Brain Chemicals and Smiles
News Team member Alya Khoury reports on how areas of our brains distinguish between genuine and posed smiles using the neurotransmitter oxytocin.
Weekly Health Digest: E. coli, Bird Flu, Rising Plan B Orders, Pancreatic Cancer Worries, U.S. Vaccinations, South Asian Air Pollution
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team:
E. coli outbreak in carrots, bird flu case in California child, morning-after and abortion pill order spike after election, overestimation of pancreatic cancer, changes in vaccination in the U.S., air pollution in India and Pakistan
Weekly Health Digest: Stem Cell Transplants, Sleep and Dementia, Sugar From Birth, Cold Meds Regulation
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Stem-cell transplants to treat blindness, sleep habits and energy levels predicting dementia risk, reduced sugar consumption improve shealth outcomes, and revisiting cold medication ingredient regulation.
Weekly Health Digest: Food Recalls, Semaglutide, Gender Health Gap, Eye Implants, Stroke Guidelines, Abortion Access
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: food recalls increase, preventing compounded semaglutide, eliminating the gender health gap, eye implants for the blind, social determinants of health in stroke guidelines, new attempts to restrict abortion.
Health Beyond the Blog: Lynne Peeples and “Our Inner Clock”
News Team member Alya Khoury recommends the latest episode of Health Storytelling, featuring Lynne Peeples and her new book "The Inner Clock: Living in Sync With Our Circadian Rhythms."
Weekly Health Digest: Stem Cells, Uterus Transplants, Schizophrenia Treatment, Carcinogens, Migraines, Dementia Drug
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team:
Stem cells as a new treatment for type 1 diabetes, uterus transplants for infertile women, approval of a new schizophrenia treatment, carcinogens in food packaging, new understandings of estrogen and migraines, and dementia drug derailed by lawsuit.
Weekly Health Digest: Mpox, Babesiosis, Listeria, Parasites, Bird Flu, and COVID Neurology
New from the EmoryCSHH News Team:
Mpox Updates from the European CDC, the Rise of Babesiosis, Parasites for Treating Neurological Conditions, Concerns in Bird Flu Transmission, the Effect of COVID on Neurological Age, and Food Regulation in the Boar's Head Listeria Investigation.