Health & Medicine
- Researchers find newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 can infect mice, unlike the original version of the viruson January 19, 2022 at 8:52 pm
A team of biology researchers has found that some of the newer variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect the respiratory tract of wild mice, unlike the original strain that emerged from China.
- ‘Decoy’ protein works against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants, researchers reporton January 19, 2022 at 7:28 pm
A drug treatment that acts as a decoy against SARS-CoV-2 was highly effective at preventing death and lung damage in humanized animal models of severe COVID-19 disease. The study suggests that the drug has the potential to treat COVID-19 patients, including those who are infected with aggressive SARS-CoV-2 variants.
- UK rates of nearsightedness have increased significantly over time, study findson January 19, 2022 at 7:28 pm
Changing environmental factors as well as changing gene-environment interactions could be to blame for increasing rates of myopia, also known as nearsightedness or shortsightedness, over time, suggests a new study.
- Virus or Bacterium? Rapid Test Pinpoints Infection’s Causeby Harini Barath on August 31, 2021 at 1:00 pm
A generation of new tests could lessen overuse of antibiotics — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- U.S. Forces Are Leaving a Toxic Environmental Legacy in Afghanistanby Kelsey D. Atherton on August 30, 2021 at 10:45 am
Legal and practical obstacles make it difficult to clean the burn pits and health-damaging chemicals that remain at military bases — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- COVID, Quickly, Episode 13: Vaccine Approval, Breakthrough Infections, Boostersby Josh Fischman, Tanya Lewis, Jeffery DelViscio on August 27, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- YouTube’s Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warnby Grant Currin on August 27, 2021 at 10:45 am
Search results may include a special section with videos from sources that are deemed reliable — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- How to Reduce Racial Disparities in Smoking Deathsby Bryan W. Heckman, Anne Davis, James E.K. Hildreth on August 26, 2021 at 7:00 pm
African Americans die at a higher rate than other groups and have a harder time quitting. But new evidence-based approaches can change that — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Artificial pancreas proves ‘life-changing’ for very young children with type 1 diabetes and their familieson January 19, 2022 at 10:00 pm
An artificial pancreas developed by a team of Cambridge researchers is helping protect very young children with type 1 diabetes at a particularly vulnerable time of their lives. A study published today found that it is both safe to use and more effective at managing their blood sugar levels than current technology.
- High-need older adults in stepfamilies are less likely to receive help from children, finds studyon January 19, 2022 at 9:37 pm
As people age and require more care, their partners or adult children are often their front line of caretakers.
- Haunted-house experience scares up interesting insights on the body’s reaction to threatson January 19, 2022 at 9:37 pm
The so-called fight-or-flight response is evolution’s way of preparing the body to defend itself or flee from a real or perceived threat, like a lion in the tall grass, or—in modern times—an overdue performance review.
- Specialist-led model of care can improve cardiovascular disease prevention in psoriasison January 19, 2022 at 9:10 pm
Dermatologists and patients with psoriatic disease have a positive view of a specialist-led model of care to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in JAMA Dermatology.
- A genetic analysis hints at why COVID-19 can mess with smellby Erin Garcia de Jesús on January 17, 2022 at 4:00 pm
People with some genetic variants close to smell-related genes had an 11 percent higher risk of losing their sense of taste or smell.
- Omicron forces us to rethink COVID-19 testing and treatmentsby Tina Hesman Saey on January 11, 2022 at 8:17 pm
At-home rapid tests may miss the speedy variant early on, and some treatments, such as some monoclonal antibodies, no longer work.
- ‘Blastoids’ made of stem cells offer a new way to study fertilityby Jake Buehler on January 5, 2022 at 12:00 pm
Newly created “blastoids” could help with research on nonhormonal contraceptives and fertility treatments.
- The coronavirus may cause fat cells to miscommunicate, leading to diabetesby Tina Hesman Saey on January 4, 2022 at 11:00 am
Researchers are homing in on a surprising cause of high blood sugar in COVID-19 patients and possibly what to do about it.
- The omicron variant is surging. Here’s what we’ve learned so farby Erin Garcia de Jesús on December 21, 2021 at 11:00 am
Omicron is better at evading virus-attacking antibodies than previous coronavirus variants, but there are signs booster shots might help curb symptoms.
