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Helicobacter pylori infection found to lower cognition among adults in the UK

Researchers evaluated the association between Helicobacter pylori and cognition.

9 Jun 2023

Consumers view plant-based meats as healthier, but are they ready to swap steaks for seitan?

Study explores the perception of meat alternatives as healthier options, revealing consumers often misjudge their nutritional value, especially protein content. This underlines the need for clear and honest nutritional information.

8 Jun 2023

Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in autistic adolescents

Autistic individuals often rely on Medicaid for insurance, but the transition to adulthood can, and often does, impact their enrollment status.

8 Jun 2023

Examining the effects of disseminating academic performance data on parents’ school choices

For years, parents looking for data to compare the academic quality of schools for their children had one primary measure to turn to: average student scores on standardized tests.

8 Jun 2023

Study: Only 50% of athletes can identify sudden cardiac arrest or provide CPR

It is well known that early resuscitation with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an automated external defibrillator (AED) saves lives, and in most sports-related sudden cardiac arrest events, trainers or medical personnel respond and initiate protocols to resuscitate a player while other athletes standby.

8 Jun 2023

Study finds a dramatic increase in the use of non-LSD hallucinogens among young adults

Young adults ages 19 to 30 nearly doubled their past 12-month use of non-LSD hallucinogens in the United States from 2018 to 2021, according to a study by the University of Michigan and Columbia University.

8 Jun 2023

Penn Medicine researchers receive $6 million NIH grant to gain new insights on cardiac cellular identity

Historically, scientists have studied how cells develop and give rise to specialized cells, such as heart, liver, or skin cells, by examining specific proteins.

8 Jun 2023

National experts explore public health information system's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

The pandemic has placed a spotlight on public health -- its workforce, infrastructure and underlying information systems designed to collect, analyze and manage public health data.

8 Jun 2023

“List diving” contributes to disparities in organ transplantation

A kidney from a deceased donor is supposed to be allocated to the top-ranked patient on a transplant center's waiting list, identified using an objective algorithm to rank patients based on patient age, waiting time, and other factors.

8 Jun 2023

Trial finds mixed success of chatbots in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence among Asians

Chatbots had mixed success in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence and acceptance among the most hesitant individuals in Asia, according to a new randomized control trial.

8 Jun 2023

Heart attack patients with concurrent COVID-19 have higher mortality risk, research shows

New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows that patients who went to a hospital with a heart attack and were simultaneously sick with COVID-19 were three times more likely to die than patients experiencing a heart attack without a COVID-19 infection.

8 Jun 2023

Massage therapists ease the pain of hospice patients — but aren’t easy to find

Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as “whispering to the body through touch.”

8 Jun 2023

The prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countries

Researchers discussed iron nutrition among preschoolers residing in high-income countries.

8 Jun 2023

Single virus binds to a single receptor, study reveals

In Europe, the pandemic triggered in 2020 by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is now largely under control. But why this virus is able to spread so efficiently remains unclear. A team of researchers led by Dr. Simone Backes, Dr. Gerti Beliu and Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (JMU) has now shown in a publication in "Angewandte Chemie" that some previous assumptions need to be reconsidered.

8 Jun 2023

New school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD among girls

The University of Chicago Education Lab today released a new study that found school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD, anxiety, and depression among Black and Latina girls.

8 Jun 2023

Study analyzes the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis is a degenerative, debilitating bone disease that is increasingly prevalent in postmenopausal women.

8 Jun 2023

Quality recovery after a evening work may impact mood at work the next day, study finds

The quality of recovery a person experiences on a given evening after work may impact their mood when they start their job again the next day, according to new research published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

8 Jun 2023

Level of fat within the body's muscle may lead to risk of cognitive decline while aging

New research reveals that the level of fat within the body's muscle-;or muscle adiposity-;may indicate a person's likelihood of experiencing cognitive decline as they age.

8 Jun 2023

Conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems with Parkinson's

Speech and voice disorders are common in individuals with Parkinson's disease. New research published in the International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders found that a tele-rehabilitation program that combines conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems.

7 Jun 2023

Electronic health records identified as hidden source of bias impacting clinical trials

Results of clinical trials are only as good as the data upon which they rest. This is especially true in terms of diversity -; if most people in a trial are from a certain race or socioeconomic group, then the results may not be broadly applicable.

7 Jun 2023

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Education News and Research

Helicobacter pylori infection found to lower cognition among adults in the UK

Consumers view plant-based meats as healthier, but are they ready to swap steaks for seitan?

Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in autistic adolescents

Examining the effects of disseminating academic performance data on parents’ school choices

Study: Only 50% of athletes can identify sudden cardiac arrest or provide CPR

Study finds a dramatic increase in the use of non-LSD hallucinogens among young adults

Penn Medicine researchers receive $6 million NIH grant to gain new insights on cardiac cellular identity

National experts explore public health information system's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

“List diving” contributes to disparities in organ transplantation

Trial finds mixed success of chatbots in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence among Asians

Heart attack patients with concurrent COVID-19 have higher mortality risk, research shows

Massage therapists ease the pain of hospice patients — but aren’t easy to find

The prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countries

Single virus binds to a single receptor, study reveals

New school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD among girls

Study analyzes the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Quality recovery after a evening work may impact mood at work the next day, study finds

Level of fat within the body's muscle may lead to risk of cognitive decline while aging

Conventional speech therapy and singing may help improve patients' voice problems with Parkinson's

Electronic health records identified as hidden source of bias impacting clinical trials

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