A new study published in Scientific Reports reveals that the language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the emergency department.
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Researchers uncover possible pitfalls of common hormone analysis in animal hair
Similar to humans, wild animals’ reaction to disturbance is accompanied by releasing hormones, such as cortisol.
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Coronavirus puts prisons in tight spot amid staff shortages, threats of lockdown
Federal prison union officials and inmate advocates warn that the combination of chronic understaffing, a new leave policy and the realities of coronavirus quarantines could lead to the first nationwide federal prison lockdown since 1995.
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Aspergillus molds induce asthma by first attacking the lung’s protective barrier
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can induce asthma, by first attacking the protective tissue barrier deep in the lungs.
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Hackensack Meridian Health’s CDI launches rapid response coronavirus test
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is pleased to announce that the Center for Discovery and Innovation has created a test to dramatically reduce the time it takes for diagnosing COVID-19.
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Post-diagnosis disparities drive worse outcomes for Black and Hispanic children with brain cancer
Cancer researchers have known for years that Black and Hispanic patients have worse outcomes than their non-Hispanic White peers.
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Study reveals spatial patterns of alcohol‐related mortality in post-Soviet countries
In some former Soviet bloc countries, men often die early due to alcohol abuse. Alcoholism-related mortality varies considerably from one region to another, according to a study in the European part of Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and Poland.
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Study sheds new light on the neurobiology of starvation in patients with anorexia nervosa
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered differences in brain circuitry that contribute to starvation and weight loss in people with anorexia nervosa
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Algeria reports second coronavirus death
Algeria has registered two deaths from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced Thursday, as schools were closed for three weeks.
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The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close
Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound down Thursday amid a rise in coronavirus cases.
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