In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, researchers examined trends in new attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity) diagnoses, prevalence, and ADHD medication use in Finland from 2015 to 2022. Study: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnoses in Finland During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Image Credit: ABO PHOTOGRAPHY /…

A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine showed that dynamic, frequent host-pathogen interactions activate nasal innate immunity in children. Studies have reported heightened nasal innate immune activation in children compared to adults with or without severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, the biological drivers of this heightened immunity in…

A Phase 1 trial testing the safety of an experimental nasal vaccine that may provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is now enrolling healthy adults at three sites in the United States. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring the first-in-human trial of the investigational…

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Impotence Research, researchers in Italy developed and tested the psychometric properties of the Sexual Desire and Erotic Fantasies questionnaire - Part 1 Sexual Desire (SDEF1) in 1,773 Italian participants. They found that the SDEF1 has a robust six-dimensional factorial structure, good psychometric properties, and can…

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers used a large, binational cohort (total n = 4,731,778) to investigate the short- and long-term associations between SARS-CoV-2 infections and subsequent adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes. They used exposure-driven propensity score matching to compare their samples’ outcomes against the general population and individuals with a…

In a recent study published in NPJ Digital Medicine, researchers used a large dataset consisting of five million nights of sleep monitoring data from wearable devices to examine changes in an individual's sleep phenotype over time and determine if these changes in sleep patterns or phenotypes are informative about periods of acute illness such as fever,…

A researcher at the University of Missouri has developed a program that improves the quality of care and reduces avoidable hospitalizations in nursing homes -; saving Missouri nursing homes and Medicare millions of dollars and allowing Missouri nursing homes to invest more in retaining their most skilled staff members. The program is so successful that…

In a recent cohort study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from the United States of America investigated the association between the use of cannabis and tobacco and health outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They found that smokers and cannabis users showed a greater risk of hospitalization and adverse outcomes in COVID-19 as compared…

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a group of researchers analyzed early cellular response dynamics to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in seronegative individuals using single-cell multi-omics profiling, identifying key cellular states and immune responses associated with different infection outcomes. Summary figure highlighting the key finding from the study.…