Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New advances in the fight against a range of cancers have been revealed at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which…
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Breastfeeding for longer may be linked to better exam results in later life
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed…
Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature baby may reduce risk of infant mortality by almost a third
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A method of care involving skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her prematurely born or low birth weight baby appears to impact the child’s chances of…
Microglia’s Role in Controlling Anxiety and OCD
Summary: A new study reveals how microglia can regulate anxiety and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD) behaviors. Traditionally overlooked in favor of neurons, specific microglia populations were found to both stimulate…
Pumping the brakes on autoimmune disease
This visualization shows BTLA being recognized by the antibody LY3361237. Credit: Carl Ware/Sanford Burnham Prebys Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys, collaborating with scientists from Eli Lilly and Company, have revealed…
Police seize dozens of clay pavement bricks with imprints of the Legio X Equestris |
Israeli Police in Jerusalem have seized dozens of clay pavement bricks with imprints of the Legio X Equestris during a raid against antiquities smugglers. The Legio X Fretensis “Tenth legion…
Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in the Earth’s crust. Exposure to arsenic, often through contaminated food and water, is associated with various negative health effects, including cancer. Arsenic…
Depression and Urban Deprivation: Unseen Accelerators of Biological Aging
Summary: A new study reveals a possible link between depressive symptoms, living in deprived urban neighborhoods, and accelerated aging. The research utilized DNA methylation-based epigenetic clocks to estimate biological age…
More than 3 in 5 children do not receive timely mental health services after firearm injury, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than three in five children (63%) enrolled in Medicaid do not receive mental health services within six months after a firearm injury, according to a…
