It’s not just wisdom that gives some people a sense of well-being as they age. A new study shows that while wise people tend to be more satisfied with their lives, wisdom also works to strengthen resilience and mastery to reduce stress and enable a person to better handle late life adversity and aging-related losses. […]
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A method of highly accurate and sensitive virus identification using Raman spectroscopy, a portable virus capture device and machine learning could enable real-time virus detection and identification to help battle future pandemics, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. “This virus detection method is label-free and not aimed at any specific virus, […]
Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that can lead to death. The exact treatment for prostate cancer will depend on the person and the cancer’s severity. Researchers are still working to improve treatment options for prostate cancer. A recent study found that the combined use of three different therapies improved the survival rate among […]
To follow the unpredictable evolution of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the global sequencing and surveillance capacity for SARS-CoV-2 must be reinforced, as well as multidisciplinary studies of infectivity, virulence, and immune escape. The World Health Organization (WHO) set up a group to track severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) evolution, as well as monitor […]
While research has demonstrated that stress can impact immune function, the exact mechanisms by which these alterations occur in the brain remain unknown. A new Nature study explores how acute stressors affected mice in terms of their immune responses in specific regions of the brain. Study: Brain Motor and Fear Circuits Regulate Leukocytes During Acute Stress. […]
A breakdown in how brain cells rid themselves of waste precedes the buildup of debris-filled plaques known to occur in Alzheimer's disease, a new study in mice shows. For decades, scientists argued that such plaques, which contain the protein amyloid beta, built up outside of cells as a crucial first step toward the brain damage […]
Elizabeth Melville and her husband are gradually hiking all 48 mountain peaks that top 4,000 feet in New Hampshire. “I want to do everything I can to stay healthy so that I can be skiing and hiking into my 80s — hopefully even 90s!” said the 59-year-old part-time ski instructor who lives in the vacation […]
A US medical team said Thursday they had reconstructed a human ear using the patient’s own tissue to create a 3D bioimplant, a pioneering procedure they hope can be used to treat people with a rare birth defect. The surgery was performed as part of an early-stage clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy […]
Jeannie Mai Jenkins has officially introduced her 5-month-old daughter Monaco to the world. The talk show host shared sweet pictures on her Instagram and posted a video to YouTube that gives fans an adorable, candid look at her little one. Footage includes shots of Monaco shortly after being born, close-ups of her tiny hands, her […]
