What parents should know about rare but scary COVID-19-related illness It began with COVID-19 and became a nightmare. Mar 10, 2021 0 7
How grief rewires the brain and can affect health—and what to do about it Grief is a common, if not universal, human experience. But that doesn't make it simple. Mar 10, 2021 0 14
Sharp reductions in costs of producing cannabis, fentanyl likely to spur widespread changes in use, dependence The legalization of cannabis and the arrival of nonmedical fentanyl are fundamentally changing drug markets in North America. A large part of these changes relates to the ability to produce large quantities of the drugs at ... Mar 10, 2021 0 0
High rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD worldwide among health workers during COVID-19 A new systematic review of 65 studies from around the world involves a total of 97,333 health care workers and finds that 1 in 5 have experienced depression, anxiety, and/or PTSD during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yufei ... Mar 10, 2021 0 1
Case report looks at POTS as 'long-haul' symptom months after COVID-19 infection Months after a COVID-19 infection, patients may experience "long-haul" symptoms like rapid heart rate, dizziness upon standing and lightheadedness consistent with a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), ... Mar 10, 2021 0 1
New spherical nucleic acid 'drug' kills tumor cells in humans with glioblastoma An early clinical trial in individuals with the deadly brain cancer, glioblastoma, showed an experimental spherical nucleic acid (SNA) drug developed by Northwestern University scientists was able to penetrate the blood-brain ... Mar 10, 2021 0 1478
With gene therapy, scientists develop opioid-free solution for chronic pain A gene therapy for chronic pain could offer a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids. Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed the new therapy, which works by temporarily repressing a gene involved ... Mar 10, 2021 0 143
Outbreak of a rare, polio-like syndrome likely prevented, postponed by social distancing Social distancing not only helped slow the spread of COVID-19—it also may have prevented the transmission of an outbreak of a rare polio-like syndrome, according to Princeton University researchers. Mar 10, 2021 2 143
Where am I going? Just ask your subiculum The hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with information associated with spatial navigation and memory. For example, you are driving and despite the changing environment of different cars going at varying speeds, ... Mar 10, 2021 0 67
People's trust levels predict willingness to engage in COVID-19 control behaviors Individuals' willingness to engage in COVID-19 control measures is associated with their trust in the government, other citizens, and in particular science, according to a new study published this week in the open-access ... Mar 10, 2021 0 7
