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UrduPaid maternity leave has major mental and physical health benefits for mothers and children – including reduced rates of postpartum depression and infant mortality, according to a report in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Two Weeks After Sports-Related Concussion, Most Patients Have Not Recovered
Less than half of patients with sports-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) achieve clinical recovery within two weeks after injury, reports a study in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
POSTPONED: THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS CONFERENCE
Advisory – TSC April conference to be rescheduled
Lack of Information Impedes Access to Food Pantries and Programs in Utah
Utah residents who have difficulty keeping their families fed could be missing a key ingredient: information. A University of Utah Health study finds that poor communications in at least 22 Utah communities could be hampering efforts to connect those in need with food stamps, food banks, soup kitchens, and other food resources. Researchers say the finding could help refine future community food distribution efforts.
‘Primitive’ Stem Cells Shown to Regenerate Blood Vessels in The Eye
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to revert to a primitive state, and unlocking their potential to replace and repair damage to blood vessels in the retina caused by diabetes. The findings from this experimental study, they say, advance regenerative medicine techniques aimed at reversing the course of diabetic retinopathy and other blinding eye diseases.
March 2020 Issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology Includes Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Functional GI Disorders
The March issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology features evidence-based articles related to complementary and alternative medicine therapies for functional GI disorders, a new ACG Clinical Guideline for the diagnosis and management of Chronic Pancreatitis, opioid-related constipation, and more.
Understanding COVID-19 Origins First Step to Treating Cases, Stopping Spread
“The new virus originating from Wuhan is the third coronavirus that has made the ‘jump’ from animals to humans,” explains Enrico Bucci, Ph.D., professor and research scientist at the Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Learning Empathy as a Care Giver Takes More Than Experience
Research among nursing students shows that past experience living in poverty or volunteering in impoverished communities, does not sufficiently build empathy towards patients who experience poverty.
CEL-SCI Initiates Development of Immunotherapy to Treat COVID-19 Coronavirus Infection
Immunotherapy using LEAPS peptide technology may be able to reduce COVID-19 viral load and tissue damage resulting from infection in the lungs.
NCCN Announces Projects to Improve Ovarian Cancer Care, with AstraZeneca
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program (ORP) announces four projects selected to receive support directed towards improving the quality of care for advanced ovarian cancer patients, funded through a collaboration with AstraZeneca.
Food prices after a hard Brexit could increase by £50 per week
The effects of Brexit on different food types and what this will mean for families has been measured by research from the University of Warwick.
Atomic fingerprint identifies emission sources of uranium
Uranium is not always the same: depending on whether this chemical element is released by the civil nuclear industry or as fallout from nuclear weapon tests, the ratio of the two anthropogenic, i.e. man-made, uranium isotopes 233U and 236U varies. These results were lately found by an international team grouped around physicists from the University of Vienna and provides a promising new “fingerprint” for the identification of radioactive emission sources.
UTSW researchers and international collaborators find human protein that potently inhibits coronavirus
A protein produced by the human immune system can potently inhibit several coronaviruses, including the one behind the current COVID-19 outbreak.
Expert Team Tackles Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases
When the thyroid and parathyroid glands don’t work well, the entire body feels out of balance. To tackle thyroid and parathyroid diseases, Nathan Boyd, MD, recently launched the UNM Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program, housed at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, to offer state-of-the-art treatments for these diseases.
CAR-T immunotherapy for lymphoma studied at UNC Lineberger receives fast-track designation from FDA
Based on proof-of-concept results from clinical trials at University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine, an investigational cellular immunotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma has received a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
How does flooding affect farms?
