Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines
Certain types of vaccines contributed to a risk of shoulder injury following vaccination, a large, retrospective population-based dataset found, although the absolute risk was small. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines were tied to the highest risk of post-vaccination shoulder conditions of any vaccine, while among influenza vaccines, quadrivalent influenza vaccines were associated with the highest risk, reported […]
New research bites holes into theories about Megalodons: Extinct shark’s shape swims back out of focus
A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon, one of the largest sharks that ever lived. The study, which makes use of a pioneering technique for analyzing sharks, has now been published in the international journal Historical Biology. Megalodons swam the Earth roughly 15 to 3.6-million […]
Lymphoma cell metabolism may provide new cancer target
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus. The researchers, whose study was published Dec. 13 in Blood Cancer Discovery, showed […]
Leveraging space to advance stem cell science and medicine
The secret to producing large batches of stem cells more efficiently may lie in the near-zero gravity conditions of space. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have found that microgravity has the potential to contribute to life-saving advances on Earth by facilitating the rapid mass production of stem cells. A new paper, led by Cedars Sinai and published […]
Concurrent heatwaves seven times more frequent than in 1980s
Multiple large heatwaves the size of Mongolia occurred at the same time nearly every day during the warm seasons of the 2010s across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study led by Washington State University researchers. Using climate data from 1979 to 2019, the researchers found that the number of heatwaves occurring simultaneously in the […]
Closest pair of supermassive black holes yet
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any other previously spotted pair of supermassive black holes and will eventually merge into one giant black hole. Voggel and her […]
Tranexamic Acid Eased Blood Loss During Myomectomy
Among women with large uterine fibroids, the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) reduced blood loss during myomectomies, according to a retrospective cohort study. Patients who underwent a myomectomy to remove uterine fibroids with a total weight greater than 173 g had lower estimated blood loss after receiving TXA compared with those who did not (205.6 […]
Supportive strategies help ‘picky eaters’ deal with food aversions
In a large national survey, adults who struggled with picky eating habits as children overwhelmingly said they benefitted more from positive and encouraging strategies their parents used than forceful or coercive approaches. The research, led by a team at Duke Health, was conducted among a generation of people who struggled with food avoidance before it […]
Black hole found hiding in star cluster outside our galaxy
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered a small black hole outside the Milky Way by looking at how it influences the motion of a star in its close vicinity. This is the first time this detection method has been used to reveal the presence of a black hole […]
Examining the Underpinnings of COVID Anti-Vaccine Sentiment
In the U.S., the reservoir of vaccine resistance is large enough to prevent control of the coronavirus pandemic. Since COVID-19 vaccines were first authorized, over half of all U.S. COVID-19 cases — an estimated 23 million new infections — and more than 300,000 deaths have occurred. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that just from June […]