Medical News
Wildfire changes songbird plumage and testosterone
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Washington State University) Following habitat-destroying wildfires, researchers found many male red-backed fairywrens failed to molt into their ornamental plumage, making them less attractive to potential mates. They a...
'Design-thinking' needed in humane approach to aged care
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Queensland University of Technology) Workshops with university students and academics from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated the study of aging should integrate a broad range of discipl...
Assessment tool helps future pharmacists prepare for work in the community
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) As the pharmacy profession evolves to providing more patient care services, there is a continued need for pharmacy curricula to maintain pace. A recent study suggests Objective Str...
COVID-19 vaccine reduces severity, length, viral load for those who still get infected
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) Real-world data from the AZ HEROES study show COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections, and when breakthrough infections do occur, the level of in...
COVID-19-mRNA vaccine induces good immune response against coronavirus variants
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Turku) A new Finnish study shows that 180 health care workers who had received two doses of the Pfizer and Biontech vaccine have very good antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The immune respon...
Cardio health decline tied to midlife wealth
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A relative decline in wealth during midlife increases the likelihood of a cardiac event or heart disease after age 65 while an increase in wealth between ages 50 and 64 is associated with...
Conservatives' sensitivity to pandemic threat suppressed by distrust of science, media
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of California - Los Angeles) Researchers have long documented a link between threat sensitivity and social conservatism. However, a new UCLA study found Republicans' and independents' inclinations to embrace ...
Did your plastic surgeon really turn back the clock? Artificial intelligence may be able to quantify how young you actually look after facelift surgery
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) For most patients, the reasons for having a facelift are simple: to "turn back the clock" for a younger and more attractive appearance. Even during the pandemic year 2020, more than 234,000 patien...
Discovery of the role of a key gene in the development of ALS
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis. The loss of function...
Endocrine Society Journals earn higher Impact Factors for 2020
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(The Endocrine Society) Endocrine Society Journals experienced large Impact Factor increases, led by Endocrine Reviews, according to Clarivate's recently released annual Journal Citation Report (JCR) for 2020.
European Journal of Endocrinology Impact Factor continues its steep rise!
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(European Society of Endocrinology) The European Society of Endocrinology's (ESE) Journal the European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) has reached its highest ever Journal Impact FactorTM (JIF) in the 2020 Journal Citatio...
Frequent COVID-19 testing key to efficient, early detection, study finds
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) The chance of detecting the virus that causes COVID-19 increases with more frequent testing, no matter the type of test, a new study found. Both polymerase chain ...
Genetic risks for nicotine dependence span a range of traits and diseases
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) The study finds that higher polygenetic scores for schizophrenia, depression, neuroticism, self-reported risk-taking, a high body mass index, alcohol use disorder, along with a higher number of ci...
International team develops predictive tool to help mitigate COVID-19 in Africa
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Penn State) A Penn State-led international collaboration has developed a modeling tool to project how COVID-19 may spread in African countries.
Keep your friends close, cortisol levels low for life
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) An interdisciplinary team at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology determined that older adult women converse more effectively with strangers th...
Knowledge of nurses for pain management of patients on maintenance hemodialysis
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the experiences, perceptions, and beliefs of nurses in the hemodialysis unit regarding pain management practices and identify nurses' education...
Lack of exercise while in quarantine had adverse effects on the health of women aged 50-70
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Tests performed by Brazilian researchers after the first 16 weeks of COVID-19-induced confinement showed loss of muscle strength and diminished aerobic capacity, as...
Liquid chalk highly effective in killing SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A viruses
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Melbourne) Melbourne researchers have found that liquid chalk, commonly used in gyms to improve grip, acts as an antiseptic against highly infectious human viruses, completely killing both SARS-CoV-2 (the ...
MD Anderson research highlights for June 30, 2021
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recently published studies in basic, translational and clinical cancer re...
Machine learning helps in predicting when immunotherapy will be effective
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Eindhoven University of Technology) Cancer cells can put the body's immune cells into sleep mode. Immunotherapy can reverse this, but it doesn't work for all patients and all cancer types. Researchers at TU/e have devel...
Neuroscience 2021: 1 meeting, 2 experiences
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Society for Neuroscience) SfN enthusiastically announces that Neuroscience 2021 will be held in an inclusive hybrid format. Neuroscience 2021 is one annual meeting with two experiences: for the first time, a four-day fu...
New initiative in Detroit focuses on cardiometabolic health and disease
EurekAlert! - 30 Jun 2021 06:00
(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) Wayne State University and Henry Ford Health System announced today the launch of a basic and translational research initiative in Cardiometabolic Heal...