Cart is empty A rapid genetic testing model for patients with advanced prostate cancer can more quickly identify those with “actionable” gene variants eligible for newer targeted therapies, reports a clinical trial in The Journal of Urology.
Physical appearance of video game characters affects girls’ body image dissatisfaction, shows study
What impact does watching television or playing video games have on body image satisfaction? Does the physical appearance of the characters in series, films and video games have any effect on the self-image of children aged 5 to 9? According to the study Body Satisfaction and Screen Media Usage in Spanish Schoolchildren, conducted by researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the answer to this question is yes.
Lawmakers want to tighten access to veterinary drug xylazine, often mixed with fentanyl
Congressional leaders introduced a bill on Tuesday that would further restrict access to the veterinary drug xylazine, which is now being added to fentanyl powder.
Head-mounted microscope brings unprecedented view of neuronal activity in mice
Miniature microscopes attached to the heads of living mice have enabled researchers to gain important insights about the neuronal pathways behind complex behaviors. Now, researchers report a new generation of head-mounted microscopes that achieve a field of view of about four millimeters (mm) in diameter, an order of magnitude larger than previous designs while weighing significantly less.
FDA approves first over-the-counter nasal spray for opioid overdoses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the over-the-counter use of a nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose.
Five important things you should have learned in sex ed—but probably didn’t
If you grew up in the ’90s and ’00s, you may feel that sex education didn’t teach you much of practical value. Most sex education during this time followed a “prevention” approach, focusing on avoiding pregnancy and STIs, with most information largely targeted at heterosexual people.
Living with pet cats or dogs is associated with fewer food allergies in young children
In an analysis of more than 65,000 infants from Japan, children exposed to pet cats or indoor dogs during fetal development or early infancy tended to have fewer food allergies compared to other children, according to a study published March 29, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hisao Okabe from the Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, Japan, and colleagues.
It can take nine years to make an OCD diagnosis, say researchers
Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people—that’s about half a million Australians.
Flu boosts short-term odds for heart attack 6-fold
Getting the flu isn’t fun for many reasons, but it can also trigger a heart attack, a new study suggests.
Excess death gap widens between US and Europe
A new analysis shows that, compared to similarly high-income European countries, the U.S. continues to have substantially higher death rates at all but the oldest ages, resulting in more “excess deaths,” and this gap widened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrick Heuveline, of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), presents these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 29, 2023.