Same genetic defects shared by some patients with motor neuron disease and frontotemporal dementia

New research has discovered that some patients with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) carry the same rare genetic defects that cause other neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers from the Macquarie University MND Research Centre and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research have identified the defects in the genomes of some people with non-inherited, or sporadic, MND […]

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Youth Depression Jumped During the Pandemic, Study Finds

Children and adolescents experienced an increase in depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the worldwide healthcare crisis, with females from higher income families having the most marked increased, Canadian researchers reported this month in JAMA Pediatrics. Results of the systematic review and meta-analysis highlight “a need for government to develop urgent and strategic plans to address […]

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Scientists recommend eliminating unnecessary use of quaternary ammonium compounds

The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the unnecessary use of antimicrobial chemicals linked to health problems, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental harm, warn more than two dozen scientists in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology. Their critical review details how quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are increasingly marketed and used in home, healthcare, education, and workplace settings despite the availability of safer […]

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