Cart is empty US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs and implement a major restructuring of his department, aiming to refocus efforts on chronic disease prevention as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
‘Sky is not falling’ over 23andMe bankruptcy, says expert
On March 23, direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe announced it had filed for bankruptcy. The move came after the company, which generated genetic profiles based on saliva samples from customers, faced financial woes and a data breach in recent years.
The human leg adjusts stiffness during hopping, revealing a surprising muscle behavior
When you hop, run or jump, your legs behave like springs, absorbing and returning energy with each step. But what happens to your muscles and tendons to make this possible? Associate Professor Daisuke Takeshita and doctoral student Kazuki Kuriyama from the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo have revealed the way our legs adapt to fast movements.
Hypertension causes kidney changes at an early stage, finds study
A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The results show that high blood pressure can lead to abnormalities in the podocytes, specialized cells in the renal filter, even without other pre-existing conditions such as diabetes.
A playbook for grit: Three lessons from performance psychology research
How can some competitive athletes push through injuries, losses and years of training without giving up, while others throw in the towel?
Digital technology and AI can support workers with dementia: New research
People with dementia can enjoy productive and rewarding working lives in the digital era, contrary to the widespread stereotype that dementia is incompatible with the use of modern technology, according to new research from the University of Bath.
Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm
The Trump administration’s firing and furloughing of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors have obviously caused economic hardship for Americans employed in national parks, research labs and dozens of government agencies.
Scientists discover immune cell networks driving deadly lung disease
Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path to new treatments for a condition that kills 80% of patients within a decade.
Study establishes cell death as a driving force in glioblastoma
Glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and lethal brain cancers, has a five-year survival rate of only 6.9%, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. While the relationship between glioblastoma and cell death, also called necrosis, has been established, it had remained unclear whether it contributed to cancer growth or was merely a byproduct of the disease, said Daniel J Brat, MD, Ph.D., chair and the Magerstadt Professor of Pathology, who was senior author of the study.
Long-haul truckers face a daunting array of health risks stemming from their work
They’re on our highways and our state roads. We see them at rest stops and service plazas. They move our economy. Literally. They’re tractor-trailer trucks, and they’re a vital part of the U.S. economy, hauling 70% of consumer and industrial goods and logging about 200 billion miles annually in the United States. Trucks, and the men and women who drive them, play an indispensable role in U.S. society. But truck driving is a high-stress, high-risk profession.