Trying to understand the use of drugs by women farmers in Nigeria’s Adamawa State
A national survey on drug use in Nigeria published in 2019 shows that about 14.3 million Nigerians between 15 and 65 years have used psychoactive substances...
Category: Health
A protein that guards against prostate cancer, fatty liver disease, diabetes
FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute researchers investigating a protein they hoped would be a tumor suppressor instead discovered it was responsible for protecting people from so much...
New drugs work against the many strains of hepatitis C found in African countries
Around the world, 71 million people have been infected with the hepatitis C virus. The primary route of infection is through direct contact with another person’s...
System to deliver electrically activated glue for sealing defects in broken blood vessels
A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a device that offers a quicker and less invasive way to seal...
Corporal punishment in childhood directly linked to involvement in partner violence in adulthood
Intimate partner violence is indisputably a crisis in Australia.
How adults use facial cues to judge children’s behavior and intentions
It’s a common movie scene: A teacher walks into a mess and yells at the innocent child while the guilty one, with the face of an...
Being overweight or underweight could increase your risk of severe COVID-19
The first large study to report the effect of bodyweight on risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19 across the full range of body-mass index (BMI) is...
Australia’s once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a better future
Australia has a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to create a healthy, sustainable, equitable and prosperous future by taking bold action to build back better, fairer and greener after...
Mitochondria play key role in lymphatic development
Mitochondria play a key role in the formation of the lymphatic vasculature, according to a study published in Science Advances.
Natural immunity to malaria provides clues to potential therapies
WEHI researchers have identified how natural human antibodies can block malaria parasites from entering red blood cells, potentially indicating how new protective therapies could be developed...
