Archive: 08/03/2017
Researchers show 'profound' racial disparity in Philadelphia gun violence
Deaths and injuries from gun violence occur at higher rates in the United States compared to other developed countries. Yet, there has been relatively little public health research aimed at understanding and preventing this ...
Mar 8, 2017
Memorization tool bulks up brain's internal connections, scientists say
A time-honored mnemonic method used by memory athletes—people adept at feats such as quickly memorizing the sequence of all the cards in a deck or a vast string of digits—can be taught to people with no prior hint of ...
Mar 8, 2017
Dampened immunity during pregnancy promotes evolution of more virulent flu
During pregnancy, a mother's immune system is suppressed to protect the fetus, which is perceived as a foreign body because it is genetically different. A study in mice found that suppressed immunity during pregnancy creates ...
Mar 8, 2017
Chinese famine data shows no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-61 by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health shows no increases ...
Mar 8, 2017