Consort diagram of randomized and observational groups. Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; FAS, full analysis set; FAS-P, full analysis set with PCR data; mRNA, messenger RNA; PCR, polymerase chain reaction;…
Category: Humans
New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart conditions. Scientists already know that…
Experts outline recommendations for reducing traumatic birth experiences
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels International experts have published recommendations for practice, policy and research that have the potential to reduce the occurrence of negative birth experiences and the development…
Are You At Risk of Burnout?
Summary: Researchers highlighted that around 13% of Norwegian employees are at high risk of burnout. The study introduces a novel tool, the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT), designed to identify individuals…
Antidepressants Impact Brain Development – Neuroscience News
Summary: Using antidepressants during pregnancy, specifically fluoxetine (found in Prozac and Sarafem), can significantly affect a child’s brain development, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, potentially increasing the risk of mental…
Understanding Impatience: Why We Hate Waiting Around
Summary: A new study delves into the psychological dynamics of impatience, exploring why waiting feels so arduous. Through two comprehensive studies, researchers investigate how the need for closure exacerbates impatience,…
Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads
The leading contenders in the 2024 presidential election are two of the three oldest people ever to serve as president. President Joe Biden is 81. Former President Donald Trump is…
Brazil’s health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic
Zuleida greets and speaks with municipal health workers and volunteers who are inspecting the Tabajaras favela for standing water where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can breed, in an effort to stop…
Inequities in HIV testing, diagnosis and care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Dispartities in HIV testing for people with intellectual disabilities is becoming a common challenge. Credit: T.G. James, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. People with…
Ancient megalithic plaza found in the Andes
Archaeologists from the University of Wyoming (UW) have uncovered a megalithic plaza in the Cajamarca Basin of northern Peru. According to the researchers, the plaza dates from around 4,750 years…
