(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said this week it would immediately improve enforcement of an age-sensitive ad policy after Reuters found ads for sex toys, liquor and high-risk investments in its search engine that should have been blocked under its efforts to comply with UK regulations. Britain started enforcing regulations last September aimed at protecting […]
A team of University of California, Irvine researchers has discovered a possible reason why L-dopa, the front-line drug for treating Parkinson’s disease, loses efficacy and causes dyskinesia—involuntary, erratic muscle movements of the patient’s face, arms, legs and torso—as treatment progresses. “Paradoxically, the exact therapy that improved the quality of life for tens of thousands of […]
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New research in JAMA Network Open , led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), suggests that male and female physicians may assert themselves differently in academic settings—especially in large, in-person classes, but with differences less evident in smaller or virtual classes. This may lead to gender biases in […]
N95? Gaiter? Bandana, or blue surgical mask? Which one do you wear? Pandemic researchers, looking to shed light on current masking behaviors of U.S. residents, found that cloth masks, scarves, bandanas, and gaiters remain the masks of choice for 64 percent of the population, according to a study by the COVID States Project, a collaborative […]
In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers investigated the binding behavior of spike (S) protein and receptor-binding domain (RBD) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) under different environmental conditions. Study: Binding behavior of spike protein and receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at different environmental […]
Data on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be fully and immediately available for public scrutiny, argue editors at The BMJ today. Twelve years ago, The BMJ called for the release of raw trial data for the antiviral drug Tamiflu after it came to light that governments around the world had spent billions stockpiling antivirals that […]
Biomedical engineering professor and BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Banner—University Medical Center surgeon Dr. John Heusinkveld has now used the device to capture images of study participants’ fallopian tubes for the first time. Due to a lack of effective […]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about the end of many things: the end of office life as we know it, the end of safely learning in schools for the foreseeable future, the end of shopping in stores without waiting on a line first, and the end of normally interacting with family, friends and strangers on the […]
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. We may be on the heels of last year’s holiday season, but in case it slipped your mind, Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away. So you know what that means. Time to […]
