Sports medicine & Kinesiology
First wearable health sensor for monitoring muscle atrophy
Researchers at The Ohio State University have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor muscle atrophy.
Mar 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers explore causes of air passengers' turbulent behavior
Incidents of passenger misconduct on airplanes—which are increasingly being shared in the news and on social media—are predominantly caused by passenger intoxication, according to a new study by University of Texas at ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Health
Korean Air says 'strictly manages' radiation exposure after crew death ruling
Korean Air said Tuesday it "strictly manages" cosmic radiation exposure for its flight crew, after a landmark decision ruled an air steward's cancer death was akin to an industrial accident.
Nov 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mental health issues in quarantined cruisers
In February 2020, as the world began to realize the scope of COVID-19, Japanese authorities quarantined all 3,711 passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess cruise ship for 14 days after a passenger who disembarked earlier ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Bob Odenkirk's 'small' heart attack? Doctors say they're a big deal
When actor Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of "Better Call Saul" last week in New Mexico, fans held their breath—and obsessively checked for updates on social media—until word came that he was expected to be OK.
Aug 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neutralizing antibodies appear to protect humans from coronavirus infection
A Seattle fishing vessel that departed port in May returned 18 days later with an unusual haul: the first human evidence that neutralizing antibodies provide protection from reinfection by SARS-CoV-2. The research is published ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California virus crisis as cruise ship held, funding deal struck
California declared a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus Wednesday as a cruise ship was held off the coast over fears of a new outbreak.
Mar 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Desperate to stop virus' spread, countries limit travel
Officials scrambled Tuesday to halt the spread of the burgeoning new virus, from northern Italy where troops were dispatched to enforce quarantines and schools were shuttered, to South Korea, where some neighborhoods in a ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to serve as an incubator for the new virus from China instead of an isolation ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Japan woman with coronavirus dies as cruise ship cases soar
Japan on Thursday reported the first death of a person infected with novel coronavirus, as the number of cases on a quarantined cruise ship offshore soared over 200.
Feb 13, 2020
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