Health
Can't quit smoking? Maybe you haven't gotten the right message
What motivates us the most? Rewards? Threats? Being part of a positive trend? These questions are central to a modern approach to help people kick the habit.
Apr 6, 2021
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Pediatrics
Early results show Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine safe, highly effective in adolescents
Interim study data released today show that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 100% effective in preventing infections in 12-15 year olds. The vaccine is currently approved for emergency use in people 16 and older.
Apr 1, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
COVID vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding: What you need to know
When Kate Ocon found out she was pregnant in November 2020, she thought about the COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon—and she thought she wouldn't get one.
Mar 25, 2021
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Neuroscience
Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences
Have you ever wondered why you are able to hear a sentence and understand its meaning—given that the same words in a different order would have an entirely different meaning? New research involving neuroimaging and A.I., ...
Mar 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Breastfeeding mothers do not transfer COVID through milk: study
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) —in collaboration with several other universities—indicates that breastfeeding women with COVID-19 do not transmit the SARS-CoV-2 virus ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain changed by caffeine in utero, study finds
New research finds caffeine consumed during pregnancy can change important brain pathways that could lead to behavioral problems later in life. Researchers in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research sheds light on vision loss in Batten disease
Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or CLN3-Batten disease. New research shows how the mutation associated with the disease could potentially ...
Feb 6, 2021
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Health
New studies suggest vaping could cloud your thoughts
Two new studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered an association between vaping and mental fog. Both adults and kids who vape were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, remembering, ...
Dec 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
Memories create 'fingerprints' that reveal how the brain is organized
While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity and quantified. These unique ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
One way to prevent cancer: Map the fundamentals of how cells go awry
Someday, scientists may be able to prevent cancer by controlling two proteins that operate deep inside the quagmire of epigenetic cell fate transitions, a new paper suggests.
Oct 20, 2020
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