The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is working on two fronts to help healthcare professionals gain knowledge about alcohol’s impact on health and ways to prevent, detect, and treat alcohol problems in their patients. Later this year, NIAAA plans to launch The Healthcare Professional’s Core Resource on Alcohol, which will provide succinct and […]

In laboratory animals, sex differences in behavior occur because different hormone levels produced by males and females influence patterns of gene expression in the developing brain. However, the origins of sex differences in human behavior are not as well understood, according to a team of researchers. “In the lab, you can do experiments on how […]

A study of approximately 8,000 American adults showed that vaccinated people were much more likely to experience a reduction in mental distress. (Photo: iStock) A new Understanding Coronavirus in America Study found that those who received a COVID-19 vaccine when the shots were first made available experienced reduced anxiety after just one dose. While the […]

In December 2020, two novel messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; however, the early trials excluded lactating women, leading to questions about their safety in this specific population. In a recent study, published in the online edition of Breastfeeding Medicine, researchers at University of California […]

A biomarker in the brain predicts future cognitive decline in patients with the language form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered the buildup of tau protein in the brain predicts the amount of future cognitive decline over one year in individuals with AD. The study measured used […]

Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the medications’ effectiveness. If we can characterise how people respond depending on the composition of their microbiome, then drug treatments could be individualised Kiran Patil These interactions – seen for many drugs including those used to treat […]

New research into a little-known text written in ancient Greek shows that ‘stressed poetry’, the ancestor of all modern poetry and song, was already in use in the 2nd Century CE, 300 years earlier than previously thought. In its shortest version, the anonymous four-line poem reads “they say what they like; let them say it; I […]

Show Fullscreen Chemical analysis of human remains from an ancient Roman archaeological site has provided new insight into the diet of people living on the Italian coast almost 2000 years ago. The findings reveal a gender gap in access to certain foodstuffs among the people who lived in Herculaneum – one of the towns buried […]

Soon, $50 and $100 bills may be a thing of the past. That’s the future some economists are predicting—and want. But will people be better off without paper money? New research from the University of Georgia suggests they could be—as long as certain taxes are lowered too. “Our analysis of the costs and benefits of […]

A chemotherapy drug known to cause hearing loss in children is more likely to do so the earlier in life children receive it, new UBC research has found. Cisplatin is a life-saving treatment for many children with cancer, but the study published today in Cancer shows that the hearing of very young children is impacted early during […]