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(IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)) Family members of patients who follow an intensive weight loss programme also lose weight and improve their commitment to the Mediterranean diet. Despite not participa...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Using big data in collaborative databases may help answer questions about the interactions between medicines and COVID-19 outcomes.

(Alzheimer Europe) Alzheimer Europe launches a new report, 'Legal capacity and decision making: The ethical implications of lack of legal capacity on the lives of people with dementia'.

(Uppsala University) Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global threat to human and animal health. This year's Uppsala Health Summit, which will take place online on 15-18 March, will discuss how behaviour change acros...

(University of Bath) Stopping smoking leads to healthier, wealthier and happier lives say researchers at the University of Bath's Addiction & Mental Health Group.

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) A two-week course of high doses of CBD helps restore the function of two proteins key to reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaque, a hallmark of Alzheimer's dise...

(The Endocrine Society) As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be distributed, the world's leading bone health research, clinical, and patient advocacy organizations ASBMR, Endocrine Society, AACE, ECTS, NOF, and IOF provide r...

(PLOS) During the height of the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, women spent more time on unpaid housework and childcare than men, were more likely to reduce working hours, and reported higher levels of psychological d...

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The Hebrew University team developed human-on-a-chip technology that incorporates microscopic sensors in the human tissue, enabling scientists to closely monitor the body's response t...

(University of Central Florida) Language difficulties and cultural barriers keep an "alarming" number of Chinese Americans from asking for cancer screenings that may protect their health, according to a new University of...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Last fall, nearly half of older adults were on the fence about COVID-19 vaccination. But a new poll shows that 71% of people age 50-80 are now ready to get vaccinated against ...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) When airborne pollen levels are higher, increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates can be observed. These results were determined by a large-scale study conducted by an international team...

(Center for Genomic Regulation) Researchers have mapped all possible mutations in the amyloid beta peptide and tested how this influences its aggregation into plaques, a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The ...

(TellMed Strategies) Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the publication of new data finding that five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to common...

(Colorado State University) Three atmospheric scientists and one epidemiologist from Colorado State University will interpret NASA data for public benefit as part of NASA's Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team. T...

(Clemson University) Researchers with Clemson University Center for Human Genetics will explore the genetic underpinnings of susceptibility to environmental toxicants using Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, ...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A clinical trial to test a gene therapy for some patients with dry age-related macular degeneration -- a leading cause of blindness in the United States -- is underway at Colum...

(Georgia State University) The National Cancer Institute has awarded Georgia State University's School of Public Health a five-year, $3.5 million grant to help eliminate child secondhand smoke exposure and reduce cancer ...

(Queen Mary University of London) People with unhealthy heart structures and poorer functioning hearts have a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, according to research by Queen Mary Univ...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Intervention research focusing on patients with multiple, simultaneous chronic illnesses is a priority for health organizations such as the National Institutes of Health and Canadi...

(Yale University) Mailing a package of SARS-CoV-2 tests to every household in America and asking people to use them once a week could greatly reduce total infections and mortality at a justifiable cost, a new study led b...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated a type of immune cell in the development of chronic lung disease that sometimes is triggered ...