Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transgender women keep their prostates even after gender-affirming surgery, but the extent to which they remain at risk of prostate cancer has been unclear. Now a…
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Clouds carry drug-resistant bacteria across distances: study
Atmospheric monitoring could help pinpoint the sources of drug-resistant bacteria found in clouds, researchers said. For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially…
Research shows coaches who lead with empathy get more out of athletes
Credit: Routledge Gone are the days of dictatorial leaders in sport, screaming from the side-lines and insulting their players, and instead we are seeing an era of emotionally intelligent leaders…
Brain differences suggest that children and adults use different strategies to understand social interactions
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Understanding the meaning of social interactions is an important human ability that relies on deciphering different kinds of social information. For example, perceiving body and face…
Mortality high for patients with concurrent TB, COVID-19
Patients with concurrent tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 have a high risk for death, according to a study published online April 26 in PLOS Global Public Health. Alice V. Easton, Ph.D.,…
What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. Ticks will be more…
Older drivers drinking or using drugs up to four times likelier to be at fault during a car crash
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Substance use among older drivers increases the probability of them being at-fault two to four times during a crash, a new study, analyzing nine years’ worth…
A soothing remedy for gambling addiction
Oxyhemoglobin (oxy-Hb) concentration in the prefrontal cortex in response to auditory stimulation using nature sounds was remarkably low in participants, indicating positive physiological effects. Fig 2. Using the modified semantic…
Discovery could improve survival of bladder cancer patients
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a discovery that could improve the survival of bladder cancer patients, Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a biomarker signature test to predict which tumors will…
Study finds inhaling ethanol can disable influenza A in mice
The study found that mice treated with ethanol vapor are protected from lethal respiratory infections caused by the influenza A virus. Credit: Dr. Miho Tamai and Prof. Hiroki Ishikawa (OIST)…
