Cart is empty Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that vaping nicotine during pregnancy may be no safer for a developing fetus than smoking cigarettes. The study suggests that vaping nicotine interferes with fetal bone and lung development.
Cannabis use associated with increased risk of surgical complications, according to study
People who are regular cannabis users are at an increased risk of experiencing complications before, during, and after surgery, according to a study by researchers with UTHealth Houston published today in JAMA Surgery.
Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music and language, study shows
Distinct, though neighboring, areas of the brain are activated when processing music and language, with specific sub-regions engaged for simple melodies versus complex melodies, and for simple versus complex sentences, according to research from UTHealth Houston.
German recommendations on the structure of intensive care units published internationally
Six months after the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) published the DIVI Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units the journal Frontiers in Medicine published a translated English version open access.
Study shows adequate sleep may help prevent dementia for African Americans with genetic risk factor
Could something as basic as a good night’s sleep protect African Americans who have a gene variant linked to Alzheimer’s Disease?
Screening during IVF for inherited diseases can greatly reduce costs of care
For prospective parents who are carriers of many inherited diseases, using in vitro fertilization along with genetic testing would significantly lower health care expenditures, according to researchers at Stanford Medicine.
Expert strikes down myths on avoiding lightning strikes
Summer brings to mind sunny days and relaxing vacations, but the season’s dark side makes it one of the busiest times of the year for a University of Maryland “fulminologist”—a scientist specializing in lightning research.
Three Sugilites ‘thieves’ arrested in Mansa
By NATION REPORTER
THREE people have been arrested in Mansa for the offences of unlawful possession of suspected Sugilite Mineral Ore and criminal trespass.
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No increase in mortality for most overweight people, study finds
Body mass index (BMI) may not increase mortality independently of other risk factors in adults, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE by Aayush Visaria and Soko Setoguchi of Rutgers University.
Study suggests depression after traumatic brain injury could represent a new, distinct disease
A new study led by Shan Siddiqi, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, suggests that depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a clinically distinct disorder rather than traditional major depressive disorder, with implications for patient treatment. The findings are published in Science Translational Medicine.