Archive: 29/05/2020

Dietary and physical activity intervention reduces LDL cholesterol level in children

An individualised and family-based physical activity and dietary intervention reduced the plasma LDL cholesterol concentration of primary school children, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The findings ...

May 29, 2020

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Health insurance nondiscrimination rules linked to lower suicidality in gender minority patients

States that have adopted gender-minority nondiscrimination rules for private health insurance policies slowed an epidemic of mental illness, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts among transgender and gender-diverse people, ...

May 29, 2020

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ER doctors report what they learned treating four early cases of COVID-19-related children's illness

In a study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai researchers describe some of the earliest cases of a COVID-19-related illness newly identified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ...

May 29, 2020

Cells inside cells: the bacteria that live in cancer cells

Cancer cells are comfy havens for bacteria. That conclusion arises from a rigorous study of over 1,000 tumor samples of different human cancers. The study, headed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, found ...

May 29, 2020

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Researchers are developing a mobile MRI that could fit in a van instead of a lorry

MRI imaging is one of the best ways of examining different body tissue and obtaining information about injuries and illnesses. However, MRI scanners are typically large, heavy, and very expensive devices that need to be operated ...

May 29, 2020

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Predicting the pandemic's psychological toll: why suicide modelling is so difficult

We've recently heard experts raise concerns about a looming mental health crisis, warning COVID-19's psychological toll on Australians could be like a second wave of the pandemic.

May 29, 2020

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Analysis of COVID-19 autopsies reveals many new details about this disease

Pathologists at The Mount Sinai Hospital, at the epicenter of the COVID-19 global pandemic, have prepared one of the largest, most comprehensive analysis of autopsies of COVID-19 victims to date, revealing many complex new ...

May 29, 2020

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Tinderrhoea: Tinder fuelled STI boom amongst young Adelaide heterosexuals?

Gonorrhoea transmission rates have significantly increased amongst young Adelaide heterosexuals, raising the question of whether this could be due to the use of dating apps like Tinder.

May 29, 2020

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4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus

As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay afloat with just a fraction of the customers.

May 29, 2020

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Journey to the land of lockdown dreams

As the COVID-19 crisis has unfolded, billions of people in the world have learned just what the word "lockdown" means. As the days stretched into weeks and even months, sleep was one of the rare escapes from confinement—but ...

May 29, 2020

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