WASHINGTON — Clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered that a telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients’ clinical outcomes. The findings of the clinical trial, called Hopeful Heart, were published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The Hopeful Heart Trial is the first study to apply a “blended” collaborative care approach to […]

WASHINGTON — A new study has shown that two months after the second Pfizer/Moderna vaccination, antibody response decreases 20 percent in adults with prior cases of Covid-19. “Two-dose messenger RNA vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are highly effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” states an abstract of the study. “However, the durability of […]

MUMBAI, India — Dubai-based Outsourcing and technology services company VFS Global has resumed the UAE tourist visa services for Indians from Aug. 30 as Abu Dhabi announced the reopening of borders for Indian travelers ahead of the Expo 2020 trade fair. “The reopening of borders to the UAE is a reassuring move for the travel industry, with the […]

WASHINGTON — Epilepsy, although considered a relatively common condition, affects nearly 1 percent of individuals across the globe and is often difficult to diagnose in clinical practice. Estimation suggests that up to a quarter of all the cases may be misdiagnosed initially. Epilepsy is often inherited, and recent research has shown that sufferers have elevated polygenic […]

A 73-year-old Russian man proves you can wow people at any age. Known only as Igor on social media, he is seen on video demonstrating his skiing-style skateboarding. After 40 years of honing his ability, Igor, of Saint Petersburg, cruises along in serpentine fashion on an empty street. His video, posted on Instagram in early […]

MOUNT SINAI, N.Y. — Body-state monitoring neurons can hijack the decision-making process, a new study reveals. Anxiety, addiction, and other psychiatric disorders are often characterized by intense states of what scientists call arousal: The heart races, blood pressure readings rise, breaths shorten, and “bad” decisions are made. To understand how these states influence the brain’s decision-making […]

WATERLOO, Ontario — A new study has found that people’s beliefs about supernatural beings, such as good and evil characters, are influenced by their views of ordinary humans. The study titled “Butt-dialing the devil: Evil agents are expected to disregard intentions behind requests” is published in the “Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.” The study from […]

GENEVA — A new study has shown that a mother’s voice during a painful medical intervention for her prematurely born baby decreased its pain. The study “Maternal speech decreases pain scores and increases oxytocin levels in preterm infants during painful procedures” is published in the journal “Scientific Reports.” A baby born prematurely often has to be […]

Asian tiger mosquitoes, which can transmit harmful diseases, have been detected for the first time in Brittany, just across the English Channel from the U.K. The French Regional Health Agency stated the insects have been found in Domagne in the department of Ile-et-Vilaine in the western Brittany region. A large-scale insecticide campaign is being carried […]

WASHINGTON — There’s a new final frontier in the world of antibodies: the immobilization of sperm before it can reach an egg. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have engineered ultra-potent antibodies that—during animal testing—effectively trapped and blocked more than 99.9 percent of human sperm. Monoclonal antibodies are known for fighting off invading […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canine cognitive dysfunction mirrors important developments in the course of human dementia, which makes companion dogs a useful and suitable animal model for aging study. Recently when researchers measured an Alzheimer’s disease-associated peptide (Ab42) in companion dog brains, they found that higher abundance is associated with increased cognitive decline, according to the findings […]

STOCKHOLM — Suppose 75 and 76-year-olds are screened for a kind of arrhythmia linked to a five times greater chance of stroke. In that case, it could reduce the risks of severe bleeding, death, and stroke itself, as per the findings of a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The study was published in the weekly […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan police in Kianjokoma, Embu town, 120 kilometers [74.5 miles] northeast of the capital Nairobi, arrested two brothers Benson Njiru Ndwiga, 22, and Emmanuel, 19, for violating the 10 p.m. curfew hour on Aug. 1. They were never seen alive after that. The bodies of the brothers, who had just opened a butchery […]