FILE PHOTO: A man, wearing protective face mask rides on a train, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan NenovSOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported 3,502 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, its highest daily tally in three months, while the number of deaths increased to 132, government data […]
Smoke from local wildfires can affect the health of Colorado residents, in addition to smoke from fires in forests as far away as California and the Pacific Northwest. Researchers at Colorado State University, curious about the health effects from smoke from large wildfires across the Western United States, analyzed six years of hospitalization data and […]
Researchers have come up with a better way to test which fabrics work best for masks that are meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. By testing those fabrics under conditions that mimic the humidity of a person's breath, the researchers have obtained measurements that more accurately reflect how the fabrics perform when worn by […]
A new super-resolution system microscopy can assess the pluripotency and differentiation of live stem cells, spearheading a new era in stem-cell research and systems biology. This technology can help in cancer research and development of treatments You might have heard about "stem cells" in the news or in popular science documentaries and wondered if they […]
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at a significantly increased risk of contracting COVID-19 than women without the condition, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed. Researchers are now calling for healthcare policy to specifically encourage women with PCOS to adhere to COVID-19 infection control measures while the global pandemic continues. […]
Although the prevalence of opioid use among Black people is comparatively low, the rate of opioid deaths has increased the sharpest and fastest among that population in recent years, according to an article in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The review by Ayana Jordan, MD, Ph.D., of Yale University School of Medicine […]
Cooperation is generally a good thing—working together to reach a goal. But in the case of cancer, it can be detrimental. University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered that cooperation between two key genes drive cancer growth, spread and treatment resistance in one particularly aggressive type of breast cancer. The good news is, though, with this […]
A nurse who contracted COVID-19 last year is finally home, months after he was admitted to hospital with complications related to the illness that left him paralyzed. Last summer, Desmon Silva, 23, was working on the frontlines of the pandemic at a hospital in Tampa, Florida when he became infected with the virus. On July […]
Who doesn’t love a good, spicy meal that heats up your whole body? Sometimes all you want is a delicious, spicy dish to get those tastebuds going. Sure, you could go for a sriracha-filled dinner or a spicy taco. If you’re feeling really crazy, maybe you’d even try a spicy buffalo latte. But, if you […]
New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened beverages regularly are at increased risk for death from any cause and breast cancer in particular. Compared to women who never or rarely drank non-diet soda, those who reported drinking non-diet soda five times or more per week had a […]