Patience is a virtue for on-farm flood recovery
Show me the methane
Researchers use machine learning to augment detection of methane leaks
Male size advantage drives evolution of sex change in reef fish
Some species of fish, notably parrotfish and wrasses living on coral reefs, change their biological sex as they age, beginning life as females and later becoming functionally male. New work from the University of California, Davis, shows that this sequential…
How a virus forms its symmetric shells
UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug delivery
International study completes the largest genetic map of psychiatric disorders so far
A new genetic perspective on psychiatric disorders
Arming the body’s immune cells
UC scientists have uncovered a mechanism that could lead to new immunotherapies for patients with head and neck cancers
Predicting appropriate opioid prescriptions post-cesarean delivery
Opioid use before discharge can inform appropriate prescriptions and reduce leftover pills that could be used for non-medical purposes
Ship noise hampers crab camouflage
Colour-changing crabs struggle to camouflage themselves when exposed to noise from ships, new research shows. Shore crabs – the most common on UK shores – can change colour to match their surroundings. But University of Exeter scientists have discovered that…
Fresh groundwater flow important for coastal ecosystems
International researchers led by University of Göttingen develop first global computer model of groundwater flow into world’s oceans
Scientists identify new target for Parkinson’s therapies
A master control region of a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease has been identified for the first time. The finding, made by scientists from the University of Leeds’ Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, provides a new target for the…
‘Deceptively simple’ process could boost plastics recycling
The method also could advance producing plastics from natural oils
Astronomers pinpoint rare binary brown dwarf
Astronomers working on ‘first light’ results from a newly commissioned telescope in Chile made a chance discovery that led to the identification of a rare eclipsing binary brown dwarf system. The discovery, published today in Nature Astronomy , was led…
Bacteria potentially involved in the development of type 2 diabetes
Québec City, March 9, 2020 – Bacteria may be involved in the development of type 2 diabetes, according to a study published today in Nature Metabolism by researchers from Université Laval, the Québec Heart and Lung Institute (IUCPQ), and McMaster…
Prostate cancer ‘fingerprint’ detected in blood sample
Scientists at UCL have invented a new test to identify the earliest genetic changes of prostate cancer in blood: a process which could allow doctors to see if cancers have spread, monitor tumour behaviour and enable better treatment selection. In…
St. Jude finds cancer drug resistance genes and possibly how to limit their effects
Drug resistance is a leading cause of cancer death in children and adults with leukemia. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a novel strategy to find the genes responsible
Our brains are powerful — but secretive — forecasters of video virality
When Stanford University neuroscientist Brian Knutson tracked his smartphone usage, he was shocked to learn that he spent twice as much time on his phone as he had anticipated. “In many of our lives, every day, there is often a…
New paragliding spy drone can be fired from 40mm grenade launcher
US Army files for patent
This smart solar controller for vehicle batteries could save the US Army millions
US businesses can help by licensing, manufacturing the Army’s patent-pending charge controller
Glucose acts as a double edged sword on longevity factor SIRT1
Feeding and fasting cycles exert control over metabolism and energy utilization of organisms. Any aberration is known to cause metabolic diseases, liver dysfunctions and accelerated aging. Expression and activity of the anti-aging factor SIRT1 has long been known to be…
Learning empathy as a care giver takes more than experience
Research among nursing students shows that past experience living in poverty or volunteering in impoverished communities, does not sufficiently build empathy towards patients who experience poverty.
The Lancet: First study identifies risk factors associated with death in adults hospitalised with new coronavirus disease in Wuhan
Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher risk of death from the new coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new observational study of…
The Protein Society announces DiversifyProteinScience
CANYON COUNTRY, CA – The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the launch of DiversifyProteinScience . This web portal seeks to improve exposure for traditionally underrepresented groups, with the overarching goals of broadening participation,…
Mosquito-borne viral diseases
European project of the University of Bayreuth studies the influence of biodiversity
New high-cost HIV prevention drug: ‘Better’ isn’t worth it
BOSTON/NEW HAVEN – A newly approved drug for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is unlikely to confer any discernible health benefit over generic alternatives and may undermine efforts to expand access to HIV prevention for the nation’s most vulnerable populations, according…
UMD researcher establishes a new viable CRISPR-Cas12b system for plant genome engineering
New publication in Nature Plants details the first application of CRISPR-Cas12b in plants, providing gene editing, activation, and repression capabilities all in one system
Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM
Students from different backgrounds in the United States enter college with equal interest in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But that equal interest does not result in equal outcomes. Six years after starting an undergraduate STEM degree,…
Simple method to prevent HIV in South Africa and Uganda works
Study finds mobile vans dispensing ART and other treatment significantly increased viral suppression
Nationwide study shows disparities in outpatient care for common orthopaedic problems
March 9, 2020 – Racial/ethnic minorities, people with lower incomes, and other groups are less likely to receive office-based care for common musculoskeletal conditions , reports a nationwide study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR®) , a publication of…
Paid maternity leave has mental and physical health benefits for mothers and children
Based on evidence, researchers urge national policy of at least 12 weeks of paid maternity leave
Two weeks after sports-related concussion, most patients have not recovered
Recovery may be slower than current guidelines state, reports Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
Water splitting advance holds promise for affordable renewable energy
PULLMAN, Wash. – A breakthrough into splitting water into its parts could help make renewable energy pay off, even when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. Using solar and wind power when it is available for water…
Rice, know thy enemy: NSF grants $2.6 million to study weedy invader
Many farmers struggle with an enemy that looks like a friend. Agricultural weeds that are close relatives of crops present a particular challenge to farmers because their physical similarities to the desirable species make them difficult to detect and eradicate.…
Tax incentives for businesses could contribute to the decline of the middle class
A corporation announces it’s seeking bids from local governments to build a new warehouse or move its headquarters. Policymakers tend to swoop in with this mindset: Let’s entice that company with tax breaks to set up shop here. It’ll create…
Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans
Three people and a robot form a team playing a game. The robot makes a mistake, costing the team a round. Like any good teammate, it acknowledges the error. “Sorry, guys, I made the mistake this round,” it says. “I…
Climate change at Mount Rainier to increase ‘mismatch’ between visitors, wildflowers
Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life. For residents of the Pacific Northwest, one of the most idyllic scenes of this renewed life is the wildflowers that light up Mount…