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(Texas A&M University) Older adults with cognitive impairment are two to three times more likely to fall compared with those without cognitive impairment.

(University of California - Berkeley) Global land-use changes -- including forest fragmentation, agricultural expansion and concentrated livestock production -- are creating "hot spots" favorable for bats that carry coro...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Michelson Philanthropies and the American Association for the Advancement of Science are welcoming applications for the inaugural Michelson Philanthropies and Science...

(Geisinger Health System) Among people who have strokes and COVID-19, there is a higher incidence of severe stroke as well as stroke in younger people, according to new data from a multinational study group on COVID-19 a...

(PLOS) Stigma and high care needs can present barriers to the provision of high-quality primary care for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and those prescribed opioids for chronic pain. A study by Tara Gomes at the L...

(University of British Columbia) A new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site. Rese...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A small chip inserted under the skin can monitor patients after common forms of stroke to predict those at high risk of a recurrent stroke. The chip may help physicians identify patients ...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The National Institutes of Health has started a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in which adult volunteers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive ...

(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba showed that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart at...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 had spread throughout the body via the blood vessels, infecting various types of cell and tissue in these children. The clinical m...

(McGill University) Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge for shift workers affecting their overall health. But what role does being an early bird or night owl play in getting good rest? Researchers from McGill Un...

(American Society for Nutrition) Press materials are now available for NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE, a dynamic virtual event showcasing new research findings and timely discussions on food and nutrition. The online meeting...

(PLOS) A new analysis of adults aged 80 years and older shows that a healthier lifestyle is associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment, and that this link does not depend on whether a person carries a particula...

(European Society of Cardiology) A study in 5.8 million children has found a higher incidence of stroke four decades later in those whose mother had high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia while pregnant. The research is pr...

(University of California - San Diego) Aerosol reductions that would take place as countries meet climate goals could contribute to global cooling and prevent more than one million annual premature deaths over a decade, ...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) A clinical trial examining the efficacy of two devices to monitor and detect atrial fibrillation (AF), or an irregular heartbeat, in ischemic stroke patients -- one...

(American College of Surgeons) The Advanced Modular Manikin, an innovative simulation platform that allows integration of other simulation devices, was developed with support from the Department of Defense.

(Nanjing University School of Life Sciences) In a study that will be published in Nature Communications on May 28, 2021, a research team led by Dr. Yuan Liu from Georgia State University reports that intratumoral SIRPalp...

(PROFILES, Inc.) Kennedy Krieger Institute is one of 15 institutions across the U.S. that recently received a Center of Excellence designation or redesignation from the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF). This...

(University College London) For the study, published in Chromosome Research, researchers used a powerful X-ray beam at the UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to determine the number of electrons in...

(eLife ) A new miniature 3D model of human bone marrow has been described today in the open-access eLife journal. The model may help clinicians predict which patients will benefit from a new therapy for blood platelet di...

(Buck Institute for Research on Aging) Recent failed clinical trials of a drug designed to clear the mutant Huntingtin protein that causes Huntington's disease (HD) heightens the need for new approaches for the devastati...