Rio de Janeiro announced new restrictions Thursday on bars, restaurants and beaches, seeking to contain a surge of COVID-19 that
Month: March 2021
Smoking cessation drug may treat Parkinson’s in women
Texas A&M University College of Medicine ressearchers have recently discovered that cytisine—a smoking cessation drug commonly used in Europe—reduces the
A new strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests to detect outbreaks early
Researchers have proposed a new quantitative strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests in order to monitor spread and detect outbreaks early
Cancer ‘guardian’ breaks bad with one switch
A mutation that replaces a single amino acid in a potent tumor-suppressing protein turns it from saint to sinister. A
Failing to see the forest for the trees may prevent better cardiovascular outcomes
Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus
Artificial intelligence reveals current drugs that may help combat Alzheimer’s disease
New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are desperately needed, but numerous clinical trials of investigational drugs have failed to generate promising
Researchers illuminate potential precursors of blood cancers
Utah researchers report significant new insights into the development of blood cancers. In work published today in Blood Cancer Discovery, a
Accelerating gains in abdominal fat during menopause tied to heart disease risk
Women who experience an accelerated accumulation of abdominal fat during menopause are at greater risk of heart disease, even if
Scientists discover why blood type may matter for COVID infection
A new study provides further evidence that people with certain blood types may be more likely to contract COVID-19. Specifically,
