May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Looking after our mental health and well-being is important at any time, but right…
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Mindfulness may help manage mood changes
A new study finds that mindfulness can be an effective mood management tool for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). MS…
Read MoreEyes could provide early warning of Alzheimer’s
Working with a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, scientists have developed an imaging technique for detecting changes in the texture of…
Read MoreImpact of COVID-19 on US hospitals worse than predicted
Early predictions underestimated how long patients with COVID-19 would need to stay in hospitals and how many would require intensive…
Read More’I’ve never seen such sticky blood’
COVID-19 leads to blood clots in a significant number of people who have a severe form of the disease. In…
Read MorePoor health literacy raises risk of death
A review of research has found that the ability to obtain and understand basic health information and services partly determines…
Read MoreDrug for alcohol use disorder could also treat obesity
Treating obese mice with disulfiram — a drug that doctors usually prescribe for alcohol use disorder — led to significant…
Read MorePeople who smoke may have more receptors for the new coronavirus
The lungs of people who smoke may contain more of the receptors that the new coronavirus uses to invade cells.…
Read MoreWhat are they, and what do they do?
Both the European Union and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in the United States, have now approved certain antibody…
Read More5 new reasons for hope in the fight against COVID-19
In the latest installment of our “Hope Behind the Headlines” series, we look at the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials that have…
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