COVID-19 antibodies persist, reduce reinfection risk for up to six months, study finds: The antibodies’ ability to neutralize COVID-19 did not differ significantly over the six-month period.
A Michigan Medicine study found that most patients with mild COVID-19 infections produce antibodies that persist and protect them from reinfection for up to six months. Researchers analyzed nearly 130 subjects with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 illness between three and six months after initial infection. Three patients were hospitalized while the rest were treated as outpatients and […]
Is One BPH Procedure a Cut Above the Rest?
A large-scale analysis of treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) showed that complications are lowest after the UroLift Prostatic Urethral Lift (PUL) procedure, and real-world retreatment rates are highest for the Rezum steam injection therapy. While retreatment rates for PUL, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), and GreenLight Laser Prostatectomy were comparable over the course […]
Scientists claim that overeating is not the primary cause of obesity
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. The USDA’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020 — 2025 further tells us that losing weight “requires adults to […]
People With Anxiety Explain The Soothing Powers Of Online Makeup Tutorials
The mind is a powerful tool that, even in the midst of anxiety, actively scouts information that provides a sense of hope and encouragement. And one surprising source that can temporarily soothe anxiety is online beauty and makeup tutorials. Observing the simple but systematic act of putting on makeup can help us relax and disengage […]
The Easy Ratio That’ll Make A Perfectly Balanced Kids Lunch
Packing a nutritionally balanced lunch that your kids will actually eat can sometimes feel like a crapshoot — the second you think you have your lunch game on lock, that’s the day they’ll come home with the elaborate bento box you packed them still intact. As parents, we feel responsible for our kids’ health and […]
The Easy Ratio That’ll Make A Perfectly Balanced Kids Lunch
Packing a nutritionally balanced lunch that your kids will actually eat can sometimes feel like a crapshoot — the second you think you have your lunch game on lock, that’s the day they’ll come home with the elaborate bento box you packed them still intact. As parents, we feel responsible for our kids’ health and […]
Reconfigurable metasurfaces provide nanoscale light control: Technique inspired by the art of paper cutting used to make metasurfaces that could benefit optical displays and information encoding
Researchers have designed electromechanically reconfigurable ultrathin optical elements that can be controlled and programmed on a pixel-by-pixel level. These versatile metasurfaces could offer a new chip-based way to achieve nanoscale control of light, which could lead to better optical displays, information encoding and digital light processing. “Metasurfaces are ultrathin and compact optical elements that can […]
No Uptick in Vaccine Uptake; Unreported COVID Deaths; France Bans Unvaxxed Americans
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The FDA’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine has yet to produce an expected uptick in vaccine uptake. (Business Insider) Four researchers whose work provided the basis for development of the first approved COVID-19 vaccine, along with a pioneer in the study of neurodegenerative diseases, are […]
After 20 years of trying, scientists succeed in doping a 1D chain of cuprates
When scientists study unconventional superconductors — complex materials that conduct electricity with zero loss at relatively high temperatures — they often rely on simplified models to get an understanding of what’s going on. Researchers know these quantum materials get their abilities from electrons that join forces to form a sort of electron soup. But modeling […]
PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical industry representatives said Wednesday that proposals now being considered on Capitol Hill to lower patients’ prescription drug costs likely will have damaging effects on new drug development and on patients’ access to new medications. As part of a $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill, “lawmakers want to offset this amount of new spending by […]