Archive: 29/10/2020

Identifying early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

When a 60-year-old tells her nurse she's been forgetting things—a dinner night with friends, a neighbor's name, or to call for a grandchild's birthday, for instance—the nurse may respond several different ways: The nurse ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Making health a central part of identity may improve mask compliance, other healthy behaviors

Virtually everyone agrees it's good to be healthy, but fewer people think of their health as a central part of their identity. New research from Iowa State University shows that encouraging people to think of health as an ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Research offers new way to forecast COVID-19 cases, study impact of public health measures

A statistical estimation technique developed by a University of Notre Dame researcher offers public health officials a new way to build short-term forecasts of coronavirus diagnoses and deaths. It also provides additional ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Modified yeast used to treat common bacterial intestinal infection

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and FZata Inc. has found that modifying a common type of yeast in a certain way made it an effective treatment for Clostridioides difficile infections ...

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Study tracks public concerns on Twitter about COVID-19

Twitter users initially didn't feel positive about the state of the economy, prevention, treatment and recovery concerning COVID-19. That changed by the end of March 2020. In contrast, throughout the period examined from ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Americans with lower education levels suffer more pain than people with more education

Americans with university degrees or higher level of education endure substantially less pain than those who are less educated, according to an international study led by Western University.

Oct 29, 2020

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How wearable sensor algorithms powered by machine learning could prevent injuries that sideline runners

A trans-institutional team of Vanderbilt engineering, data science and clinical researchers has developed a novel approach for monitoring bone stress in recreational and professional athletes, with the goal of anticipating ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Professor's research aims to improve care of older incarcerated individuals

Nearly 460,000 people—more than the population of Pittsburgh—aged 50 and older comprise almost 20% of the United States prison population, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, and that percentage is expected to ...

Oct 29, 2020

Testing sewage can provide an early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks: study

Earlier this year, a team of Yale researchers showed that the concentration of COVID-19 RNA in sewage mirrors the spread of the disease through a population. In a new study, they find that testing sewage can serve as an early ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Researchers find neuron behind fatal anorexia, solution in high-fat diet

Researchers have long known that many people (mostly women) suffering from anorexia face a high risk of death. But, until now, they didn't know what causes the eating disorder to turn fatal.

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