Link between ADHD and dementia across generations
A large study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a link between ADHD and dementia across generations. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, shows that parents and grandparents of individuals with ADHD were at higher risk of dementia than those with children and grandchildren without ADHD. “The […]
WHO Chief Urges Halt To COVID-19 Booster Shots For Rest Of The Year
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has largely fallen on deaf ears. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said Wednesday that he was […]
Selena Gomez Says Letting Go Of Social Media Was Key To Her Mental Health
Selena Gomez says she’s rediscovered the joy in her work as an entertainer ― thanks, in large part, to letting go of social media. The actor and singer, 29, graces the cover of Elle’s Latinx issue, on newsstands next week. In the accompanying interview, she speaks at length about her new Hulu series, “Only Murders in the Building,” […]
New method developed to solve plastics sustainability problem
Plastics sustainability has come a long way in recent years thanks in large part to scientific advances. But even as plastics become more and more environmentally friendly, the world continues to be polluted as many industries rely on them for their widely used products. The latest research from Dr. Junpeng Wang, assistant professor in UA’s […]
Taking Care of Our Patients When Time Is Fleeting
After spending the last few months getting ready for a large accreditation survey for our hospital, and having survived the last week with all the surveyors on campus looking into every nook and cranny, it’s made us rethink how we do things, how we need to work to be so much better, and how hard […]
Acceptance of Vaginal Ring and Oral PrEP Increasing in Young African Women
By and large, young women and adolescent girls in Africa use and accept new methods of preventing sexually transmitted HIV, researchers reported. Of the 247 adolescent girls and young women who participated in the REACH-034 trial, 77.8% had at least moderate adherence to use of the monthly dapivirine-eluting vaginal ring and 58.6% had at least […]
Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe
Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found. Investigating how climate affects intense rainstorms across Europe, climate experts have shown there will be a significant future increase in the occurrence of slow-moving intense rainstorms. The scientists estimate that these slow-moving […]
Are Antibiotics Linked to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer?
Use of antibiotics may lead to an increased risk of colon cancer at all ages, an analysis of a large Scottish primary care database suggested. Specifically, the study found that use of antibiotics was associated with an increased risk of colon cancer in both patients over age 50 (adjusted OR 1.09, 95% CI 1.01-1.18) and […]