Soon after its emergence at the end of 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a devastating wave of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths throughout the world. The SARS-CoV-2 infection causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is associated with a wide range of clinical features and an unpredictable prognosis. In a recent iScience journal pre-proof study, the authors […]

Ever since I started making out, fooling around and having sex with other people when I was in my teens, a hot topic of conversation among me and girlfriends was feelings of attachment after we’d had a great, passionate session with a potential partner. I’ve had — and heard of — experiences from women who really weren’t that into someone […]

Using new technologies to study thousands of genes simultaneously within immune cells, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford School of Medicine have created the most detailed map yet of how complex networks of genes function together. The new insights into how these genes relate to each other shed light on both the basic drivers of immune […]

As the incidence of obesity increases worldwide, there are concerns about maternal obesity as studies have found associations between maternal obesity and depression in mothers during pregnancy, which are associated with higher risks of psychological and neurodevelopmental disorders in the mother’s offspring. Though these factors can have an impact on the fetus, previous research hasn’t analyzed these factors within the […]

Shingles: Symptoms and effects of virus We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that leads […]

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will use a $3.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how HIV impacts the human body, from mouth lesions to oral cancer. HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system and interferes with its ability to fight infections. More than a […]

Patients identified by nuclear stress testing as having severe stress-induced myocardial ischemia (lack of blood flow to the heart) are likely to benefit from heart bypass surgery or angioplasty, while those with mild or no ischemia are not, according to a new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The procedures, known as coronary revascularization, restore blood […]

A new study confirms the very high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) faced by patients with cirrhosis who have been cured of hepatitis C, a finding the researchers hope will encourage clinicians to communicate risk information to patients and encourage regular HCC screening. On average, the predicted probability of HCC in cirrhosis patients was 410 times greater than the equivalent […]

Portugal: Omicron subvariant drives spike in Covid-19 cases We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info However, just as the virus changes, so does the technology and know-how […]

For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works. In the latest of these efforts, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine measured the effects of mindfulness on pain perception and brain activity. The study, published July […]