When Yoni Silverman, now 13, was a toddler, his parents fretted as he missed milestone after milestone. The New York City couple took their son to a host of specialists, searching for answers about why he wasn’t speaking and had difficulty with balance, among other developmental issues.
Report: 2020 to 2021 saw increase in maternal mortality rates
From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in the maternal mortality rate, which was seen across racial and ethnic groups and across ages, according to a report published in the March Health E-Stats, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.
Q&A: Is it allergies or a sinus infection?
I have had allergies since childhood, suffering during both the spring and fall seasons. This past month, however, I am experiencing more congestion and mucus, and I even have some facial pain. I’m beginning to wonder if my symptoms are really from allergies or if they may be caused by a sinus infection instead. How can I tell the difference?
Seniors with anxiety frequently don’t get help. Here’s why
Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associated with considerable distress as well as ill health, diminished quality of life, and elevated rates of disability.
Redlined yesterday, unhealthy today: The link between historic housing discrimination, poor health
Ninety years after the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation enacted the discriminatory practice of color-coding neighborhoods by desirability for mortgage lenders, redlined neighborhoods—areas inhabited largely by Black families—continue to suffer poorer health than greenlined, majority-white neighborhoods, which tend to flourish healthwise and financially.
A closer look at Matcha tea powder’s antidepressant-like effects
Matcha, a traditional Japanese tea, has been touted for its health benefits—it can boost mood and mental performance in humans and mice alike—but more mechanistic research is required. Hence, researchers from Japan evaluated the anti-depressive effects of Matcha tea powder in mice. The powder activates dopaminergic neural circuits and improves depression in certain mice, depending on the animal’s prior mental state. More studies like this could help develop better antidepressants.
Losing a key type of pancreatic cell may contribute to diabetes
Multiple types of beta cells produce insulin in the pancreas, helping to balance blood sugar levels. Losing a particularly productive type of beta cell may contribute to the development of diabetes, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
Progress in unlocking the brain’s ‘code’ for depression
Clinical depression is a common psychiatric condition with often devastating consequences. A new study in Biological Psychiatry advances our fundamental understanding of the neural circuitry of depression in the human brain.
Malfunctioning immune cell behavior could be drug target in long COVID
Greater Manchester Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning behavior of a type of immune cell is linked to specific symptoms of long- COVID.
Study identifies the human genes enabling SARS-CoV-2 infection
The activity of a gene called CIART is a key factor in the establishment of the viral infection that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York University Grossman School of Medicine.