Cart is empty New research has uncovered critical gaps in an emerging global public health tool for detecting environmental fecal contamination—which is linked to life-threatening diarrheal diseases that cause 1.2 million deaths each year.
Mind reading: Do brain scans foretell your baby’s social skills?
“A really big question that, at least I ask myself, is, ‘How do we become who we are?'” University of Virginia psychology graduate student Olivia Allison said. New work she is conducting in UVA’s Baby Lab is aiming to find an answer to that question.
Lab holding Ebola in DRC’s Goma ‘safe’: WHO
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma—which has been seized by the M23 armed group—is safe, WHO said Friday.
Researchers call for regulations to enhance safety of medicines through e-pharmacies in India and Kenya
Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health, with collaborators from Strathmore Business School in Kenya and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, are researching the rapidly growing e-pharmacy sector in India and Kenya.
Study unveils new insights into how neural stem cells are activated in the adult human brain
A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation dynamics of neural stem cells (NSCs). These are the stem cells that build our central nervous systems and self-renew.
Dietary supplement shown to restore cardiac function
A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart failure in animal models, providing further evidence of the supplement’s efficacy for potential use in humans.
Influenza surge overcrowding Michigan emergency rooms
Emergency rooms across the state are overcrowded and patients are waiting longer than usual due to an influx of influenza.
VR training: Still no substitute for the real thing, says study
The virtual-reality (VR) cognitive-training tool NeuroTracker, also known as 3D-MOT, does not enhance the performance of teenage elite athletes on the field, according to a new study led by Université de Montréal adjunct professor of optometry Thomas Romeas.
To sit or to cycle: What type of desk is best for students?
So-called “active desks”—sit/stand desks, desk bikes with pedals (known as cycling desks) and traditional stationary bikes—are increasingly being made available in schools and workplaces. Unfortunately, however, they rarely come with proper instructions on how to use them.
‘Ozempic face’ and other top trends in plastic surgery
Add surgical tweaks to fix the so-called “Ozempic face” to the list of top trending cosmetic procedures, as tallied by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS).