Neuroscience
What nap times reveal about your child's brain development
Infants who nap a lot have smaller vocabularies and poorer cognitive skills—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Jul 27, 2023
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Genetics
Study pinpoints why some adults develop hearing problems
A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults—by some estimates, at least 50% of the population after 75 years of age—develop hearing problems.
May 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers make gains in race to protect against RSV
As a surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, continues pushing hospitals to capacity across the U.S., researchers at Georgia State's Institute for Biomedical Sciences are working to develop vaccines and other ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Diabetes
Study shows substantial rise in type 2 diabetes among young people over the past 30 years
Rates of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults globally rose substantially from 1990 to 2019, finds an analysis of the latest data from over 200 countries and regions in The BMJ today.
Dec 7, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
On world AIDS day, White House announces plan to end epidemic by 2030
The United States will renew its focus on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, with new funding and a five-year strategy, the White House said Thursday. The Biden administration announced its ambitious plans on World AIDS ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Health
Pollution exposure associated with multimorbidity risk
Exposure to the air pollution known as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with an increased risk of having a cluster of multiple chronic diseases, according to a new study published this week in the open-access ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Health
Worldwide shortage of health workers threatens effective health coverage
More than 43 million additional health workers are needed to meet targets for universal health coverage around the world, according to a new peer-reviewed study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at ...
May 24, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research finds the risk of psychotic-like experiences can start in childhood
It has long been understood that environmental and socio-economic factors—including income disparity, family poverty, and air pollution—increase a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences, such as subtle ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Gastroenterology
Microbiome experts warn of an 'invisible extinction' that's harming human health
When Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello travels to the Amazon jungle and tells villagers the reason for her visit, their first response is often laughter.
Apr 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventing untimely deaths from non-communicable diseases
Most of the world's countries have made little progress towards a target adopted by the United Nations in 2015, which called for the world to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by a third by 2030. Non-communicable ...
Mar 28, 2022
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