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Could “Choosing Wisely” Help Fight Health Worker Burnout?
As hospitals, clinics, and health systems seek to overcome the wave of burnout and departures among their clinical staff, they might want to adopt an approach that they’ve used over the past decade in clinical care: choosing wisely.
Experimental cancer vaccine shows promise in animal studies
NIH researchers find IV administration improves tumor-fighting action
Honey improves key measures of cardiometabolic health, study finds
These results are surprising, because honey is about 80 per cent sugar. But honey is also a complex composition of common and rare sugars, proteins, organic acids and other bioactive compounds that very likely have health benefits.
How COVID-19 Causes Neurological Damage
Detecting and predicting neuro-COVID by analyzing cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma
Are fungal mycelium skin-derived MycelioTronics an environmentally friendly substitute for electronics?
In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers proposed a novel approach to develop flexible and biodegradable electronics called MycelioTronics, which could substitute for electronic substrate material.
NIH researchers unlock pattern of gene activity for ADHD
New study uses postmortem brain tissues to understand genomic differences in individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Genes to Potentially Diagnose Long-Term Lyme Disease Identified
Findings could lead to new diagnostics and treatments for the hard-to-detect condition
WHO releases new data on worldwide influenza activity
The World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices and member states, in collaboration with its Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS), collate and report data on influenza activity worldwide every two weeks.
Largest Autism Whole Genome Sequencing Study Reveals 134 Autism-Linked Genes
Study sequences the entire genomes of more than 11,000 individuals, offering new insights
Study uncovers new rules for lineage progression
The hypothalamus, one of the most complex brain regions in the mammalian nervous system, contains an astonishing heterogeneity of neurons that regulate endocrine, autonomic and behavioral functions. It not only regulates food consumption, water intake, body temperature, circadian rhythm and sleep to maintain the survival of individual organisms, but also controls puberty onset and reproductive behavior to sustain the breeding population.
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