Archive: 15/07/2020

Russia military says virus vaccine is tested and safe

The Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday it had developed a "safe" coronavirus vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.

Jul 15, 2020

Girls more negatively affected by pot than boys

Early use of cannabis affects the working memory of adolescents, but its deleterious effect is more pronounced in girls, posing a risk to their academic success as well as to their memory when they reach adulthood.

Jul 15, 2020

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Middle aged face more years of ill health than baby boomers

Despite expecting to live longer, people in their 40s and 50s are likely to suffer more years of ill health than older generations now in their 60s and early 70s, according to a new UCL-led study.

Jul 15, 2020

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3 in 5 adults who thought about suicide received no mental health support in lockdown

During the first month of lockdown nearly a fifth of people reported having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, but only 42% of those thinking about self-harming or suicide and 57% of people who self-harmed had accessed mental ...

Jul 15, 2020

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Universal testing may help reduce COVID-19 infections, deaths in long-term care facilities

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, residents in long-term care facilities—including nursing homes and assisted living centers—have been at particularly high risk of infection by and spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that ...

Jul 15, 2020

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Study shows plant protein consumption can boost human lifespan

A team of researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute has found that older people who eat more plant protein as opposed to meat-based protein tend to live longer lives. In their paper ...

Jul 15, 2020 report

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The coronavirus shows we should treat public health the same as public works

Natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and hurricanes reveal the little-noticed cracks in our physical infrastructure as buildings, highways, dams and other structures fail under the extraordinary stress.

Jul 15, 2020

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A new framework for understanding dynamic representations in networked neural systems

Groups of neurons in the human brain produce patterns of activity that represent information about the stimuli that one is perceiving and then convey these patterns to different brain regions via nerve cell junctions known ...

Jul 15, 2020 feature

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Rules once lifted are reimposed to try to curb new outbreaks

Virus restrictions once lifted are being reimposed, shutting businesses and curbing people's social lives as communities try to curb a disease resurgence before it spins out of control.

Jul 15, 2020

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Ultraviolet radiation is a strong disinfectant. It may be what our schools, hospitals and airports need

You may remember when US President Donald Trump suggested exposing coronavirus patients to UV (ultraviolet) light—or "just very powerful light"—to help treat them.

Jul 15, 2020

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