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• NIH launches first phase of $9.8 million competition to accelerate development of neuromodulation therapies

  By thespecimennews on January 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The nervous system plays a role in all bodily functions, so neuromodulation therapies have the potential to treat a variety of health conditions, ranging from gastrointestinal disorders to heart failure, through targeted regulation of the nerves that connect with all parts of the body.

• Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction

  By thespecimennews on January 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A study conducted in two rural Massachusetts jails found that people with opioid use disorder who were incarcerated and received a medication approved to treat opioid use disorder, known as buprenorphine, were less likely to face rearrest and reconviction after… Read More ›

• Higher olive oil consumption linked with lower risk of premature death

  By thespecimennews on January 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Olive oil consumption has been linked to lower cardiovascular disease risk, but its association with premature death was unclear

• Global growth to slow through 2023 due to continued COVID-19 flare-ups – New Global Economic Prospects report

  By thespecimennews on January 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Growth in advanced economies is forecast to decelerate from 5 percent in 2021 to 3.8 percent in 2022 as the unwinding of pent-up demand only partly cushions a pronounced withdrawal of fiscal policy support.

• Africa Calls for Urgent New Public Health Order

  By thespecimennews on January 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The first international Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), hosted by the African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in December concluded its main programme following three days of sessions focused on… Read More ›

• The Democratic Republic of Congo declares over the thirteenth Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

  By thespecimennews on January 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported zero case of Ebola since the country declared the end of the 13th Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak on the 16th December 2021. This is the second EVD outbreak reported this year… Read More ›

• New Study Emphasizes Critical Need for Diversity of Research Participants in Genetic Studies

  By thespecimennews on January 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Studies of whites dominate the research literature to date despite being one of the smallest populations worldwide.  A new paper in Nature presents evidence that the field of human genetics must improve the diversity of research participants to avoid worsening existing health… Read More ›