Health
Study: Causes of obesity in India depend on gender, age and where people live
Obesity is on the rise in India, and a new front in the struggle to improve nutrition in the country of 1.36 billion people has emerged.
Sep 2, 2021
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Cornell University
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long commutes, home crowding tied to COVID transmission
Long commute times and household crowding may be good predictors for a higher number of transmissible coronavirus cases in metropolitan settings, according to Cornell urban planning, architectural and public health researchers, ...
Sep 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research finds few US workers aware of COVID sick leave protections
Even with federal provisions aimed at protecting workers, instances of sick people being unable to take time off tripled during the pandemic and fewer than half of workers were aware that emergency COVID-19 sick leave was ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
It's time to change the study of consent, says researcher
For many years, philosophers and legal scholars have wrestled with understanding and defining consent, while psychologists have mostly conducted domain-specific research on the subject—most commonly studying informed consent ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
More than 10% of older adults at risk of elder abuse
More than 1 in 10 older adults in New York state—over 360,000 people—may become victims of elder mistreatment over the next decade, estimates a first-of-its-kind study by collaborators from Cornell and the University ...
Aug 17, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain wiring linked to age, sex and cognition
The degree to which the brain's wiring aligns with its patterns of activity can vary with sex and age, and may be genetic, suggests a study published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment ...
Aug 17, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Red blood cell alterations contribute to lupus
The autoimmune disease lupus may be triggered by a defective process in the development of red blood cells (RBCs), according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery could lead to new methods ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers reveal new suicide prevention tools from survivors
In suicide research, lessons from survivors—people who, despite the urge to die, find ways to cope and reasons to live—are seldom heard.
Aug 10, 2021
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Immunology
Cancer vaccine improves outcomes in Lynch syndrome model
A new strategy for developing vaccines against cancer showed promise in a proof-of-concept study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Heidelberg University Hospital.
Jul 28, 2021
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Gastroenterology
Geographic differences in gut microbiota boost immunity
The gut microbiome is a diverse environment, jam-packed with up to 1,000 different species of bacteria. Human populations around the globe have significant differences in the composition of their gut microbiomes, which can ...
Jul 28, 2021
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