Cart is empty Dr. Raymond Chan’s team from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators have recently shown that amotivation and anhedonia, rather than expressive dysfunction, play a crucial role in determining the social functioning of schizophrenia patients.
More Florida children get treated in ERs for tooth pain than anywhere else in US
Last Wednesday morning, a toddler arrived at the emergency department of UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville with a swollen jaw.
Court sets trial date in 19 PF members Unauthorised Assembly case
By SANFROSSA MBERI in Chingola
THE Chingola Subordinate Court has set August 25, 2023, as the date for commencement of trial in a case where 19 Patriotic Front (PF) members were charged with Unauthorized Assembly in November last year.
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Health deadlines pile up as Congress adjourns for August
Lawmakers leave town at the end of this week with a lengthy to-do list, several health programs expiring Sept. 30 and very few work days left.
Tau-regulating protein identified as a promising target for developing Alzheimer’s disease treatment
A gene encoding a protein linked to tau production—tripartite motif protein 11 (TRIM11)—was found to suppress deterioration in small animal models of neurodegenerative diseases similar to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), while improving cognitive and motor abilities, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
‘Swine flu’ strain has passed from humans to swine nearly 400 times since 2009, study finds
A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic—pdm09—shows that the virus has passed from humans to swine about 370 times since 2009, and subsequent circulation in swine has resulted in the evolution of pdm09 variants that then jumped from swine to humans. Alexey Markin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens.
Complex brain cell connections in the cerebellum more common than believed
In 1906, Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering studies of the microscopic structures of the brain. His famous drawings of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum show a forest of neuron structures, with multiple large branches sprouting from the cell body and splitting into beautiful, leaf-like patterns.
Investigators identify translation gaps in instrument that measures nursing practice environment
Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument’s use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement efforts, its potential may be limited by the availability and quality of translations into different languages.
Engineers and surgeons develop hydrogel patch for treating collapsed airways in newborns
Researchers at the EPFL have achieved a breakthrough in the treatment of tracheomalacia, a condition characterized by weak tracheal cartilage and muscles that normally keep the airway open for proper breathing.
One in four autistic doctors have attempted suicide, new study shows
A quarter (24%) of autistic doctors have attempted suicide, and more than three-quarters (77%) have considered it, according to a new study by Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), Thomas Jefferson University and Autistic Doctors international (ADI)—published in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Nearly half (49%) had also engaged in self harm.