Archive: 07/08/2020

Study maps lack of access to fresh food in historically Black college neighborhoods

Students at North Carolina's 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) face limited options for finding healthy food to buy at stores within a 5-mile radius of their campuses, a new study shows.

Aug 7, 2020

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Medical trial aims to identify those at risk of heart damage following cancer treatment

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) is recruiting patients for a new national trial aiming to identify those at risk of heart damage following cancer treatment.

Aug 7, 2020

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Babies will fare well against COVID-19 if they are kept close to mum

In a new research review, to be published on Friday 7 August 2020 in the Journal of Human Lactation, Adjunct Associate Professor Karleen Gribble from the University's School of Nursing and Midwifery presents the impact of ...

Aug 7, 2020

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New stem cell model to study how cancer arises

In an interdisciplinary study combining stem cell biology and tumor biology, researchers from Karolinska Institutet (as well as Uppsala and Lund University, together with researchers in Canada, Germany and France), have succeeded ...

Aug 7, 2020

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Neuronal cultures advance 'brain-on-a-chip' technology

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have increased the complexity of neuronal cultures grown on microelectrode arrays, a key step toward more accurately reproducing the cellular composition of the human ...

Aug 7, 2020

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Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks

Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 percent, according to a new international study published today.

Aug 7, 2020

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Should all aged-care residents with COVID-19 be moved to hospital? Probably, but there are drawbacks too

COVID-19 is continuing to devastate Victorian aged-care homes, with 1,435 active cases now linked to the sector, and at least 130 residents having died.

Aug 7, 2020

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Experts urge evaluation of diet at routine check-ups

The time has come for routine health care visits to include some form of dietary assessment and counseling, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular ...

Aug 7, 2020

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Transgender and gender-diverse individuals more likely to be autistic: study

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth) to be diagnosed as autistic, according to a new study ...

Aug 7, 2020

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Africa surpasses a million coronavirus cases

Coronavirus has now infected more than a million people in Africa, but hopes that the pandemic may be peaking in some countries are also leavened by fear of a second wave.

Aug 7, 2020

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