Intervening with physical activity appears to mitigate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, a systematic review and meta-analysis of almost 2,500 participants found. Greater reductions were observed for children older than 13 years and those having a diagnosis of mental illness and/or depression versus other conditions, according to Hong Kong researchers reporting in JAMA Pediatrics. “There […]
Scrolling through TikTok last night had me doing a double take — is Kanye West doing a video with Kim Kardashian?! It turns out, their daughter North West just looks that much like her rapper dad (who also goes by Ye). In a video posted to the official Kim and North TikTok account, which is […]
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers investigated the reasons for the rapid advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) XBB.1.5, a sublineage of the Omicron recombinant mutant XBB in the United States of America (USA). Study: Enhanced transmissibility of XBB.1.5 is contributed by both strong ACE2 binding and antibody […]
Levels of LDL cholesterol, the so-called “bad cholesterol” that blocks arteries, have been found to be 20% higher immediately after Christmas compared to the summer. A leading testing expert is warning this could lead to increased risk of heart attacks or strokes. He’s urging everyone to check out their cholesterol levels and cut back on […]
Nursing union orchestrating chaotic NHS-wide strikes tells Government it would ‘meet halfway’ in hint it would accept 10% pay rise The Royal College of Nursing is coordinating the nurses’ strikes in England Pat Cullen, its general secretary, called for Government to increase pay by 19% She said the figure is a ‘starting point’ and called […]
More than one-third of TRICARE military beneficiaries live in communities with inadequate access to psychiatrists, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Network Open. Marigee Bacolod, Ph.D., from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and colleagues assessed geographic variation in the availability of military and civilian psychiatrists within a 30-minute driving […]
Long COVID has emerged as a pandemic within the pandemic. As scientists work to untangle the many remaining unanswered questions about how the initial infection impacts the body, they must now also investigate why some people develop debilitating, chronic symptoms that last months to years longer. A new machine learning tool is here to help. […]
Simulations that help determine how a large-scale pandemic will spread can take weeks or even months to run. A recent study in PLOS Computational Biology offers a new approach to epidemic modeling that could drastically speed up the process. The study uses sparsification, a method from graph theory and computer science, to identify which links […]
National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. This approach contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings. A genotype-first approach to patient care involves selecting patients with specific genomic variants and then studying their traits and […]
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers evaluated changes in the mental health status of university-attending students in France 15.0 months post-commencement of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Study: Mental Health Symptoms of University Students 15 Months After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in France. Image Credit: […]
