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(National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan have shown that when monkeys make decisions based on social cues provided by other monkeys, information ...

(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) More than 700 studies, including 250 international abstracts, highlighting worldwide progress in preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections and addressing...

(Nemours) Nemours Children's Health System increased patient immunizations by 4.6% from January - September 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, through an innovative hybrid approach to care using both in-person ...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A new study from Cedars-Sinai shows new infection prevention practices implemented during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in significantly shorter hospital stays for mothers and their...

(Thomas Jefferson University) Patients whose Type 2 diabetes is not controlled with metformin can benefit long-term from a two-drug combination treatment that also reduces weight.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Depression symptoms and social anxiety are associated with greater use of mobile dating applications among women

(Frontiers) The initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the scientific community has been revealed in one of the largest academic surveys ever conducted. Open access academic publisher Frontiers surveyed more than ...

(University of California - San Francisco) Whether a Trump triumph or a Biden victory, millions of Americans may expect a decline in their mental health if they live in states that favor the losing candidate. And the hig...

(University of Plymouth) A survey of more than 4,000 UK emergency care doctors has shown that they need more support to recover from work pressures between shifts.

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Asthma impacts millions of children already at a young age. Children growing up on a farm have a lower risk of developing asthma than childre...

(University of Hawaii at Manoa) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa revealed that diversity in Hawaiian corals is likely driven by co-evolution between the coral host, the algal symbiont, and the micro...

(University of Gothenburg) The risk of subsequent fecal incontinence and intestinal gas leakage is significantly higher among women who, during childbirth, have suffered a sphincter injury and consequent damage to the an...

(University of Texas at Austin) Research led by The University of Texas at Austin is adding some clarity on weather's role in COVID-19 infection, with a new study finding that temperature and humidity do not play a signi...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) An autoimmune side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) drugs could signal improved control of kidney cancer, according to a new study by researchers in UT Southwestern's Kidney Ca...

(Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - ITQB NOV) Researchers from ITQB NOVA, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have shed light on the mechanisms...

(Mayo Clinic) PHOENIX, Ariz. ? Genetic testing can uncover inherited genetic mutations, and could individualize cancer therapies, improve survival, manage cancer in loved ones and push the boundaries of precision medicin...

(University of British Columbia) According to new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business, a different approach to public health messaging related to COVID-19 could potentially save more lives.

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new study reveals that COVID-19 triggers production of antibodies circulating through the blood, causing clots in people hospitalized with the disease.

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19, and all are free to access. The following ar...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB), the Center for Biomedical Research Transparency (CBMRT), and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, in their continued efforts to advance th...

(University of California - Santa Cruz) One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the formation of amyloid plaques that collect between neurons in the brain. Increasingly, however, attention has turned from these in...

(Springer) There were 54.6 million more days of poor mental health among adults in states that voted for Hillary Clinton in December 2016, compared to October 2016, according to a study published in the Journal of Genera...