020

Combined physical activity and dietary intervention attenuates the rise in insulin resistance in children

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that individualised and family-based physical activity and dietary counselling considerably slows down the development of insulin resistance, which is a precursor of type 2 diabetes, in 6-9-year-old children.

5 Nov 2020

High-intensity interval training may extend lives of older people

Five years of high-intensity interval training increased quality of life, improved fitness and might very well have extended the lives of participants in the Generation 100 study.

5 Nov 2020

Teacher-perceived conflict predicts lower interest in reading, math among kindergarteners

Teacher-perceived conflict predicts lower interest and pre-academic skills in math and literacy among kindergarteners, a new study from Finland shows.

5 Nov 2020

World Health Assembly to discuss plan for addressing COVID-19 response and critical health goals

As health leaders prepare to gather for a virtual session of the resumed 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA), WHO has three messages to share.

5 Nov 2020

Poor and minority children with food allergies overlooked and in danger

As Emily Brown stood in a food pantry looking at her options, she felt alone. Up to that point, she had never struggled financially. But there she was, desperate to find safe food for her young daughter with food allergies. What she found was a jar of salsa and some potatoes.

5 Nov 2020