How to Talk to a Child Who Is Struggling
Strategies to help young children open up about tough emotions.
Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Likely to Produce Lasting Immunity, Study Finds
The vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna set off a persistent immune reaction in the body that may protect against the coronavirus for years, scientists reported on Monday. The findings add to growing evidence that most people immunized with the mRNA vaccines may not need boosters, so long as the virus and its variants do…
Are Smoothies Good For You? It Depends.
“Just because there’s a leafy green in it doesn’t make it low-calorie.”
Air Pollution’s Invisible Toll on Your Health
President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan calling for huge investments in clean energy, public transportation and electric vehicles would do a lot more than slow the rate of devastating climate change. It would also protect the health of every American, especially young children and older adults, by reducing the harmful effects of the invisible air pollutants…
Obamacare’s Survival Is Now Assured, but It Still Has One Big Problem
Some Democrats are eager to build on their Affordable Care Act victories in the Supreme Court by filling a gaping hole created along the way: the lack of Medicaid coverage for millions of low-income Americans in 12 states. But so far, Republican leaders in those states are refusing to use the health law to expand…
Maternal diets rich in Omega-3 fatty acids may protect offspring from breast cancer
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – According to researchers at Marshall University, a maternal diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids protects from breast cancer development in offspring. In a new study recently published by Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, researchers noted a significant difference in mice from mothers that were fed a diet rich in canola oil,…
Researchers develop a new technique to treat middle ear infections
IMAGE: An illustration of the cold plasma-integrated otoscope (main figure) and the earbud (inset) for the potential treatment of middle ear infections. view more Credit: Jungeun Won Middle ear infections, also known as otitis media, affect more than 80% of the children in the U.S. In a new study, researchers have designed a miniaturized 3D-printed device…
GluN3A knockout mouse: Alternative model for Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration
In the context of recent debate over the FDA’s approval of aducanumab, it’s refreshing to learn about a model of Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration that doesn’t start with the pathogenic proteins amyloid or Tau. A new paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia from Emory neuroscientist Shan Ping Yu and colleagues focuses on an unusual member of the family…
Study: Hundreds of lives saved in Kansas counties that adopted mask mandates
IMAGE: Donna Ginther. view more Credit: Courtesy of Donna Ginther LAWRENCE — Despite facing cultural and political pushback, the evidence remains clear: Face masks made a difference in Kansas. “These had a huge effect in counties that had a mask mandate,” said Donna Ginther, the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Economics and director of the…
Key mutations in Alpha variant enable SARS-CoV-2 to overcome evolutionary weak points
One of the key mutations seen in the ‘Alpha variant’ of SARS-CoV-2 – the deletion of two amino acids, H69/V70 – enables the virus to overcome chinks in its armour as it evolves, say an international team of scientists. SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus, so named because spike proteins on its surface give it the appearance…