Cart is empty According to Rosean Bishop, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, Minnesota, resilient people are made, not born. Becoming more resilient is something that can be developed at any age or phase of life.
Mice exhibit altruistic rescue behavior linked to oxytocin-driven brain pathways
In a new study, researchers have found that mice can instinctively exhibit rescue-like behavior toward anesthetized conspecifics—without any prior training or external rewards. The study, published in PNAS, offers compelling evidence that prosocial behavior may be deeply rooted in biology, extending even to small mammals like mice.
FDA warning hits Minnesota-made infusion pumps for missing regulatory checks
Medical device maker ICU Medical changed the designs of infusion pumps made in Minnesota without properly clearing important regulatory checks after a recent recall, according to a Food and Drug Administration warning letter.
Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?
Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as New York and more than three times as many as Texas—the two states with the largest number of Medicaid participants after California.
Will pollen allergies get worse in South Florida as climate turns hotter?
It’s that time of the year when yellow pollen coats everything from windshields to streets. It’s not just from flowers and shrubs. Pollen that piles up under oak and pine trees also add some of the sneeziest allergens to the mix.
Health experts say axing CDC research on maternal health is a ‘huge’ step backward
Researchers and community workers in Georgia are speaking out against deep cuts to work on maternal and infant mortality that appear in a draft budget proposal for federal health funding.
Novel approach for diagnosing TB could significantly improve detection
A new strategy for tuberculosis (TB) screening, proposed by a team of researchers led by Queen Mary University of London, provides a solution to problems with current TB screening, which does not always accurately detect disease. Simultaneously screening for both active and dormant TB infection could save lives, curtail infection rates, and rewrite the story of the continued spread of this disease.
UN warns vaccine-preventable diseases on the rise globally
Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and cuts to international aid, the United Nations and the Gavi vaccine alliance warned Wednesday.
Bluebells and other spring flowers can be nature’s antidote to stressful times
Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise their heads each spring under the budding beech leaves of the Hallerbos forest, an annual explosion of color that draws crowds from around the world.
Newly discovered cells in connective tissue open up strategy against pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. The newly discovered cells counteract tumor development and may therefore be a target for research into new treatments for pancreatic cancer, which is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. The work is published in the journal Cancer Research.