Overweight & Obesity
Expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight
An Imperial researcher specializing in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.
Apr 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'I felt as if I was dead to her': The psychological cost of the silent treatment
The silent treatment is a refusal to verbally communicate with another person. —People who use the silent treatment may have trouble communicating pain. —When the silent treatment becomes a pattern, it can be abusive.
Apr 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Post-COVID psychosis occurs in people with no prior history. The risk is low but episodes are frightening
Far from the respiratory disease it seemed at first, COVID can impact almost all parts of the body, including the brain. For a small number of people, COVID infection may be accompanied by an episode of post-COVID psychosis, ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Biomedical technology
How accurate is smartwatch heart data? It depends on your skin tone
Consumers are increasingly using smartwatches and other wearable devices to measure their heart rate and rhythm during exercise and for overall health monitoring. However, those measurements may be less accurate in people ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
Could there be a link between the enteric neurons, gut microbiome and ALS?
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are looking at the possibility that gastroenterological changes could be an early warning sign for Lou Gehrig's disease. Their research in animal models also shows a promising ...
Mar 18, 2022
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Health
Do hospitals that conduct research provide better care for patients?
Many clinical and laboratory research studies advance the science of medicine and eventually improve patient outcomes, but is there a more direct and immediate impact on the care provided to patients by hospitals that conduct ...
Feb 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fourth dose of COVID vaccine may not be needed for most people… yet
A team of researchers working at Israel's Sheba Medical Center has found evidence that suggests a fourth COVID vaccination or second booster shot may not be necessary for most people because it does not add significant protection. ...
Medications
A potential antiviral for SARS and SARS-like coronaviruses
Both SARS-CoV-1, the virus that caused the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, originate from a group of betacoronaviruses known as "subgroup 2b." Coronaviruses ...
Feb 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers estimate the true prevalence of COVID-19 taste loss
Reports of taste loss, a symptom of COVID-19, have been on the rise over the last two years. The taste dysfunction comes in different forms, including ageusia (total taste loss), hypogeusia (partial taste loss), and dysgeusia ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop molecular traps to target SARS-CoV-2
A research team led by scientists at UC Riverside and UCLA has engineered novel nanoparticles to serve as "molecular traps" to target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19. The traps bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent it ...
Jan 31, 2022
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