Archive: 27/05/2021

Melatonin shown to protect kidney damage caused by obesity with diabetes

Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid), and the University of Texas (U.S.) have taken an important step in the fight against kidney damage and its progression toward kidney ...

May 27, 2021

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Physical activity levels and well-being sink worldwide during coronavirus restrictions

During the first lockdown people were a good 40 percent less active, as shown by an international study led by Goethe University Frankfurt. Psychological well-being sank as well; the portion of people at potential risk for ...

May 27, 2021

Cell encapsulation could enhance antiviral vaccines

Immunotherapy techniques developed in oncology to combat cancerous cells have great potential for fighting viruses. A research team from the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in Switzerland, ...

May 27, 2021

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Coronavirus outbreak risk from hotspots of bat presence and livestock

Massey University professor of infectious disease ecology, Professor David Hayman, has been a part of a team that has identified areas of the world that are at risk for new SARS-related coronavirus outbreaks.

May 27, 2021

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Older people living alone at high risk of malnutrition

New research from Massey University highlights more than a third (37 percent) of older people who live in the community are at risk of malnutrition. Those at risk were likely to experience more social and emotional loneliness ...

May 27, 2021

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Sensing technology to prevent diabetic foot ulcers

Innovative in-sole sensors will alert diabetic patients during excessive or extended activities that could trigger foot ulcers in a new system being developed at the University of Southampton.

May 27, 2021

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New tool helps 'tune' cochlear implants to improve hearing

A Chopin or Mozart composition loses its meaning and magic when played on a piano that's out of tune.

May 27, 2021

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Smoking during pregnancy associated with child's risk of congenital heart disease

Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy were at increased risk of congenital heart disease, a new study published today [27 May] in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found.

May 27, 2021

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Veterans took an especially bad hit during the pandemic

As the nation takes a day to memorialize its military dead, living military veterans are facing a deadly risk that has nothing to do with war or conflict: the coronavirus.

May 27, 2021

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Sleep warning for older men

Men aged 65 and over should monitor their sleep patterns and seek medical advice after a warning from Flinders University experts that disrupted slumber can be linked to cognitive dysfunction.

May 27, 2021

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