July 20, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, but only for women infected in their final trimester, according to researchers. The study of over 5,000 pregnant women is one of the first to look at pregnancy outcomes for COVID-19 patients by trimester.
Higher rates of preterm birth in women infected with COVID-19 in late pregnancy
July 20, 2022
A new study provides the first nationwide, small-area analysis of the variation in spending by the three main funders of health care in the United States: Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers. The researchers' goal: to see whether there are regions that have low health spending by each of the three payers simultaneously or whether distinct factors drive health spending variation among the payers.
July 20, 2022
Historic rises in drug overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Black and Indigenous people in the United States. A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using data from 25 states finds that fatal overdoses increased by 44% among Black people in 2020 compared with the year prior.
U.S. death toll from drug overdoses is rising fast among Black and Indigenous people
July 19, 2022
Researchers used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other substances.
Scientists reveal genetic architecture underlying alcohol, cigarette abuse
July 19, 2022
Researchers found significant differences in movement patterns between participants with normal cognition and those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.
Tracking daily movement patterns may one day help predict dementia
July 19, 2022
Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, particularly in the three months following infection, according to a new study.
COVID-19 patients more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and diabetes soon after infection
July 19, 2022
A new study finds that the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System had outliers to typical influenza-like illness in 16 countries an average of 13 weeks before the first reported COVID-19 peak.
Influenza surveillance system may have shown early signs of COVID-19 pandemic
July 19, 2022
Scientists have found that non-coding 'junk' DNA, far from being harmless and inert, could potentially contribute to the development of cancer.
July 19, 2022
T-cells, immune cells that normally protect us, appear to play a key role in the development of preeclampsia, says a young scientist who wants to find a better way to intervene in the syndrome that can have lifelong consequences for mother and child.
Mother's immune cells appear to exacerbate complications of preeclampsia
July 19, 2022
Spontaneous errors in the earliest phase of cell division may be the reason why so many human embryos fail to develop normally, according to new research.
