Medical News
Text messaging: The next gen of therapy in mental health
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 21:54
In the US, approximately 19% of all adults have a diagnosable mental illness. Clinic-based services may fall short of meeting patient needs. In the first randomized controlled trial of its kind, a team investigated the i...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 21:06
Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent COVID-19 induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the upper and lower airways of rhesus macaques exposed to SARS-CoV-2, scientists report.
Yes, CBD Creams Relieve Pain. But Science is Still Learning About the Benefits and Risks
Discover - 28 Jul 2020 20:00
Topical CBD creams can treat pain, discomfort and inflammation. Here's what science knows about how they work.
Increased attention to sad faces predicts depression risk in teenagers
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 19:08
Teenagers who tend to pay more attention to sad faces are more likely to develop depression, but specifically within the context of stress, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New Yo...
Artificial intelligence could speed up and improve Alzheimer's diagnosis
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 18:12
Research examines how the routine use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare could help to relieve the economic impact neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.
Higher BPA levels linked to more asthma symptoms in children
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 18:12
Children in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore tended to have more asthma symptoms when levels of the synthetic chemical BPA (Bisphenol A) in their urine were elevated, according to a new study.
Reproductive effects of weed killer, glyphosate, examined in mice
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 18:12
A pair of recently published studies analyzed how ovarian function in mice responded to various levels of exposure to glyphosate, a chemical extensively used to kill weeds. The results showed exposure changed the level o...
Multiomics investigation revealing the characteristics of HIV-1-infected cells in vivo
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:36
A research group using HIV-1-infected cells performed 'multiomics' analyses, which are technologies recently developed to comprehensively investigate the features of biological samples.In this study, a hematopoietic stem...
How renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzheimer's disease
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:36
Dozens of molecules may tangle up with rogue bundles of tau, a protein that normally gives nerve fibers structure, to cause brain cell damage that contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, a new study shows.
Further evidence World Trade Center responders are at risk for dementia
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:35
New studies indicate that World Trade Center (WTC) first responders are at risk for developing dementia.
Gene variations at birth reveal origins of inflammation and immune disease
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:35
A study has pinpointed a number of areas of the human genome that may help explain the neonatal origins of chronic immune and inflammatory diseases of later life, including type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and celia...
Researchers discover cell communication mechanism that drives cancer adaptation
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:35
Researchers have uncovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells adapt to the stresses they encounter as they grow and respond to therapies.
Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections
Science Daily - 28 Jul 2020 17:35
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing battle for scientists to overcome, as more antimicrobials are urgently needed to treat biofilm-associated infections. However scientists say research into natural antimicrobials cou...
A new cell & gene therapy approach to treat common bleeding disorder
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) WFIRM researchers have developed an optimized cellular platform for delivering Factor 8 to better treat patients with hemophilia A.
How climate change impacts prescribed burning days
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of New South Wales) Climate change in eastern Australia will shift when hazard reduction burning occurs but for most areas the number of suitable days remains unchanged. In some places, there will even be inc...
Your brain on birth control
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Ottawa) Millions of women have been taking oral contraceptives, but little is known about whether the synthetic hormones found in the oral contraceptives have behavioural and neurophysiological effects, es...
UMass Amherst biologists zero in on cells' environmental sensing mechanism
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Evolutionary and developmental biologist Craig Albertson and colleagues at UMass Amherst report that they have identified a molecular mechanism that allows an organism to change the ...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in th...
Antibiotics use early in life increases risk of inflammatory bowel disease later in life
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(Rutgers University) Even short, single antibiotic courses given to young animals can predispose them to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) when they are older, according to Rutgers researchers. The study, published in Gen...
Iowa State University scientists examine reproductive effects of glyphosate in mice
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(Iowa State University) A pair of recently published studies analyzed how ovarian function in mice responded to various levels of exposure to glyphosate, a chemical extensively used to kill weeds. The results showed expo...
Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Warwick) Antibiotic resistance is an increasing battle for scientists to overcome, as more antimicrobials are urgently needed to treat biofilm-associated infections. However scientists from the School of L...
Study: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced subjective well-being
EurekAlert! - 28 Jul 2020 06:00
(Universität Leipzig) The COVID-19 pandemic has also affected many people's subjective well-being. This is the result of a long-term study involving 979 people from Germany conducted by psychologists from Leipzig Univer...