NPR Health
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 24, 2024
According to the government the recent 50% hike in prices of commonly used drugs was sanctioned keeping in mind the larger public interest and to ensure continued availability of drugs
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NPR Health
OCTOBER 24, 2024
As the female-dominated sport gets more acrobatic, girls are racking up more concussions and other injuries. A new pediatricians' report calls for change.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Air travel review reveals sporadic SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with mask use and seating proximity key to infection risk.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 24, 2024
RTI activist K.V. Babu had filed a complaint with the Prime Minister’s public grievance cell over violation of Section 106 A(C) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A team of scientists has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.
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Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers have found that semaglutide may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Mutations in the fragile TP53 gene impair p53's tumor-suppressive functions, making it more vulnerable than other tumor suppressors.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Using a few zaps of electricity to the skin, researchers can stop bacterial infections without using any drugs. For the first time, researchers designed a skin patch that uses imperceptible electric currents to control microbes.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A new study from researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University has found that consuming pistachios daily may significantly improve eye health by increasing macular pigment optical density (MPOD), due to the plant pigment lutein, a key factor in protecting the eyes from blue (visible) light and age-related damage.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
New research shows that a large, ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of Bacteroides fragilis, a common bacterium of the human gut.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The achievement marked a significant public health victory and had profound economic implications. Trachoma’s impact, through blindness and visual impairment, results in an estimated economic loss of $2.9 to 5.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120.
The Hill
OCTOBER 24, 2024
All adults aged 50 and older should receive a vaccine against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and meningitis, federal health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation from its scientific advisory panel to lower the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old. Advocacy groups, including the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, said the new
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states -- more than 20% of the country's population -- may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, for their drinking water supplies.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible for a specially-designed 'mini-protein' to deliver a radiation dose directly to tumour cells expressing a protein on their cell surfaces called Nectin-4, which is often found in a number of different cancers.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross 'talk' between two regions of the brain, and the person's anxiety level after the injury, according to a new study. The study showed the more the hippocampus -- the brain's memory center -- talked to the cortex -- involved in long term memory storage -- the more likely the person is to develop chronic pain.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Frequent internet use is linked to improved episodic memory, with daily users performing better in memory tasks than those who use it less often. The study suggests digital engagement may enhance cognitive abilities over time.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
New Zealand's native stoneflies have changed colour in response to human-driven environmental changes, new research shows. The study provides arguably the world's most clear-cut case of animal evolution in response to change made by humans.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Climate change is driving more extreme heat and more air pollution from wildfires, each of which put human health at risk.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Lithium-sulfur batteries have never lived up to their potential as the next generation of renewable batteries for electric vehicles and other devices. But mechanical engineers have now found a way to make these Li-S batteries last longer -- with higher energy levels -- than existing renewable batteries.
Science Daily - Public Health
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A team of engineers has published a study on how international air travel has influenced the spread of COVID-19, finding Western Europe, the Middle East and North America as leading regions in fueling the pandemic.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The ideal material for interfacing electronics with living tissue is soft, stretchable, and just as water-loving as the tissue itself--in short, a hydrogel. Semiconductors, the key materials for bioelectronics such as pacemakers, biosensors, and drug delivery devices, on the other hand, are rigid, brittle, and water-hating, impossible to dissolve in the way hydrogels have traditionally been built.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Environmental Health News’ series “BPA’s Evil Cousin” — which investigated the ubiquitous, unregulated toxic compound BADGE — won second place in the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting category for small market newsrooms in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual awards. Winners of the annual awards — the largest competition of its kind — were announced this week.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
By using a water-splitting system with an aqueous electrolyte, this system is expected to block fire risks and enable stable hydrogen production.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers developed a new method using 3D body shapes to predict body composition, offering a more accessible alternative to traditional medical imaging. This approach can accurately track fat mass changes over time.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers discovered potentially far-reaching effects of a particular gut bacterium that was linked to better growth in Bangladeshi children receiving a therapeutic food designed to nurture healthy gut microbes. A strain of the bacterium harbored in the children's gut microbial communities possessed a previously unknown gene capable of producing and metabolizing key molecules involved in regulating many important functions ranging from appetite, immune responses, neuronal function, and the abi
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers have shown that they can accurately re-create clinical trials of new treatments using 'digital twins' of real cancer patients.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people and infrastructure.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have studied what happens immediately after a stroke in the stem cell niche known as the subventricular zone, using a mouse model.
RAND
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Having shown they can build ingenious technologies, SpaceX and other companies have become critical government partners. If those partnerships are to remain sustainable, both industry and government need to better understand what makes partners reliable. For any organization, that means prioritizing the health, skills, and needs of its workforce.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A historical supernova documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1181 has been lost for centuries, until very recently. Yet, the newly found remnant shows some stunning characteristics that are puzzling astronomers. Now, it surrenders its secrets. A team provides the first detailed study of the supernova's structure and speed of expansion in 3D.
The Hill
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The number of people infected with bird flu in the U.S. has risen to at least 31, federal health officials said Thursday, but there is no evidence of human-to-human spread after blood tests confirmed health workers in Missouri caring for a hospitalized patient were not infected. Speaking to reporters during a briefing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials said multiple tests confirmed five symptomatic health workers did not have any evidence of infection.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents who are offered the option.
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