Health
- New research shows that women who hit menopause later in life have healthier blood vessels and are less likely to have strokes and heart attacks in their postmenopausal years.
- CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß researchers have found that socioeconomic status is a key indicator of heart health.
- A new survey of 1,700 people taken in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people who watched, read or listened to a lot of conservative media were less likely to get vaccinated. But those who mixed outlets like Fox News with other sources across the ideological spectrum didn't show the same tendencies.
- CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß scientists Hannah Ledvina and Aaron Whiteley review the evidence for the bacterial origin of eukaryotic immune pathways.
- A new study draws parallels between workplace entrapment and suicide research, revealing how negative job attachment can drive employees to make drastic and emotional decisions.
- New CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß research shows that injections of beneficial bacteria can prevent weight gain in animals feasting on a high-fat, high-sugar diet. Scientists hope to bring the specialized probiotic to people in pill form someday.
- Three years after the freak Dec. 30 blaze destroyed more than 1,000 homes in ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß County, two new studies offer insight into what happens to air quality and health in the aftermath of urban wildfires.
- In a study she conducted while a CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß postdoctoral researcher, Elizabeth Holzhausen and colleagues found a link between night-shift work and prostate-cancer risk.
- Scientists at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß are using a mobile laboratory to collect 1,200 breath samples from cannabis users. The collaboration with the National Institutes of Technology could help lead to a reliable cannabis breathalyzer.
- Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body’s innate immune response. The findings could lead to new therapies for Long COVID, autoimmune disorders and more.