Archive: 17/03/2021

Seeking anti-human norovirus solutions using zebrafish

National University of Singapore food virologists have found that fucoidan, a naturally occurring carbohydrate could be a potential anti-viral candidate for the human norovirus.

Mar 17, 2021

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Research shows possible link between number of fast-food outlets and heart attacks

Researchers from the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health (HNE Health) have found that for each new fast-food outlet the number of heart attacks per 100,000 people ...

Mar 17, 2021

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Serious vision impairment declines among older Americans between 2008 and 2017

American adults 65 years old and older have better vision than that age group did nearly a decade ago, according to a recent study published in the journal Ophthalmic Epidemiology.

Mar 17, 2021

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Young adults in a 20-year-long study shed light on what matters for mental health of ethnic diverse youth

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), reports on the young adult assessment of the now 20-year longitudinal Boricua Youth Study (BYS), a large cohort that brings much ...

Mar 17, 2021

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Hormone therapy shown to reduce effects of nocturia in postmenopausal women

As women age, they are more likely to wake up in the middle of the night to pass urine. The loss of estrogen during the menopause transition accelerates this problem, which is known as nocturia. A new study evaluated the ...

Mar 17, 2021

In women, higher body fat may protect against heart disease death, study shows

A new UCLA study shows that while men and women who have high muscle mass are less likely to die from heart disease, it also appears that women who have higher levels of body fat—regardless of their muscle mass—have a ...

Mar 17, 2021

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Pandemic has increased pregnancy stress for US women

COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group that already faced the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic.

Mar 17, 2021

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Patient wait times reduced thanks to new study

The first known study to explore optimal outpatient exam scheduling given the flexibility of inpatient exams has resulted in shorter wait times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patients at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center ...

Mar 17, 2021

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Patients value staff dedication most when evaluating substance use treatment facilities

Machine learning can be used to comb through online reviews of substance use treatment facilities to home in on qualities that are important to patients but remain hard to capture via formal means, such as surveys, researchers ...

Mar 17, 2021

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Researchers identify head impact rates in four major high school sports

As high school athletes return to practice and games for a variety of sports, the threat of concussions remains. A new study from researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) used head impact sensors in four ...

Mar 17, 2021

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