How your mood affects the way you process language When people are in a negative mood, they may be quicker to spot inconsistencies in things they read, a new University of Arizona-led study suggests. Jan 13, 2023 0 123
Germany to drop mask mandate in trains and buses from February 2 Germany will end the requirement to wear face masks on long-distance trains and buses from February 2 as the coronavirus pandemic loosened its grip on the country, authorities announced Friday. Jan 13, 2023 0 4
XBB.1.5 could be dominant in Europe soon: health agency Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which now accounts for a quarter of US Covid-19 cases, could become the dominant strain in Europe within a few months, the EU's disease agency said Friday. Jan 13, 2023 0 4
XBB.1.5, the most transmissible Covid subvariant yet The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, the most transmissible COVID-19 subvariant so far, is spreading quickly across the United States and was predicted on Friday to become Europe's dominant strain in a matter of weeks. Jan 13, 2023 0 6
Managing emotions better could prevent pathological aging Negative emotions, anxiety and depression are thought to promote the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. But what is their impact on the brain and can their deleterious effects be limited? Jan 13, 2023 0 232
New open-source app for precise brain mapping The hippocampus is a small, complex, folded brain structure that holds clues to several brain disorders. It is also one of the most difficult-to-map regions of the brain. After developing a successful technique to digitally ... Jan 13, 2023 0 82
T-cell responses in the elderly rise slowly and contract quickly, finds study The Yoko Hamazaki Laboratory at CiRA has reported that the slower onset of helper T-cell responses in the elderly after COVID-19 vaccinations is associated with lower antibody production, killer T cell activation, and frequency ... Jan 13, 2023 0 39
Paying people to take COVID vaccine worked well, study finds A study finds that paying people to take a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine didn't lower the likelihood of seeking the second or third dose or of other positive health behaviors and didn't erode morals, sense of civic duty, ... Jan 13, 2023 0 31
Australian scientists closer to finding new lung cancer treatments Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered that a protein, called Menin, contributes to abnormal deactivation of specific genes in cancer cells. Jan 13, 2023 0 43
Triple-drug therapy for post-transplant management of multiple myeloma Researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues in Poland report promising results from their ongoing ATLAS trial, published on January 12, 2023 in the journal Lancet Oncology. Jan 13, 2023 0 25
