Yale study: Unvaccinated white evangelicals appear immune to pro-vaccine messaging

White evangelical Christians have resisted getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at higher rates than other religious groups in the United States. A new study by Yale researchers provides evidence that persuading these vaccine holdouts to get their shots has only gotten more difficult. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, combines two survey experiments […]

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Which glioblastoma patients will respond to immunotherapy?

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas — the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors — might benefit from immunotherapy. The treatment could extend survival for an estimated 20% to 30% of patients. Currently, patients with glioblastoma do not receive this life-prolonging treatment because it has not been fully understood which of them could benefit. “This is an important […]

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Nearly half of California caregivers experienced financial stress during 2020

In 2020, an estimated 6.7 million Californians provided care for a family member or friend with a serious or chronic illness or disability. According to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 44.4% of those caregivers reported experiencing some level of financial stress due to their roles, and 13.5% experienced a physical or mental health […]

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More avocado means fewer calories, new study finds

The avocado is considered a nutrient-dense plant food. In a novel study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing the potential health effects between families that consumed a low allotment of avocados (three per […]

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FDA approves pioneering drug for ovarian cancer surgery

Ovarian cancer patient Carol Giandonato admits to being apprehensive when her oncologist told her he wanted to make her cancer cells turn fluorescent green. “Am I going to glow in the dark? Will I be green?” she asked him. Her surgeon explained that when viewing the cancer site, the cancerous lesions would be illuminated with […]

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A simpler design for quantum computers

Today’s quantum computers are complicated to build, difficult to scale up, and require temperatures colder than interstellar space to operate. These challenges have led researchers to explore the possibility of building quantum computers that work using photons — particles of light. Photons can easily carry information from one place to another, and photonic quantum computers […]

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Prehistoric Iberians poisoned by cinnabar almost 5000 years ago

Traces of the earliest-known cases of mercury poisoning, dating back almost 5000 years, have been discovered in ancient tombs in Spain and Portugal. They’re thought to have been caused by the extensive use of cinnabar – mercury sulfide – as a bright red pigment in prehistoric times. Analysis of human bones from more than 50 […]

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