Adjunctive use of therapy dogs in standard child-life therapy is tied to a modest but significantly greater reduction in both child-reported and parental-reported child anxiety in the pediatric emergency department, according to a study published online March 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second.
You’re in the middle of the afternoon, eyelids heavy, focus slipping. You close your eyes for half an hour and wake up feeling recharged. But later that night, you’re tossing and turning in bed, wondering why you can’t drift off. That midday snooze which felt so refreshing at the time might be the reason.
In a study published in AIDS Research and Therapy, Ph.D. candidate Thinh Vu explores the temporal trends in the time from HIV diagnosis to the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) across the Asia-Pacific region. This cohort study, analyzing data from nearly 15,000 adults living with HIV from nine countries/territories between 2013 and 2023, found a substantial decrease in the median time to ART initiation.
New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions—developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte—reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is evolving to escape immunological defenses raised by previous infection or vaccination in mammals.
Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump administration.
Every year, millions of family members and friends provide care for loved ones undergoing cancer treatment, often at great emotional cost. A new scoping review, published in Archives of Geriatrics and Gerontology Plus, confirms the toll that this work can take on caregivers’ mental health.
We all recognize the benefits of regular aerobic or cardiovascular exercise to support our heart and lung health. Being active is also good for our social and mental health. And strength training promotes strong bones and muscles.
Systolic blood pressure kept under 130 reduces the risk of heart-related death by about 26% among people 80 or older, researchers report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, an international survey, led by University of Queensland researchers, has found. The research is published in Addiction.