Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse The Executive Director of Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute Is Available to Comment on the Aug. 9 Report From the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Researchers Find a ‘Fearsome Dragon’ That Soared Over Outback Queensland
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Researchers Find a 'Fearsome Dragon' That Soared Over Outback Queensland
Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland.
Dean Receives Leadership Award for Advancing LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Dean Receives Leadership Award for Advancing LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Rutgers School of Public Health dean, Perry N. Halkitis, has been named the 2021 PROUD Leadership Award recipient by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
New UK Study Offers Insight on How Resistance Training Burns Fat
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse New UK Study Offers Insight on How Resistance Training Burns Fat
Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Health Sciences study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique benefits for fat loss.
The Department of Physiology and Center for Muscle Biology study published in the FASEB Journal found that resistance-like exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level.
Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Brain Connectivity Can Build Better AI
A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can perform cognitive tasks efficiently.
Crowding in Prisons Increases Inmates’ Risk for COVID-19 Infections
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Crowding in Prisons Increases Inmates' Risk for COVID-19 Infections
Crowding in prisons dramatically increases the risk for COVID-19 infections among inmates, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
New Research Reinforces Impact Men Can Have as Gender Equality Allies in the Workplace
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse New Research Reinforces Impact Men Can Have as Gender Equality Allies in the Workplace
Men can have a major influence on the extent to which women feel that their identity is safe within a workplace.
How Society’s Inequalities Showed Up in COVID Outcomes
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse How Society's Inequalities Showed Up in COVID Outcomes
During the 2020 lockdowns, residents of affluent areas in Salt Lake County, Utah were able to stay at home more than residents of the least affluent zip codes, suggesting that the “essential worker” occupations of the least-affluent areas, which are also the highest minority populations, placed them at greater risk for contracting COVID-19. Subsequently, the least-affluent zip codes experienced nearly ten times the COVID incidence rate of affluent areas.
Study Identifies Molecule That Stimulates Muscle-Building in Humans
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Study Identifies Molecule That Stimulates Muscle-Building in Humans
In a randomized control study of 10 healthy young men, researchers compared how consuming the single amino acid leucine or its two-molecule equivalent, dileucine, influenced muscle-building and breakdown.
Youth, the Pandemic and a Global Mental Health Crisis
Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Youth, the Pandemic and a Global Mental Health Crisis
An alarming percentage of children and adolescents are experiencing a global-wide mental crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new University of Calgary study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.