Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.
NPR Health
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat.
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Stricter toxic chemical rules reduce Californians’ exposures
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Californians have lower levels of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm in their bodies than people in the rest of the country, according to a new study. California has the strictest chemical regulations of any state, and its policies are more stringent than federal chemical laws. This study is the first one assessing whether those regulations have resulted in lower levels of toxic exposures.
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Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries
NPR Health
OCTOBER 30, 2024
IV fluids used in hospitals remain in short supply, after Hurricane Helene shut down a key North Carolina factory. The closure has hospitals scrambling to stretch supplies and prioritize care. (Image credit: Jae C.
Long-term air pollution exposure increases asthma risk in children and adults
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Researchers review existing evidence on the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter on the risk of developing asthma.
988 crisis hotline counselors are sometimes targeted by sexually abusive callers
NPR Health
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now operational nationwide. Some of the phone counselors say they need help dealing with abusive callers who keep them on the line and sexually harass them.
Large meltwater accumulation revealed inside Greenland Ice Sheet
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A new study unveils a surprising discovery: a substantial amount of meltwater is temporarily stored within the Greenland Ice Sheet during summer months. For the first time, an international group of researchers was able to quantify meltwater with positioning data. The finding challenges current models of how ice sheets contribute to global sea level rise.
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It's not to be. Universe too short for Shakespeare typing monkeys
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare, a new study reveals.
Around the Annual Meeting on Tuesday
Public Health Newswire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Photos from Tuesday’s activities.
One of the fastest-spinning stars in the Universe
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever observed.
People lacking secure housing risk further mental, behavioral challenges
Public Health Newswire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A tiny home project in North Carolina offers low-income people a housing option.
Study shows natural regrowth of tropical forests has immense potential to address environmental concerns
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A new study finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger than Mexico) in humid tropical regions around the world has the potential to naturally regrow. That much forest could store 23.4 gigatons of carbon over 30 years and also have a significant impact on concerns like biodiversity loss and water quality. The study showed that more than half of the area with strong potential for regrowth was in five countries: Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, China, and Colombia.
Project 2025 would compound existing public health challenges
Public Health Newswire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
An APHA town hall outlined how the conservative blueprint would repeal climate change programs and LGBTQ+ protections.
Discovery illuminates how sleeping sickness parasite outsmarts immune response
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts. Using a mouse model, the researchers showed that Trypanosoma brucei essentially plays a game of hide-and-seek by setting up shop in its hosts' tissues, allowing it to constantly change its protective surface coat and evade antibodies.
APHA Public Health Awards Ceremony & Luncheon
Public Health Newswire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
APHA handed out awards Monday to those who exemplify professionalism and dedication to the field of public health.
'Black box' of stem cell transplants opened in blood study
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
New research into the long-term dynamics of transplanted stem cells in a patient's body explains how age affects stem cell survival and immune diversity, offering insights that could make transplants safer and more successful.
Legal experts fight for public health authority in U.S. courts
Public Health Newswire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Lower courts invoke Supreme Court precedent to defeat public health regulations.
Farewell frost! New surface prevents frost without heat
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
In a new study, researchers discovered that tweaking the texture of any surface and adding a thin layer of graphene oxide prevents 100% of frost from forming on surfaces for one week or potentially even longer. This is 1,000 times longer than current, state-of-the-art anti-frosting surfaces.
Study finds nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduces severe COVID-19 and long COVID risks in high-risk patients
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir effectively lowers hospitalization rates and long COVID symptoms in non-hospitalized, high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.
A rudimentary quantum network link between Dutch cities
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Researchers have demonstrated a network connection between quantum processors over metropolitan distances. Their result marks a key advance from early research networks in the lab towards a future quantum internet. The team developed fully independently operating nodes and integrated these with deployed optical internet fiber, enabling a 25-km quantum link.
As breast cancer incidence rises, doctors raise importance of early detection, need for women to be breast aware
The Hindu
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Chennai accounts for highest crude incidence rate of breast cancer in T.N.
Vitamin K2 reduces the frequency, intensity, and duration of nighttime leg cramps
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A study reveals vitamin K2 significantly lowers the frequency and intensity of nocturnal leg cramps in individuals over 65, enhancing symptom management.
ICMR invites expression of interest from firms for making anaemia detection device
The Hindu
OCTOBER 30, 2024
ICMR seeks validation of non-invasive hemoglobinometer devices to combat anaemia in India, inviting EoI for manufacturing.
Ancient DNA brings to life history of the iconic aurochs, whose tale is intertwined with climate change and human culture
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 millennia and stretching from Siberia to Britain. The aurochs roamed in Europe, Asia and Africa for hundreds of thousands of years. Adorned as paintings on many a cave wall, their domestication to create cattle gave us a harnessed source of muscle, meat and milk.
Wellness retreat that King Charles and Queen Camilla visited in Bengaluru to soon expand to Portugal
The Hindu
OCTOBER 30, 2024
King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who left the retreat after a three-day rejuvenation session, are happy with the expansion plans as this would be closer to the UK, says holistic health practitioner Issac Mathai, who runs the facility
AI shows promise for predicting embryonic health without invasive testing
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Researchers evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence algorithms in non-invasively predicting embryonic ploidy from embryonic images.
Tropical Storm Trami devastates seven million in the Philippines
Care
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Tropical Storm Trami has unleashed widespread devastation across 17 regions in the Philippines, affecting approximately 7 million people, displacing over 761,000 and causing 145 fatalities.
For kids and teens, extra weight could mean a higher chance of long COVID
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The study reveals a dose-response relationship between BMI and PASC risk in children, highlighting obesity as a key factor in post-COVID health challenges.
Alcohol consumption among non-human animals may not be as rare as previously thought, say ecologists
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving 'drunk' after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists now challenge this assumption. They argue that since ethanol is naturally present in nearly every ecosystem, it is likely consumed on a regular basis by most fruit- and nectar-eating animals.
New study confirms: Anti-inflammatory inhalers reduce severe asthma complications
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
This study highlights the benefits of anti-inflammatory inhalers in asthma management, showing reduced complications and modest improvements in symptom control.
Combining VR and non-invasive brain stimulation: A neurotechnology that boosts spatial memory without surgery
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Researchers have joined forces to give a boost to spatial memory by creating a unique experimental setup that combines non-invasive deep-brain stimulation, virtual reality training, and fMRI imaging. The study demonstrates that targeted, painless electric impulses to the hippocampus and adjacent structures, a deep brain region implied in memory and spatial navigation, can improve the brain's ability to recall locations and navigate more effectively.
For people with opioid addiction, Medicaid ‘unwinding’ raises the stakes
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest clinic was almost an hour's drive away and she couldn't drive herself. But at least she didn't have to worry about the cost of care.
EPA dismissed data on the neurotoxicity of common insecticides
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A recent paper in Frontiers in Toxicology examined research submitted by industry to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the neurotoxicity of neonicotinoids - the most widely used class of insecticides in the U.S. and worldwide - and found that the data was evaluated improperly by the agency. In short: Five different neonicotinoids caused significant brain tissue reduction and nervous system defects in rats exposed during development.
Study links ketogenic diet to improved menstrual health
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Increasing ketones in the blood through a keto diet or supplements may help put irregular menstrual cycles back on schedule or even restart a period that appears to have stalled for good, new research suggests.
Solar-powered animal cells
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining chloroplasts (chlorophyll containing structures in the cells of plants and algae) with animal cells was not possible, and that the chloroplasts would not survive or function.
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