Addiction

Research aims to curb fatalities caused by illicit drugs

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Center for Forensic Science Ph.D. candidate Harry Fursman is working on two fronts to prevent harm to people who use drugs: He is testing a new handheld device for rapidly and accurately ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What leads people to take action on disease prevention?

When making important decisions about disease prevention, who do you listen to? Medical institutions? Or perhaps the people around you? Your answer might reveal more about your personal circumstances than you would expect.

Neuroscience

Children's brains shaped by their time on tech devices, review shows

Time spent watching television or playing computer games has measurable and long-term effects on children's brain function, according to a review of 23 years of neuroimaging research, which—while showing negative impacts—also ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Use it or lose it: New robotic system assesses mobility after stroke

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness and paralysis in their ...

Cardiology

New tool for precision medicine in cardiovascular disease

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a tool that makes it possible to measure 21 biomarkers for cardiovascular disease simultaneously with great precision by means of a simple blood test. The aim is to use this ...

Genetics

COVID-19 causes epigenetic lung scars, researchers report

COVID-19 became an international pandemic in 2020. To date, more than 770 million people have suffered from the disease and nearly 7 million of them have lost their life. The most common cause of death in the studied group ...

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