Archive: 27/08/2020

Research helps deliver high quality COVID-19 antibody test

Research by the University of Southampton has paved the way for experts in Birmingham to develop a new test to detect COVID-19 antibodies in people with recent exposure who have mild symptoms.

Aug 27, 2020

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Elderly in the US: Risk of dementia has been rising for years

Over the past 20 years or so, the risk for US men and women of suffering from cognitive impairment and dementia has increased. This is the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic ...

Aug 27, 2020

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Two discoveries boost next-generation organoid development

In back-to-back reports published Aug. 27, 2020, in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Cincinnati Children's and Japan report discoveries that will be vital to a new wave of more-complex organoid development.

Aug 27, 2020

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Study finds 'nomophobia' is associated with poor sleep health in college students

A new study found that the fear of being out of mobile phone contact—"nomophobia"—is extremely common among college students and is associated with poor sleep health.

Aug 27, 2020

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Study examines link between sperm quality and light from devices at night

Men might want to think twice before reaching for their smartphone at night. A new study found correlations between electronic media use at night and poor sperm quality.

Aug 27, 2020

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Study finds association between nightmares and heart disease in veterans

A new study found a surprising association between frequent and severe nightmares and cardiovascular disease in veterans, even after controlling for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Aug 27, 2020

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Weight in first years of life can affect lung health in later childhood

Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood. For example, children with accelerated BMI gain before age four years have higher lung function at age ...

Aug 27, 2020

Lockdown impacted women's ability to give birth due to increased age, research finds

Pausing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment during lockdown will have a significant impact on women's ability to give birth, given that they were two months older when their treatment resumed, according to research carried ...

Aug 27, 2020

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Devising strategies to protect older people with dementia amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The older population and those with dementia around the world are facing an unprecedented threat from COVID-19 which threatens them with a higher risk of death when infected. As of 23 August 2020, in Hong Kong, the mortality ...

Aug 27, 2020

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Cannabis use after work doesn't affect productivity—new research

Musicians and artists have long used cannabis to enhance their creativity. But how does the drug affect more conventional nine-to-five jobs? With cannabis now legal in more places, including Canada and several US states, ...

Aug 27, 2020

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