Parents have hesitated to take children to doctors’ offices, but students will have to meet immunization requirements to attend school…
Child Vaccinations Plummet 63 Percent, a New Hurdle for N.Y.C. Schools
Parents have hesitated to take children to doctors’ offices, but students will have to meet immunization requirements to attend school…
Epigenetic mechanisms of blood cell differentiation
In the bone marrow, blood stem cells via precursor cells give rise to a variety of blood cell types with…
Drug combination could eliminate side effects of once-popular diabetes treatment
A new study shows how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in…
On Becoming a Plague Doctor
I first glimpsed a plague doctor years ago, in a framed etching on the wall of a Venetian gift shop.…
How to Discover Antiviral Drugs Quickly
We urgently need effective drugs for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but what is the quickest way to find them? One…
Family environment affects adolescent brain development
Childhood environment and socioeconomic status affect cognitive ability and brain development during adolescence independently of genetic factors, researchers report. The…
Legal cannabis hemp oil effectively treats chronic neuropathic pain
Researchers examine the effectiveness of consuming hemp oil extracted from the whole cannabis plant using a chronic neuropathic pain animal…
Heating poppy seeds, but not baking them in muffins, reduces opiate levels
You might have heard the advice to avoid eating a poppy seed bagel or muffin before a drug screen, lest…
Replacing time spent sitting with sleep or light activity may improve your mood
New research found that substituting prolonged sedentary time with sleep was associated with lower stress, better mood and lower body…