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Research assesses how infertility treatments can affect family and work relationships

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study involved 242 couples living in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (Brazil); men showed higher levels of work-family conflict, while women were more affected by stress.

Journal: Psychology Health & Medicine
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

New paper creates roadmap for the next generation of bioelectronic medicine

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new paper led by Professor Imanuel Lerman of UC San Diego provides a review of the field of bioelectronic medicine and the most promising opportunities for life-changing new therapies and diagnostics.

Journal: Bioelectronic Medicine
Funder: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, VA Health Sciences, David and Janice Katz Neural Sensor Research Fund in Memory of Allen E. Wolf, Ginsburg Closed-Loop Neuroinflammation Modulation Fund

Registrations open for São Paulo Advanced School on Precision Health

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

The school will bring together international specialists from research centers and healthtechs to discuss precision health’s state-of-the-art as accomplished through translational/comparative approaches and One Health vision.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Looking to Kenya's Lake Victoria for what may come for Lake Erie

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya's Lake Victoria.

Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Funder: National Science Foundation International Research Experiences for Students grant as well as support from the National Institutes of Health, awarded to Bowling Green State University

Aging (Aging-US) partners with Global Conference on Gerophysics

Impact Journals LLC
Business Announcement

BUFFALO, NY- January 21, 2025 — Aging (Aging-US) (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of Science) partners with the inaugural Global Conference on Gerophysics, taking place from March 5–6, 2025, in Singapore. This groundbreaking event marks the launch of Gerophysics, an innovative field that applies theoretical physics concepts to the biology of aging, aiming to extend healthy human lifespans.

Study finds intensive blood pressure control reduces risk of cognitive impairment

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that only 3½ years of intensive blood pressure control continues to significantly reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia long after stopping this treatment in adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk.

Journal: Neurology
Funder: Alzheimer's Association, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Treatment for children with obesity has lasting effect

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood. However, this is not the case for depression and anxiety, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Pediatrics reports.

Journal: JAMA Pediatrics