Differences in financial risk preferences can make or break a marriage: Couples who disagree on savings and investment decisions are twice as likely to divorce
While it is well known that fighting over money can lead couples to divorce court, new research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management finds that differences in risk preferences, especially when it comes to financial matters, are likely a root cause of marital separation. The longitudinal study, appearing in The […]
Biden Says Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees ‘Under Consideration’
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that his administration was mulling the possibility of requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all federal employees. Asked during a press conference whether he would impose a vaccine mandate on the federal workforce, Biden said, “That’s under consideration right now.” “But if you’re not vaccinated, you’re not nearly as smart as I thought […]
Comprehensive clinical sequencing opens door to the promise of precision medicine
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have demonstrated that comprehensive genomic sequencing of all pediatric cancer patients is feasible and essential to capitalize on the lifesaving potential of precision medicine. Results from the St. Jude Genomes for Kids study appear online today in the journal Cancer Discovery. Whole genome and whole exome sequencing of germline […]
To Prevent Chronic Illness, Start With Mental Health
It should come as little surprise that the pandemic triggered a surge in mental health issues. Millions lost their jobs, life-threatening illness lurked at every corner, and socializing in person became dangerous. Indeed, the CDC recently reported that since the pandemic started, 41% of Americans reported symptoms of anxiety or depression — up from about […]
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue
Tobacco control advocates argued that the FDA must act swiftly to ban all menthol products and address the “pernicious targeting” of Black smokers, during an online briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Wednesday. “We look at menthol as a human rights and a social […]
Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: Intranasal vaccination is needle-free and elicits immunity at the site of infection, the respiratory tract
There are many reasons that an intranasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be helpful in the fight against COVID-19 infections, University of Alabama at Birmingham immunologists Fran Lund, Ph.D., and Troy Randall, Ph.D., write in a viewpoint article in the journal Science. That route of vaccination gives two additional layers of protection over intramuscular […]
Injecting Cocaine Into Your Spine for Science
[embedded content] Rohin Francis, MBBS, takes a look back at that time doctors injected themselves with cocaine in the name of science. Following is a rough transcript: Rohin Francis, MBBS: Good evening and welcome back to the Old England Journal of Medicine. It’s off to the former colonies today, as recently I had the sterling […]
Martian global dust storm ended winter early in the south
A dust storm that engulfed Mars in 2018 destroyed a vortex of cold air around the planet’s south pole and brought an early spring to the hemisphere. By contrast, the storm caused only minor distortions to the polar vortex in the northern hemisphere and no dramatic seasonal changes. Dr Paul Streeter of The Open University’s […]
Vax Approval By Fall? ‘It’s Too Late’; Airline Switcheroo Fail
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. During a town hall in Ohio, President Joe Biden predicted that a COVID-19 vaccine would gain full FDA approval by September or October. (New York Times) In Texas, 8,744 of the 8,787 COVID-19 deaths since February, 99.5%, have been among people who didn’t get the shot. […]
New framework applies machine learning to atomistic modeling: Method could lead to more accurate predictions of how new materials behave at the atomic scale
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new framework using machine learning that improves the accuracy of interatomic potentials — the guiding rules describing how atoms interact — in new materials design. The findings could lead to more accurate predictions of how new materials transfer heat, deform, and fail at the atomic scale. Designing new nanomaterials […]