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·March 20, 2020·4 min read

App predicts hospital capacity amid COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers have launched a new interactive tool that compares hospital capacity with projected demand throughout the nation's 306 hospital regions. The app provides a clear picture of best and worst scenarios across each region for hospital capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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·March 16, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19 test debacle: ‘We hoped it would go away before it reached us’

Researchers who have been studying the coronavirus since the outbreak say the US had an opportunity to be well ahead of the game when it came to COVID-19. However, problems with testing rollouts, regulatory guidelines, and initial flaws in early CDC tests, has left US citizens in critical danger. Rather than focusing on reacting to the pandemic, researchers say we should have focused on preparedness.

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·March 16, 2020·5 min read

Designing a coronavirus vaccine: Researchers prepare for next year and beyond

Researchers are making progress in developing potential vaccines for coronavirus infections. While a vaccine for COVID-19 might be over a year away from market, researchers are looking ahead to attempt to prevent future outbreaks.

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·March 16, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19 ‘Worry about 4 weeks from now,’ researchers warn

With the peak of COVID-19 cases occurring between 3.5 to four weeks after controlled interventions were put into place in China, US researchers are urging the public to ramp up social distancing efforts and increase testing immediately.

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·March 4, 2020·4 min read

How smell, emotion, and memory are intertwined, and exploited

Researchers explore how certain scents often elicit specific emotions and memories in people, and how marking companies are manipulating the link for branding.

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·February 29, 2020·9 min read

A big coronavirus mystery: What about the children?

Infectious disease experts report between 40% and 70% of adults could become infected with coronavirus during the outbreak. In a new interview, Dr. Lipsitch, head of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, discusses the risks and spread potential of COVID-19, and addresses how the infection could impact children's' health.

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·February 19, 2020·6 min read

How the brain and its arteries communicate to supply blood to areas of heightened neural activity

Arteries in the brain regulate neurovascular coupling in response to neural activity.

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·January 22, 2020·5 min read

How stress causes gray hair

Study reveals a link between the nervous system and stem cells that regenerate pigment in hair follicles. When stressed, norepinephrine from the sympathetic nervous system causes melanocyte stem cells to activate excessively. The stem cells all convert into pigment-producing cells, prematurely depleting the reservoir. The findings explain the cellular and molecular links between stress and premature hair graying.

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·January 9, 2020·6 min read

Link between emotion and addictive substance use explained

Sadness, but not all negative emotions, heighten cravings to smoke and increases the likelihood of relapse.

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·January 3, 2020·6 min read

Fat-dissolving bile acids may help regulate gut immunity and inflammation

Two studies reveal the role bile acids play in immunity and inflammation.

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·November 16, 2019·7 min read

How humans’ sense of ‘intuitive physics’ leaves fingerprints on fictional worlds

Intuitive sense not only underpins our understanding of the real world but also helps inform us of the fictional worlds we create.

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·August 30, 2019·8 min read

Number of years in NFL plus certain positions portend greater risk for cognitive and mental health problems

Longer career length and playing specific positions put NFL players at greater risk of developing cognitive problems and mental health issues. Playing for 10 or more seasons increased the risks for depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment twice as much than those who played for a single season. For every five seasons of play, the risks increase 20% for cognitive impairment. Those most at risk are running backs, linebackers and those who played special teams positions.