Addiction
Nearly 1,000 overdoses reversed using naloxone distributed through vending machine
More than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdose in 2021, highlighting the need for evidence-based interventions.
Dec 6, 2022
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Genetics
Genetics may explain link between unhealthy teen lifestyles and accelerated biological aging
Genetics may help explain the link between unhealthy lifestyles and accelerated biological aging in young adulthood, according to findings published today in eLife.
Nov 8, 2022
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Medications
Indonesia child deaths blamed on syrup medicines rise to 195
Indonesia said Monday the number of child deaths from kidney failure or damage linked to harmful substances found in syrup medicines has risen to 195.
Nov 7, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers identify cells in the blood vessels of the brain involved in producing a fever
Researchers at Linköping University have identified in mice the cells in the blood vessels of the brain that are necessary for a fever reaction. The results have been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things?
Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore.
Oct 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Putting the brakes on heroin relapse
Neuroscientists from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in Science Advances that star-shaped brain cells known as astrocytes can "turn off" neurons involved in relapse to heroin. Drug-related cues in the ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Deciphering the mechanism that enables skin cancer to metastasize to the brain and inhibiting its spread by 80%
Researchers from Tel Aviv University deciphered, for the first time, a mechanism that enables skin cancer to metastasize to the brain and managed to delay the spread of the disease by 60% to 80% using existing treatments. ...
Sep 20, 2022
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Medical research
A new perspective in how immunity is fine-tuned through mechanics
The immune system protects us from infections, harmful substances and problematic changes in our own cells. Traditional research posits that parts of invading pathogens or cells sound the alarm, but accumulating evidence ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID-19 may stem from an overactive immune response in the lungs
Viruses that cause respiratory diseases like the flu and COVID-19 can lead to mild to severe symptoms within the first few weeks of infection. These symptoms typically resolve within a few more weeks, sometimes with the help ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 can be less stressful for the LGBTQ+
For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of inequities faced by their community to the fore, including the precarious state of their mental health.
Aug 3, 2022
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