Archive: 02/10/2020

Caesarean birth, prolonged labour influence infant gut bacteria, risk of childhood obesity and allergies

Events at birth may affect the microbes living in a baby's gut during the first few months of life, leading to a higher risk of childhood obesity and allergies, according to a new study published in the journal Gastroenterology.

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Q&A: The dirt on laundry and how to reduce your risk of getting sick

Clothing, linens, towels, cleaning rags, reusable diapers—laundry has a way of piling up. The often-dreaded chore is one of the ways we help maintain a clean and healthy household, but with the current COVID-19 pandemic ...

Oct 2, 2020

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Doll play activates brain regions associated with empathy and social skills

A team of researchers from Cardiff University has used neuroscience for the first time to explore the impact doll play has on children.

Oct 2, 2020

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New material senses neurotransmitters in the brain

What happens when you bring three scientists of diverse disciplines together, and give them the resources of two of the country's top research facilities? In this case, they discover a new material that may help scientists ...

Oct 2, 2020

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No room for abortions: unwanted pregnancies in virus-hit S.Africa

South African student Jessica* had already missed two periods when she shyly slipped into a clinic to seek an abortion in early July, as the coronavirus outbreak was reaching its peak.

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Could a poo transplant one day be the secret of eternal youth?

Fecal transplants could one day be used as a therapy to restore cognitive function in the elderly—according to new research from the University of East Anglia, the University of Florence and the Quadram Institute.

Oct 2, 2020

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Nuclear magnetic resonance insights set stage for next-gen targeted cancer therapies for adults and children

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have visualized previously unknown structures of the ABL kinase, offering insight for designing the next generation of targeted therapies for adult and childhood cancers. ...

Oct 2, 2020

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New tool shows main highways of disease development

As people get older, they often jump from disease to disease and carry the burden of more chronic diseases at once. But is there a pattern in the way diseases follow each other? Over the past six years, Danish researchers ...

Oct 2, 2020

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New data aggregate Medicaid coverage criteria and show wide variation in state coverage for podiatric care

New data published to LawAtlas.org today capturing details of state Medicaid coverage for podiatry care finds state Medicaid coverage for podiatric services varies widely between jurisdictions.

Oct 2, 2020

Updated abortion law data show continued litigation and increased legal restrictions despite ongoing pandemic

In a year marked by the global COVID-19 pandemic, US states and courts continued to enact and uphold increased restrictions on abortion and access to reproductive health care, according to updated data published today by ...

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