Pediatrics
Keeping kids cool key to a good night's sleep in summer heat, says expert
Getting enough high-quality sleep on a consistent basis is vital for human health and well-being, particularly for children.
Aug 15, 2024
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Health
Deep diving with elephant seals offers unique insights into human health
Elite free divers can hold their breath for 10 minutes after years of rigorous, sometimes dangerous training. Northern elephant seals practically live underwater, taking up to 90 minutes between breaths.
Jul 31, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Inactive bird flu virus found in 17% of US dairy foods in study
One in six dairy products in U.S. retail stores contained signs of inactive bird flu virus this summer, regulators said, slightly lower than the numbers seen in a different survey when the pathogen was first found in the ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Recalibrating principles of epigenetic aging clocks in human health
As detailed in the opening of this editorial, DNA methylation-based epigenetic clocks are used as biomarkers of biological age in human health. Multiple epigenetic clocks have rapidly emerged in the past decade by modeling ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Female Australian football players are taking more hits, says study
New research from the University of South Australia has for the first time identified the most common and burdensome injuries experienced by sub-elite female Australian football players in the South Australian National Football ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Vaccination
Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-flu jab disappoints in trial
Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer said Friday they had suffered a setback in a late-stage trial of their combined mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 and influenza.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibody could offer sweeping protection against evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus
Researchers at Northeastern say they've discovered how an antibody could provide broad protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19—even as it evolves ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
FDA authorizes first at-home test for syphilis
As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first diagnostic at-home test to spot the bacterial disease.
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