Archive: 02/06/2020

Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it's probably got a lot to do with their mental health

COVID-19 has significantly affected our collective mental health.

Jun 2, 2020

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Get it over with, or procrastinate? New research explores our decision-making process

When it's time to schedule a vacation, most people will do it right away. But when it comes to booking a root canal, some people will procrastinate while others will put it at the top of their to-do list.

Jun 2, 2020

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Exposing mice to blue light at night leads to depressive symptoms

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that repeatedly exposing lab mice to blue light at night can lead to developing symptoms of depression. In their paper published in the journal ...

Jun 2, 2020 report

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A preliminary report of the Favipiravir Observational Study

The Favipiravir Observational Study Group (principal investigator: Dr. Yohei Doi, Fujita Health University) released a preliminary report of the Favipiravir Observational Study in Japan on the Japanese Association for Infectious ...

Jun 2, 2020

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Study finds COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy safe, with 76% patients improving

The country's first convalescent plasma transfusion trial results have been peer-reviewed and published, showing 19 out of 25 patients improving with the treatment and 11 discharged from the hospital. On March 28, Houston ...

Jun 2, 2020

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The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard

We know the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to very similar viruses in bats, possibly passed to humans via an intermediate species such as pangolins. The chance of a similar pandemic breaking out in Australia might seem ...

Jun 2, 2020

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Human lifelong immunity depends on APRIL

The immune system depends on a complex interaction between various cells for proper functioning. In a new study, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discovered that an absence of the protein APRIL ...

Jun 2, 2020

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Facts and myths about obesity, emerging as a key factor in COVID-19 hospitalization

With so much misinformation surrounding obesity, Dr. Catherine Varney is careful with her words. First of all, she clarifies that her patients are not obese, but rather have obesity, which is a disease and not a lack of willpower.

Jun 2, 2020

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Lessons for COVID-19 found in the work of 19th century scientist

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel last year rhetorically asked researchers at the annual meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation what the modern world could learn from the group's namesake, a 19th century Prussian ...

Jun 2, 2020

Radiologists use deep learning to find signs of COVID-19 in chest X-rays

Johns Hopkins radiologists have found that a deep learning algorithm to detect tuberculosis in chest X-rays could be useful for identifying lung abnormalities related to COVID-19. These findings, published online in the Journal ...

Jun 2, 2020

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