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17-Sep-2025

Hidden brain waves as triggers for post-seizure wandering

Universitatsklinikum Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular often wander around aimlessly and unconsciously after a seizure. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) have identified a neurobiological mechanism that could be responsible for this so-called post-ictal wandering and potentially other postictal symptoms. According to their hypothesis, epileptic seizures are not directly responsible for post-ictal symptoms, but rather seizure-associated depolarization waves, also known as spreading depolarization (SD). The results of the studies have now been published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine

17-Sep-2025

Getting a puppy poses mental health challenges alongside benefits for U.K. families

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A survey study of families with puppies in the U.K. has identified multiple mental health challenges alongside benefits of ownership for adults and kids alike, suggesting that a mental health boost should not be the main motivator behind getting a puppy. Rowena Packer of the Royal Veterinary College, U.K., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on September 17, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

17-Sep-2025

Rates of alcohol-induced deaths among the general population nearly doubled from 1999 to 2024

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an analysis by race, sex, age, and geography, alcohol-induced death rates in 2024 are nearly double those in 1999, with a sharp increase at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although rates are higher for men, the largest increase in alcohol-induced deaths over the full 25-year period occurred in females aged 25-34, according to a study published on September 17 by Dr. Tony Wong and colleagues at UCLA in the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

17-Sep-2025

PLOS One study: In adolescent lab animals exposed to cocaine, High-Intensity Interval Training boosts aversion to the drug

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study published today in PLOS One, Thanos, PhD, senior research scientist in the Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, and co-authors reveal that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) was more effective than moderate exercise in making adolescent lab animals avoid cocaine.

Journal: PLOS One
Funder: SUNY Research Foundation

17-Sep-2025

Choosing safer personal care products can help lower exposures to risky chemicals

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who selectively purchase personal care products based on their ingredients were successfully able to lower their exposures to several chemicals associated with health risks.

Journal: Environmental Justice
Funder: California Breast Cancer Research Program, Passport Foundation, Forsythia Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

17-Sep-2025

University of Oklahoma leads collaboration to transform fire weather warnings

University of Oklahoma
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Oklahoma is leading a $2.3 million NSF-funded initiative to research a unified wildfire warning system for fire threats nationwide. The project combines atmospheric science, behavioral research and practitioner collaboration to lay the groundwork for FireNet—a national framework to improve public safety and resilience against wildfires.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

17-Sep-2025

Study: Remote monitoring improves recovery from cancer surgery

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study co-authored by Tracy Crane, Ph.D., RDN, co-leader of the Cancer Control Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shows that remote perioperative monitoring (RPM) significantly improves recovery for cancer surgery patients.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine