Infant gut microbiome is crucial for immune development and influences the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) later in life. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of…
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Cerebral cortex synapses transmit signals more reliably than those in rear brain regions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Leipzig University’s Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal transmission between brain cells functions very reliably even at low…
Adults who survived childhood cancer are at increased risk of severe COVID-19, says new study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who have survived cancer as children are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, even decades after their diagnosis. This is shown by a new…
Physician associates provide safe care for diagnosed patients when directly supervised by a doctor
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Physician associates provide safe and effective care when they work under the direct supervision of doctors and care for patients who have already been diagnosed, or…
Conservatives notch 2 victories in their fight to deny Planned Parenthood federal funding through Medicaid
Conservatives have won two important battles in their decades-long campaign against Planned Parenthood, a network of affiliated clinics that are the largest provider of reproductive health services in the U.S.…
Archaeologists uncover elite Hellenistic residence in North Macedonia
Excavations by the Museum of Kumanovo near the village of Mlado Nagoričane in the municipality of Staro Nagoričane have uncovered a Hellenistic-era residence dating to the 4th century BC. The…
AI and biophysics unite to forecast high-risk viral variants before outbreaks
Professor Eugene Shakhnovich (from left), Dianzhuo (John) Wang, and Vaibhav Mohanty worked together on the studies. Credit: Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer When the first reports of a new COVID-19 variant emerge,…
Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts will leave them even more vulnerable
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. will lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income families and…
Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts would leave them even more vulnerable
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. would lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income families and…
Speedballing – the deadly mix of stimulants and opioids – requires a new approach to prevention and treatment
Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or fentanyl – has evolved from a niche subculture to a widespread…
