Healthcare workers on intensive care units (ICUs) are regularly missing opportunities to clean their hands during the care of patients,…
Applying hand rub with three steps for 15 seconds as effective at reducing bacteria as WHO-recommended 6 steps for 30 seconds
A shortened 15-second application time and a simpler three-step technique for use of alcohol-based hand rub is as effective in…
Cancers ‘change spots’ to avoid immunotherapy
Cancers can make themselves harder for new immunotherapies to see by ‘changing their spots’ — and switching off a key…
Auction bids decline with intensity of competition
People bid less in auctions that have more bidders, new research suggests.
Cognitive functioning does not predict weight-loss outcome for adolescents
Young people with cognitive impairments and developmental disabilities, including Down syndrome, have similar weight-loss trajectories to those with typical cognitive…
A specific gene could play a major role in reducing brain swelling after stroke
Inflammation gone awry in the brain due to stroke, head injury or infection causes damage; in a lab model of…
Celebrity fat shaming has ripple effects on women’s implicit anti-fat attitudes
Comparing 20 instances of celebrity fat-shaming with women’s implicit attitudes about weight before and after the event, psychologists found that…
Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
A new study finds increasingly narrow peaks of collective attention over time, supporting a ‘social acceleration’ occurring across different domains.
Developing a vaccine against Nipah virus
Researchers developed a novel recombinant vaccine called NIPRAB that shows robust immunization against Nipah virus in animal models and may…
FDA added sugar label could be a cost-effective way to improve health, generate savings
The FDA’s mandatory added sugar labeling policy for packaged foods and beverages could generate important health gains and cost-savings for…