Brain scans of people taken while they performed various tasks — and even did nothing — accurately predicted whether they were politically conservative or liberal, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers found that the “signatures” in the brain revealed by the scans were as accurate at predicting political ideology as the strongest […]
How does the media’s portrayal of tobacco and e-cigarette use affect whether young adults decide to smoke? That’s the overarching question two recent studies from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication aimed to answer. The first, published in the Journal of Communication, found that negative media coverage of these behaviors mattered in reducing intent to smoke, […]
A 28-patient phase 1 gene therapy clinical trial for the degenerative retinal disease Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) found no significant safety concerns; however, treatment failed to improve or slow vision loss, with even the highest dose. LHON affects the optic nerve, which carries visual signals from the light-sensing retina to the brain. The study, […]
The first study to comprehensively examine how young people’s health behaviors changed over a two-year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic finds both pros and cons. Australian teens had overall improvements in sleep over the two years and some improvements in dietary choices during lockdown, however these were offset by increases in already concerning levels of […]
The most common mutation in the human genome is the C>T mutation, which causes half of all genetic diseases resulting from point mutations. For example, the one causing Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a genetic disease in which over 90% have a C>T mutation. In a new study in Nature Communications, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the […]
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Shopping for kids’ pajamas should be a breeze, but it can quickly become overwhelming with so many retailers to shop from. We know the frustration of narrowing down the best places to buy kids’ […]
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Pulling No Punches on Abortion Reading the leaked draft opinion felt like a punch in the uterus (“Historic ‘Breach’ Puts Abortion Rights Supporters and Opponents on Alert for Upcoming Earthquake,” May […]
There’s nothing more unfair than getting to your mid-20s or 30s and finding that you still get travel sick. If you’ve tried those little wrist bands, tablets and staring into the distance, writer and motion sickness warrior Sakshi Udavant has found another, more promising solution. I love travelling, but there’s one thing that always holds […]
It happens every year, especially in winter. A virus saunters into your wide-open respiratory tract, worms its way into lung cells, and, next thing you know, you're lying in bed with a fever, aches, and chills-;classic symptoms of influenza, or flu. Research led by UC Riverside bioengineers may help stop that cycle. The team has […]
New research has uncovered how genetic changes that accumulate slowly in blood stem cells throughout life are likely to be responsible for the dramatic change in blood production after the age of 70. The study, by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and collaborators, is published today in the […]
