Poverty reduction alters infant brain activity
Brian Doctrow, Ph.D. - U.S. National Institutes of Health
At a Glance
Cash transfers to low-income mothers led to changes in their infants' brain activity.
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CDC Reports Increase in Human Rabies Cases Linked to Bats in...
Three U.S. rabies deaths in just five weeks
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC is raising awareness of the risks of rabies from bats...
Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains
Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami
One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus.
These viruses don’t cause cancer until long after they...
Artificial Intelligence identifies dead cells under the microscope 100 times faster...
New AI technique identifies dead cells under the microscope 100 times faster than people can – potentially accelerating research on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s
Jeremy Linsley,...
Myocarditis: COVID-19 is a much bigger risk to the heart than...
Glen Pyle, University of Guelph and Jennifer H Huang, Oregon Health & Science University
The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the...
Sugar detox? Cutting carbs? A doctor explains why you should keep...
Jennifer Rooke, Morehouse School of Medicine
One of my patients – who had been struggling with obesity, uncontrolled diabetes and the cost of her medications...
Testing ways to encourage exercise
by Sharon Reynolds - US National Institutes of Health
At a Glance
A large nationwide study identified inexpensive interventions that boosted weekly gym visits by...
Kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2
A nutritional epidemiologist explains why kids shouldn’t eat added sugar before they turn 2.
Lisa Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
I remember a decade ago...
How effective are vaccines against omicron?
An epidemiologist answers 6 questions about vaccine effectiveness against Omicron
Melissa Hawkins, American University
The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s...
Stress is contagious in relationships
Here’s what you can do to support your partner and boost your own health during the holidays and beyond
Rosie Shrout, Purdue University
With the flurry...