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Once an evolutionary benefit that helped keep our ancestors alive, cortisol, the hormone that triggers our fight-or-flight response, may now be doing more harm than good.

One minute, Albert was feeling fine. The next he was overcome by cramps and nausea. Then came the blood.

(Compuscript Ltd) The Journal of the Institute of Materia Medica, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) is a monthly journal, in English, w...

(The Child Mind Institute ) Researchers from the Child Mind Institute in collaboration with the National Institutes of mental health have developed and deployed the CoRonavIruS health and Impact Survey (CRISIS), covering...

(Compuscript Ltd) Guangzhou, April 8, 2021: New journal BIO Integration (BIOI) publishes its fifth issue, volume 2, issue 1.

(Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) COVID-19 has been associated with increases in opioid overdose deaths, which may be in part because the pandemic limited access to bupreno...

(University of Barcelona) An article published in the journal EBiomedicine by University of Barcelona researchers shows that the epigenetic endowment of each person influences the severity of the COVID-19 disease.

(CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) In a race to transform the vaccine-hesitant into adopters in New York City and surrounding counties as Covid-19 variants rise, the CUNY Graduate School of Public ...

(University of Georgia) Financial stress can have an immediate impact on well-being, but can it lead to physical pain nearly 30 years later? The answer is yes, according to new research from University of Georgia scienti...

(Kaiser Permanente) The numbers of recommended vaccine doses, including measles vaccine, administered to children decreased dramatically after the declaration of a national state of emergency on March 13, 2020, due to th...

(City of Hope) With nearly half a century of outstanding contributions to the field of oncology nursing, City of Hope's Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, CHPN, FAAN, FPCN, was selected by the ONS Board of Directors to receive the ...

(Tohoku University) Researchers in the Department of Neurology at Tohoku University, which is led by professor Masashi Aoki, have developed a classification scheme for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, a rare autoi...

(Radboud University Nijmegen) It is an old-standing theory in evolutionary ecology: animal species on islands have the tendency to become either giants or dwarfs in comparison to mainland relatives. Since its formulation...

(Florida State University) New research from the Florida State University College of Medicine has found that the personality trait neuroticism is consistently associated with a higher risk of developing the brain disorde...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) The complex patterns of genetic ancestry uncovered from genomic data in health care systems can provide valuable insights into both genetic and environmental fa...

(Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers developed a class of molecules that mimic the structure of the CD4 proteins to divert HIV attachment to T helper cells. This wo...

(American Thoracic Society) What can you expect at the ATS 2021 International Conference, taking place May 14-19? We've gone ahead and identified some "hot topics" for your consideration.

(Save Our Seas Foundation) A recent study revealed that to better conserve the giant trevally, an economically important game fish in the Seychelles, its nursery areas should be protected, as well as the bigger areas the...

(University of British Columbia) A study published this week in The Lancet Public Health examines how we can use our income assistance systems to address drug use and drug-related harm.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach to estimating the risks of exposure to Covid-19 under different indoor settings. The guideline they developed suggests a limit for e...

(Fujita Health University) The list of known genetic mitochondrial disorders is ever-growing, and ongoing research continues to identify new disorders in this category. In an article recently published in Brain, a Japane...

(BIH at Charité) Scientists at BIH have investigated together with an international team of researchers, how endothelial cells maintain their stable resting state.