Credit: Scott Meltzer/public domain Exposure to air pollution is associated with around 7 million premature deaths per year across the world. When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust…
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States with abortion bans see more infant deaths
In the first 18 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, most states with abortion bans saw a rise in infant deaths, new research reveals. Two studies,…
Study reveals opsin 3’s role in mouse appetite control
OPN3 expressing neurons (green) in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Image courtesy of Jonathan Mercado-Reyes. Credit: Jonathan Mercado-Reyes. Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus—which helps to manage body…
Research shows sotagliflozin is the first medication of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly…
New blood test could improve Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, research finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the potential to transform patient…
Star-shaped brain cells may form specialized networks for reward learning
Left: Astrocyte ensemble labeling using AstroLight. Using this tool, the authors obtained a spatial map of the astrocyte ensemble in the nucleus accumbens involved in a cue-motivated behavioral task. Right:…
Dangerous bacteria lurk in hospital sink drains, despite rigorous cleaning, study reveals
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such “health-care-associated infections” (HAI) are a growing problem…
Landmark atlas reveals how aging breast tissue shapes breast cancer risk
A spatial transcriptomics analysis showing six enriched cell types in mammillary tissue in aged mice, including epithelial (green), immune (green) and stroma (blue, red, brown, orange). Credit: The Jackson Laboratory…
Study reveals paramedics face challenging end-of-life care demands
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Paramedics in England are experiencing wide-ranging challenges in responding to the increasing number of end-of-life care patients they are being called out to, according to a…
New study adds to evidence of stroke and heart attack risk with some hormonal contraceptives
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ that draws on prescription…
