Social connection, social support and physical exercise key to overcoming adversity David Creswell and his daughter recently bought ice skates, and on a good week, they hit the ice every couple of days. Jan 26, 2021 0 7
Pandemic exacerbates stress for struggling families Staying put during the pandemic is hard enough without additional stressors. But for some in Houston, COVID-19 exacerbated situations that already presented challenges. Jan 26, 2021 0 2
Philly police now transport 2 of every 3 gunshot victims to hospital As violence in Philadelphia continues at a high rate, "scoop-and-run" hospital transports—when a responding police officer takes a gunshot or stabbing victim to a trauma center as quickly as possible—have become a time-tested ... Jan 26, 2021 0 7
A patient-powered registry boosts the study of rare Castleman disease The study of a disease is inherently challenging when patients are few and far between, but doctors at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have reported a new "patient-powered" approach that ... Jan 26, 2021 0 10
Anticipation of the future reward shapes self-controlled choice Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience shows the prefrontal cortex of the human brain is associated with anticipation of favorable future events and shapes how individuals make a choice, advancing our understanding ... Jan 26, 2021 0 33
Scientists unravel mystery of sex disparities in COVID-19 outcomes A little more than a year ago, as the first reports rolled in about the outbreak of a novel new coronavirus in China, it quickly became clear that older individuals and males were most at risk of lethal outcomes. Jan 26, 2021 0 206
Resisting fatphobia in the time of COVID-19 A research paper co-written by a Massey academic takes a critical look at a public health narrative she says links fatness to risk factors for COVID-19, despite little evidence for this. Jan 26, 2021 1 4
Understanding the genetic factors that drive Klinefelter syndrome and related diseases The largest cohort of stem cell lines derived from patients with Klinefelter syndrome has been developed by KAUST researchers. These powerful cellular tools could be used to develop regenerative medicine therapeutic approaches ... Jan 26, 2021 0 3
Myeloid immune cells in the blood tied to severe COVID-19 Individual variations in how the immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2 appear to impact the severity of disease. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now been able to show that patients with severe COVID-19 ... Jan 26, 2021 0 299
New neural network enables easy screening of sleep apnea in patients with cerebrovascular disease Up to 90% of patients experiencing a stroke have sleep apnoea, according to earlier studies conducted at Kuopio University Hospital. If left untreated, sleep apnoea can reduce the quality of life and rehabilitation of patients ... Jan 26, 2021 0 6
