Immunology
Bad weather creates perfect storm for asthma sufferers
It's an old line: "Everyone complains about the weather but no one is doing anything about it."
Jun 28, 2022
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Harvard University
Biomedical technology
Modeling a devastating childhood disease on a chip
Millions of children in low- and middle-income nations suffer from environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that is the second leading cause of death in children under five ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study finds how the brain controls symptoms of sickness
When someone gets an infection, most people think it's the immune system kicking into gear when they feel some of the body's natural defenses like a fever, chills, or fatigue. What most people don't know is that it's actually ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
In what language is a bilingual or multilingual person most likely to dream?
There have been very few studies on bilingualism and multilingualism and how they affect dreams. These are small studies, but they certainly find that people who speak any second language, even without good proficiency, at ...
May 20, 2022
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Medications
Higher dose of melatonin improved sleep in older adults
In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo.
May 19, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Exercise during pregnancy may yield metabolic benefits in grandchildren
If grandma liked working out, her pain may be your gain. It may seem unlikely, but recent research out of the Joslin Diabetes Center says it just might be the case. Laurie Goodyear, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical ...
May 11, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
LATE: A common but largely unknown cause of dementia
If dementia is a general term that means thinking and memory has deteriorated to the point that it interferes with day-to-day function, what are the top three disorders that cause dementia in older individuals?
May 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Alarming' COVID subvariants and the power of hybrid immunity
Jacob Lemieux, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School, said this week that recent COVID data out of South Africa is "alarming," as the omicron subvariants ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early snapshot of pandemic's impact on children's mental health
Home from school and separated from peers during crucial developmental phases, young children and adolescents were clearly among the people most negatively impacted, in various ways, by the pandemic lockdowns. But early indications ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Addiction
It may be increasingly legal but doesn't mean cannabis is safe
Arecent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent of states allow the medical use of cannabis products and a growing number have legalized recreational ...
Apr 21, 2022
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