Science has long known that recovery from experimental heart attacks is improved by injection of a mixture of heart muscle cells, endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, yet results have been limited by poor engraftment and retention, and researchers worry about potential tumorigenesis and heart arrhythmia. Now research in pigs…
New research makes it easier to pinpoint brain activity in EEG studies
Skoltech researchers have proposed a fast and accurate numerical method of addressing the problem plaguing electroencephalography (EEG) studies that monitor the brain’s electrical activity—having to laboriously locate the source of EEG signal in the brain due to the low spatial resolution of this method. The new approach may help improve…
Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol During the Coronavirus Pandemic, New Study Finds
A new study has confirmed a trend that many have already suspected: The coronavirus pandemic has led Americans to drink more alcohol. The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, concluded that adults reported drinking 14 percent more during the pandemic than they did the year before. The increase was…
Bubonic plague infects boy, 3, in China: report
Fox News Flash top headlines for September 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A 3-year-old boy in China has been infected with bubonic plague, according to a report. The child, from Menghai county, located in Yunnan Province in southwestern China, suffered a…
Researchers create artificial lung to support pre-term babies in distress
An international team led by current and former McMaster University researchers has developed an artificial lung to support pre-term and other newborn babies in respiratory distress. The group has proven the concept using a live piglet, a major step along the route toward approval for use in humans, where the…
Researchers uncover clues for COVID-19 treatment
By examining preexisting research for other conditions, researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found a potential treatment that could be applied to COVID-19. The findings, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, established that a lipid found in the human body could be used to prevent or treat infections…
What it’s like to date when you use a wheelchair
Madeline Delp won Miss Wheelchair USA and competed in Miss North Carolina 2019 while in her wheelchair. She became paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident when she was 10. Delp, who is now in a relationship, told Insider that dating while using a wheelchair was an obstacle,…
Acid reflux drug could help newborn babies recover from brain injury, study suggests
Researchers in China have discovered a potential way to prevent a lack of oxygen or blood flow from causing long-lasting brain damage in newborn children. The study, which will be published September 29 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), suggests that targeting the histamine H2 receptor with drugs already…
Body language expert makes bold claims about Joe Biden and Donald Trump's relationship
Political rivals are not BFFs. You’ve got two ambitious people, competing for a single, coveted office that only has room for one of them. Lowball snipes between candidates for presidency, in particular, have a long history, dating back to when founding father John Adams’ supporters implied that Thomas Jefferson was…
NYC elementary schools reopen in big back-to-school test
Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic, which is keeping students at home in many other big U.S. school systems. Twice delayed, the elementary school reopening comes over…