A call to change the societal approach to human and environmental health Without action, inequality in health is going to increase exponentially together with global warming and environmental degradation. Jul 29, 2021 0 10
Rare disorder offers roadmap for understanding roots of inflammatory disease Yale researchers have discovered the underlying genetic cause of a rare childhood disorder that mimics inflammatory bowel disease, a finding that may help researchers uncover the roots of a host of other inflammatory and ... Jul 29, 2021 0 436
Kids set free to roam on their own feel more confident navigating in adulthood The distance from home that kids are allowed to roam and play has shrunk significantly over the last 50 years. That's largely due to parents' concerns over safety, especially in cities. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic ... Jul 29, 2021 0 8
Wine is safer than beer for minimizing risk of heart condition Drinking less than six Australian-standard glasses of alcohol a week is associated with the lowest risk of developing atrial fibrillation, but not all alcohol is created equal, new research from the University of Adelaide ... Jul 29, 2021 0 475
Why COVID cases are now falling in the UK and what could happen next After two months of soaring COVID-19 cases in the UK, numbers have again started to fall—and to the surprise of many, fall quite dramatically. New cases peaked at 54,674 on July 17 before falling to 23,511 on July 27. They ... Jul 29, 2021 0 106
Machine learning fuels personalized cancer medicine The Biomedical Genomics laboratory at IRB Barcelona has developed a computational tool that identifies cancer driver mutations for each tumor type. Jul 29, 2021 0 159
A framework to better evaluate and plan regional, national and global pandemic responses In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, local and national governments worldwide set strict limits on human mobility. But as governments responded with different policies at different times, it became increasingly difficult ... Jul 29, 2021 0 254
Young children may be at higher risk of long-term negative effects due to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has potentially made a lifelong impact on children aged five and under according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care. Jul 29, 2021 0 44
We are more forgiving when people close to us misbehave When people behave badly or unethically, their loved ones may judge them less harshly than they would judge a stranger who committed the same transgressions, but that leniency may come at the cost of the judger's own sense ... Jul 29, 2021 0 153
Many people want secondary genomic findings after initially refusing A study published today by researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed that about half of individuals who said they don't want to receive secondary genomic findings changed their minds after their healthcare ... Jul 29, 2021 0 4
