Collaborate Disseminate
A striking new study has found gene expression can dramatically increase in some brain cells hours after a person dies. These “zombie genes” are primarily related to inflammatory activity and the researchers suggest scientists studying post-mortem brai… Continue reading “Zombie genes” increase activity in the brain after death
A new peer-reviewed study published in the British Medical Journal is offering some of the first clear evidence to suggest the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7, informally known as the UK variant, is linked with significantly higher rates of death than previ… Continue reading New study suggests UK coronavirus variant is significantly more deadly
While much of the criticism surrounding the burning of fossil fuels focuses on the long term impacts to the health of the planet, it can also have devastating short-term effects on the health of the human population. A new study led by Harvard scientis… Continue reading Fossil fuel pollution caused 8.7 million deaths in 2018, study finds
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected have occurred in the United States so far in 2020. Only two-thirds of these “excess deaths” are directly attributed to COVID-19, sug… Continue reading CDC reports 300,000 excess deaths in US so far this year
New research, published in the journal JAMA, tracking total all-cause death rates in the United States has found 20 percent more people have died in 2020 compared to prior year averages. And, even more strikingly, only two-thirds of those excess deaths… Continue reading Study predicts over 400,000 excess pandemic deaths in US by end of 2020
Comparing data from two vastly different pandemics, with more than a century separating them, is perhaps an impossible task. But, a new analysis published in the journal JAMA Network Open, is suggesting a novel metric for comparing the 1918 Spanish Flu… Continue reading NYC study concludes COVID-19 is as deadly as the 1918 Spanish Flu
A new study, led by researchers from Stanford University, has uncovered an association between total REM sleep quantity and lifespan. The study is the first to investigate the specific relationship between REM sleep and mortality.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Less REM sleep linked to shorter lifespan
Poor sleep is known to affect human health in all kinds of harmful ways, with studies linking it to everything from obesity and loneliness, to cardiovascular disease and early death. Scientists at Harvard University have been exploring these connection… Continue reading Gut molecules implicated in early death from sleep deprivation
Apollo astronaut Colonel Alfred Merrill “Al” Worden has died at the age of 88. In a Twitter post, his family revealed that the former Command Module Pilot for the 1971 Apollo 15 lunar landing mission passed away in his sleep on March 18, 2020, at his h… Continue reading Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden dies age 88
A provocative new study is suggesting a blood test tracking 14 different biomarkers can predict a person’s risk of dying within the next 10 years better than any conventional models. The research is still a long way off being broadly deployed… Continue reading Blood test to predict how likely you are to die within 5 to 10 years