Health

HMN 2024 – Young people living in deprived coastal areas are likely to become unhealthier young adults than those living in deprived inland communities, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Essex’s Centre for Coastal Communities, is thought to be the first of its kind to map the impact of living Read More

HMN 2024 – Early-life injury can change how the body’s pain response system develops at a genetic level, leading to a pain “memory” that can affect response to injuries occurring years later, according to a study in Cell Reports published by experts at Cincinnati Children’s. Credit: Cell Reports and Cincinnati Children’s In recent years, a Read More

HMN 2024 – The results of a new study, utilizing the most recent data on adolescent substance use to evaluate the effect of recreational cannabis legalization and retail sales on youth’s use of cannabis, tobacco, and alcohol, appear in JAMA Pediatrics. The study authors—co-principal investigators Rebekah Levine Coley, a Lynch School of Education and Human Read More

HMN 2024 – A movement to discredit a controversial medical diagnosis is being bolstered by a new study out of McGill University. Excited delirium describes a state of agitation, aggression, and distress and has become a common defense to counter charges of police brutality. In the case of George Floyd, the syndrome was initially used Read More

HMN 2024 – Parents of children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) may wonder how long to patch, and whether extended periods of patching might affect their child’s development or cause undue stress for the child or family, particularly among children with poor vision in the treated eye. A first-of-its-kind study has now found that families Read More

HMN 2024 – Fresh organic basil tainted with salmonella and sold by Trader Joe’s in 29 states has sickened at least 12 people, according to an alert issued Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person was so ill that hospitalization was required. “Throw away any Infinite Herbs organic basil purchased Read More

HMN 2024 – Treatment with rhEPO decreases the structural complexity of SST O-LM cells and PV-expressing interneurons in the hippocampal CA1 region. A Representative hippocampal image of GAD-EGFP mice showing a schematic of different structural analyses performed. B Treatment scheme and hippocampal area of analysis illustrated with different interneuronal subtypes and their communication with pyramidal Read More