by California Institute of Technology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Caltech professor, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Southern California, has demonstrated for the first time a new technology for imaging the human brain using laser light and ultrasonic sound waves. The technology, known as photoacoustic computerized tomography, or PACT, has been developed by Lihong Wang,...
ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MELVILLE, N.Y., June 10, 2021 — As more and more people are taking advantage of music on the go, personal audio systems are pumping up the volume to the detriment of the listener’s hearing. Children, teenagers, and young adults are listening to many hours of music daily at volumes exceeding the...
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: AHMAD SEDAGHAT, M.D., PH.D., SHOWN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GARDNER NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE. CREDIT: COLLEEN KELLEY/UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI As COVID-19 restrictions ease nationwide and more people host indoor gatherings, investing in a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) purifier might not be a bad idea, says a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine...
by Baylor University Participants for the experimental study were monitored during sleep to determine if earworms had an impact on nighttime sleep physiology. Credit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near bedtime to wind down. But can that actually cause your sleep to suffer? When sleep researcher Michael Scullin,...
Some people experience a feeling of pressure in the head or behind the eyes. The head may pound or feel very full. It may worsen if a person changes position. Feelings of pressure in the head and dizziness may occur together. Head pressure may be a type of headache or may happen alongside a headache....
Bee stings are a common occurrence. They can cause pain, swelling, and, in some cases, allergic reactions. The symptoms usually resolve on their own or with home treatment. However, serious reactions require medical attention. Sometimes, swelling lasts more than 24 hours. Although it can be uncomfortable, it is normal for swelling to last for up to 7 days....
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Smokers needed their blocked arteries fixed nearly a decade earlier than non-smokers, and patients with obesity underwent these procedures four years earlier than non-obese patients, according to a new statewide study. The research included patients without a history of heart attack who were treated at hospitals across Michigan participating in BMC2, the...
by Arizona State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain For decades, physicians and dieticians have urged people to limit their intake of high-fat foods, citing links to poor health outcomes and some of the leading causes of death in the U.S., such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
by Jacqueline Mitchell, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the three months since Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than 10 million Americans have received the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The single-shot viral vector vaccine—developed...
One challenge as society reopens is identifying who has been vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The new COVID-19 antibody test is similar to one used at home to determine blood type, where the user pricks a finger and places a drop of blood on a card. A fusion protein the research team developed that’s...
