If you haven’t made the social media rounds yet today, let us give you a brief rundown: Will Smith publicly defended his wife Jada Pinkett Smith against a joke from Chris Rock in the slap heard ’round the world at last night’s Oscars. That’s right. When Rock made a “G.I. Jane” quip in reference to Pinkett’s short haircut — which […]

Thought LeadersDr. Amy GelmiProfessor Leslie YeoRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) In this interview, we speak to Dr. Amy Gelmi and Professor Leslie Yeo about their new research that is using sonic waves to turn stem cells into bone cells. Please can you introduce yourself and tell us what inspired your latest research into bone cells? Dr. Amy Gelmi explores […]

More than two-thirds of people who have a type of heart attack not caused by a blood clot also may have undiagnosed heart disease, according to a small study from Scotland. The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, focused on people who had what’s known as Type 2 heart attacks, which result from strain caused by […]

The images are legendary: Tennis stars who hit the deciding match ball just outside the line, golfers who putt the ball past the cup from only inches away, and speakers who suddenly can’t say a word. These individuals all have one thing in common: They are unable to access their performance abilities in a crucial situation. A research team at […]

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Vaccination against infectious diseases is an individual decision that has positive externalities. Vaccinated individuals not only protect themselves against infection but also prevent the transmission of the virus to others. Thus, vaccination can indirectly help unvaccinated individuals get protected from infection, which is known as community immunity or herd immunity. Study: Virtual reality reduces COVID‑19 vaccine hesitancy in the wild: a […]

'Eventually there will be another emergent disease' Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use. And with minor changes, Northwestern University investigators hope the same vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases. In a new study, published in PNAS, 100 percent of […]

CHICAGO — Access to medical cannabis (MC) cut opioid prescriptions for patients with chronic noncancer back pain and patients with osteoarthritis, according to preliminary data presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting. For those with chronic back pain, the average morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day dropped from 15.1 to 11.0 (n = 186; P […]

New drug therapy that could beat the misery of hay fever forever: A combination of two immunotherapy drugs are being trialled as a long-term solution for the condition As a keen gardener, Steve Moore would have liked to spend his Sunday afternoons mowing the lawn. But this task has to be done by his wife Abi, 45, a commercial director, […]

Patients with urinary catheters often get infections. But more comprehensive preventive efforts in health care cut the proportion affected in a group of frail elderly patients from 18 to 4 percent, a study led by University of Gothenburg researchers shows. The study, published in Journal of Infection Prevention, comprises a total of 2,408 patients with acute hip fractures treated at […]