Archive: 20/04/2020

Talk of war in COVID-19 coverage may be hiding testing failings

The use of war rhetoric to describe COVID-19 efforts in the UK and US reveals the countries' specific approach to the pandemic, suggest linguistic experts.

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How families can cope with pandemic stress

How do families cope with the emotional upheaval caused by COVID-19 without falling apart?

Apr 20, 2020

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Hand-washing and distancing work—but keeping up these protective behaviors for months will be tricky

In recent weeks, Americans in many states appear to have successfully begun to "flatten the curve" by following prescribed behavior.

Apr 20, 2020

Turning on the 'off switch' in cancer cells

A team of scientists led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified the binding site where drug compounds could activate a key braking mechanism against the runaway ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Extra payments motivate sobriety and employment among people recovering from addiction

After a yearlong study of people with opioid dependence, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that adding $8 an hour to their paychecks may help those in recovery stay drug free longer, as well as encourage ...

Apr 20, 2020

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New machine learning algorithm reduces need for brain-computer interfaces to undergo recalibration

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) have published research in Nature Biomedical Engineering that will drastically improve brain-computer interfaces and their ability ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Screen time for babies linked to higher risk of autism-like symptoms later in childhood

Sitting a baby in front of a tablet or television, as well as less parent-child play time, are associated with developing greater autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-like symptoms later in childhood. These findings, from the first ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Interventions boost abstinence, condom use for black teens

Sexual health interventions are effective at increasing both abstinence and condom use in Black adolescents, according to research from North Carolina State University evaluating dozens of studies on interventions and outcomes ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Origins of human language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years old

Scientists have discovered an earlier origin to the human language pathway in the brain, pushing back its evolutionary origin by at least 20 million years.

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New therapeutic options for multiple sclerosis in sight

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is known as "the disease with a thousand faces" because symptoms and progression can vary dramatically from patient to patient. But every MS patient has one thing in common: Cells of their body's own ...

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