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Medical Xpress / Brain age matters: Waking EEG patterns shift with prior sleep in children and adults
Clinicians use electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain activity in epilepsy and sleep pathologies, and this powerful tool has shown promise for other conditions. Emerging evidence suggests that brain development, age, ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists esteemed by public, with vaccine scientists seen as similar to scientists in general
Vaccines and scientists who work on them have been embroiled in controversy and subject to unfounded attacks over the past half-dozen years. The litany of attacks has included both debunked claims and claims that lack evidence—for ...
Phys.org / The planet haul that changes everything
Finding planets used to be a painstaking business. Astronomers would fix their gaze on a handful of carefully chosen stars, watch and wait, and hope to catch the faint dip in starlight that signals a world passing in front ...
Medical Xpress / Inside lungs, tumor position reveals immune shifts missed by other models
Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors. By combining a patient-relevant mouse model with single-cell technologies, the team provides one of the ...
Medical Xpress / New study suggests reduced newborn hepatitis B vaccination coverage may increase infant infections
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection acquired at birth or during early infancy can lead to lifelong health complications, including chronic liver disease. Despite longstanding recommendations for prenatal screening, an estimated ...
Tech Xplore / A new nuclear arms race is accelerating. There's only one way to stop it
This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement in the world.
Medical Xpress / Symptom-based approach treats opioid withdrawal in newborns with minimal drug exposure
A clinical study shows that a symptom-based treatment for babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a highly prevalent condition wherein opioid exposure during pregnancy leads to withdrawal after birth—could ...
Phys.org / An acoustic device helps reduce bycatch of endangered Black Sea porpoises
The endangered Black Sea harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) is facing a critical fight for survival. As Europe's smallest marine mammal, this isolated population is being pushed toward extinction by bycatch—the unintentional ...
Medical Xpress / How two men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable
On May 6, 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. The milestone was celebrated worldwide, not just by athletics fans. It was considered at the time to ...
Medical Xpress / Tea tree oil may affect fertility, the EU says—a pharmacologist explains why that's so misleading
The heady scent of tea tree is one of the iconic smells of the Australian bush. And the essential oils derived from tea trees have been used as medicines, first by Indigenous people, then by colonists.
Phys.org / Study explores why workers are leaving their jobs in the homeless services sector
A new study by a University at Buffalo social work researcher shows that 43% of frontline workers in the homeless services sector nationally reported an intention to leave their jobs. The findings published in the International ...
Medical Xpress / Final talks begin on missing piece for pandemic treaty
An extra week of negotiations to complete an international agreement on handling future pandemics kicked off in Geneva on Monday, with sharp divisions holding up an accord.
