Genetics
How a gene called HAND2 may impact the timing of labor
A new study illuminates how a gene called HAND2 may have a hand in the timing of human labor.
Feb 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers
After the initial excitement following the authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccines, a harsh reality set in. People who want a vaccine can't get it, some counties have more than others and older people are camping out ...
Jan 8, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Unmet job expectations linked to a rise in suicide, deaths of despair
Declines in blue-collar jobs may have left some working-class men frustrated by unmet job expectations and more likely to suffer an early death by suicide or drug poisoning, according to a study led by sociologists at The ...
Dec 2, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Football-loving states slow to enact youth concussion laws
States with college teams in strong conferences, in particular the Southeastern Conference (SEC), were among the last to take up regulations on youth concussions, according to a recent study. The study, which investigated ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Health
Surgical abortion restriction did not decrease clinic visits during pandemic, study shows
Abortions have decreased significantly this year, due largely to pandemic-related factors. But other veiled influences stemming from state-related policies have affected this number in surprising ways.
Nov 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Married, single, kids or not, participating in workforce may protect women's memory
Women who work in the paid labor force in early adulthood and middle age may have slower memory decline later in life than women who do not work for pay, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2020, online ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Labor epidurals do not cause autism; Safe for mothers and infants, say anesthesiology, obstetrics
The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP),the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the ...
Oct 13, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Unionized nursing homes saw fewer COVID-19 deaths
More than 40 percent of COVID-19 cases in the United States have occurred in nursing homes, and new research indicates that healthcare worker unionization correlates with lower mortality rates and infection rates at those ...
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 rates may be lower than thought for pregnant women
(HealthDay)—A new study suggests the rate of COVID-19 among pregnant women without symptoms is much lower than previously reported.
Jun 1, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Largest study of its kind of women in labor finds nitrous oxide safe, side effects rare
Researchers at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and the School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology at the Anschutz Medical Campus found that the use of nitrous oxide (N2O) as a pain relief option for individuals ...
May 29, 2020
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