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EurekAlert! – Breaking News- Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians' stressNew research published in Academic Emergency Medicine indicates that for physicians and nurses working evening shifts in the emergency department, interacting with a therapy dog for several minutes may help lower stress.
- Is autoimmunity on the rise?A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology provides evidence that the prevalence of autoimmunity -- when the immune system goes awry and attacks the body itself -- has increased in the United States in recent years.
- The effects of inflammatory bowel disease on pregnancyInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) -- including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis -- often affects women of childbearing age. A study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics compared the health of pregnant and non-pregnant women with IBD.
- Early bedtime may help children maintain healthy weightGoing to bed early and following a consistent bedtime routine may help reduce children's risk of becoming overweight or obese, according to a new study published in Acta Paediatrica.
- Excess weight during pre-school linked to higher bone fracture riskPre-school children who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of bone fractures during childhood than normal weight preschoolers, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
- Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians' stress
- EurekAlert! – Policy and Ethics
- False memories of crime appear real when retold to others(University College London) People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new UCL study published in Frontiers in Psychology.
- Risk based approach will optimize socioeconomic recovery(Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.) COVID-19 is not the only public health crisis in the United States. There is a danger that extreme mitigation could result in a disastrous socio-economic situation which could potentially case a greater public health crisis.
- The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment(University of California - Davis) As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change? Yes, indicates a study published today from the University of California, Davis' One Health Institute. Exploitation of wildlife by humans through hunting, trade, habitat degradation and urbanization facilitates close contact between wildlife […]
- Scientists develop new way to identify the sex of sea turtle hatchlings(Florida Atlantic University) A new minimally invasive technique greatly enhances the ability to measure neonate turtle sex ratios. This is the first time that differences in sex-specific protein expression patterns have been identified in blood samples of hatchlings with temperature-dependent sex determination. The technique is a crucial step in assessing the impact of climate change […]
- The cost of changing lives and the face of medicine(World Scientific) Called the "Grandfather of stem cell research advocacy", Don C. Reed has been fighting for funding for 25 years, ever since his son was paralyzed in a college football accident. America's first stem cell therapy was paid for by a bill named after his son, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act […]
- False memories of crime appear real when retold to others
- EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science
- Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians' stress(Wiley) New research published in Academic Emergency Medicine indicates that for physicians and nurses working evening shifts in the emergency department, interacting with a therapy dog for several minutes may help lower stress.
- The effects of inflammatory bowel disease on pregnancy(Wiley) Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) -- including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis -- often affects women of childbearing age. A study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics compared the health of pregnant and non-pregnant women with IBD.
- Early bedtime may help children maintain healthy weight(Wiley) Going to bed early and following a consistent bedtime routine may help reduce children's risk of becoming overweight or obese, according to a new study published in Acta Paediatrica.
- Excess weight during pre-school linked to higher bone fracture risk(Wiley) Pre-school children who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of bone fractures during childhood than normal weight preschoolers, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
- Restricting sleep may affect emotional reactions(Wiley) In a recent Journal of Sleep Research study, participants perceived pleasant and neutral pictures in a more negative way when their sleep was restricted for several nights in a row.
- Mindfulness program may benefit patients with irritable bowel syndrome(Wiley) Adults with irritable bowel syndrome experienced fewer gastrointestinal symptoms after they participated in a mindfulness program meant to reduce stress. Results of the study are published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility.
- Is autoimmunity on the rise?(Wiley) A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology provides evidence that the prevalence of autoimmunity -- when the immune system goes awry and attacks the body itself -- has increased in the United States in recent years.
- False memories of crime appear real when retold to others(University College London) People are no better than chance at identifying when someone else is recounting a false or real memory of a crime, according to a new UCL study published in Frontiers in Psychology.
- Knowledge of cancer diagnosis may affect survival(Wiley) In a Psycho-Oncology study of adults in China with lung cancer, patients who knew of their cancer diagnosis generally survived longer than those who did not.
- Depression in adults who are overweight or obese(Wiley) In an analysis of primary care records of 519,513 UK adults who were overweight or obese between 2000-2016 and followed up until 2019, the incidence of new cases of depression was 92 per 10,000 people per year. The risk of depression also rose with higher weight, according to the Obesity analysis.
- Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians' stress