National Football League (NFL) players may be more likely to sustain a specific type of knee injury if they have a shorter period of rest between games, according to researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
Knee injuries…
Category: 5. Health
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Teens driving older vehicles have increased risk for fatal crashes
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. Newer vehicles and driver assistance technologies show promise in reducing crashes and injury severities. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital reviewed national fatal…
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Smart lactation pads can monitor safety of breast milk in real time
Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a lactation pad equipped with sensing technology that allows parents of newborns to monitor breast milk in real time. Publishing in the Cell Press journal Device on May 7,…
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Climate change: Future of today’s young people
Research led by climate scientists from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) reveals that millions of today’s young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires and…
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AI model improves delirium prediction, leading to better health outcomes for hospitalized patients
An artificial intelligence (AI) model improved outcomes in hospitalized patients by quadrupling the rate of detection and treatment of delirium. The model identifies patients at high risk for delirium and alerts a specially-trained team to assess…
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Childhood brain tumors develop early in highly specialized nerve cells
Medulloblastoma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in children and adolescents. It develops in the area of the cerebellum, which is responsible for movement coordination, among other things….
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A new class of molecules against cancer cells refractory to standard treatments
Current anticancer treatments essentially target the primary tumour cells that proliferate quickly, but do not effectively eliminate specific cancer cells able to adapt to existing treatments and which exhibit high metastatic potential1. Yet…
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Scientists map tongue’s sweet sensor, may lead to new ways to curb sugar cravings
Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy level. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 100 pounds of the sweet stuff every year, up from 18 pounds in 1800.
With new research published May 7, in Cell, Columbia…
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A culturally adapted obesity prevention for Latino families
A University of California, Riverside-led research team has adapted an intervention for childhood obesity prevention to better serve Latina mothers, non-maternal caregivers, and families of low-income backgrounds in Inland Southern California….
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Researchers restore antibiotic effect in the event of resistance
Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now show that if antibiotics are administered with an enzyme called endolysin, the combined effect protects against infection by…
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