Medical News
Fight or Flight? Why Our Caveman Brains Keep Getting Confused
Discover - 15 Apr 2021 21:00
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.
A Mysterious Mass in a Man's Kidney Points to Cancer. But What Else Could It Be?
Discover - 15 Apr 2021 14:00
One minute, Albert was feeling fine. The next he was overcome by cramps and nausea. Then came the blood.
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Volume 11, Issue 3 publishes
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Child Mind Institute's CRISIS survey yields insights to psychological impact of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
BIO Integration Journal, Volume 2, Issue Number 1, publishes
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(Compuscript Ltd) Guangzhou, April 8, 2021: New journal BIO Integration (BIOI) publishes its fifth issue, volume 2, issue 1.
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Discovery of epigenetic factors predicting the severity of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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 SPH launches sweeping vaccine research and literacy campaign
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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 ...
Can financial stress lead to physical pain in later years?
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Child vaccination rates declined during COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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's Betty Ferrell receives 2021 ONS Lifetime Achievement Award
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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 ...
Classification scheme developed for newly identified multiple sclerosis-like disease
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Confirmed: Island gigantism and dwarfism result of evolutionary island rule
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
FSU College of Medicine research links Parkinson's disease and neuroticism
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Genetic ancestry versus race can provide specific, targeted insights to predict and treat many diseases
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
HIV has been had
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Hot topics, keynote presentations at ATS 2021 International Conference
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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.
How can we conserve Seychelles giant trevallies?
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
How changing income assistance payment schedules impact drug use and related harm
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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.
A method to assess COVID-19 transmission risks in indoor settings
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(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...
Keep calm! How blood vessels are kept in check
EurekAlert! - 15 Apr 2021 06:00
(BIH at Charité) Scientists at BIH have investigated together with an international team of researchers, how endothelial cells maintain their stable resting state.