Trust in NHS advice key to COVID vaccine uptake, study finds People's trust in the NHS was linked to increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic, a study suggests. Feb 13, 2024 0 11
Examining the ethical duality of using prescription drug monitoring programs in the fight against opioids Saint Louis University's Liz Chiarello, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, recently published an article in the American Sociological Review. The article explores pharmacists' use of prescription drug monitoring programs ... Feb 13, 2024 0 0
Research finds food and eating linked to social and emotional well-being Researchers at QUT have investigated the association between social isolation, or loneliness, and food and eating-related behaviors both during and outside of COVID-19 lockdowns. Feb 13, 2024 0 0
Interactions between flu subtypes found to predict epidemic severity more than virus evolution Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution, population immunity, and the co-circulation of other flu viruses shape seasonal flu epidemics. Feb 13, 2024 0 33
Examining the potential of the common bovine as a potential therapeutic research model Research involving animal models—for purposes such as developing new vaccines or regenerative medicines—generally employs mice, but new Cornell research has identified another species that could be valuable to supplement ... Feb 13, 2024 0 0
Drug used for cocaine addiction may pave way for new treatment of advanced colon cancer A new, cutting-edge study from the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) has found vanoxerine, a drug initially developed for the treatment of cocaine addiction, could impede advanced colorectal cancer stem cells by essentially ... Feb 13, 2024 0 55
New test could predict immunotherapy responders for broader range of cancers than current tools A newly identified genetic marker could potentially predict which patients are likely to respond to immunotherapy in cancer types that have lacked such tools until now, according to a new study published in Cancer Immunology ... Feb 13, 2024 0 39
Study finds bias-based bullying amplifies emotional distress in youth with multiple marginalized social positions Youth who share similar social positions of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender have much greater levels of emotional distress if they have experienced bias-based bullying—defined as racist, homophobic or transphobic ... Feb 13, 2024 0 1
New trial highlights incremental progress towards a cure for HIV-1 Antiretroviral therapies (ART) stop HIV replication in its tracks, allowing people with HIV to live relatively normal lives. However, despite these treatments, some HIV still lingers inside cells in a dormant state known ... Feb 13, 2024 0 1
A closer look at cannabis use and binge eating New research from Drexel University's Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally and whether patients who use cannabis ... Feb 13, 2024 0 0
