Applied sciences and engineering

UC Berkeley Engineers Develop Earbuds that Track Brain Signals Linked to Relaxation and Drowsiness Feeling sleepy during work is a common experience, especially after lunch. However, for individuals in high-risk jobs, like driving or operating heavy machinery, drowsiness can be perilous or even fatal. Drowsy driving alone contributes to hundreds of fatal traffic accidents every year across the U.S., and the National Safety Council has highlighted drowsiness as a critical risk in industries like

— Replacing weekly servings of bacon or hot dogs with nuts and legumes linked to reduced dementia risk PHILADELPHIA – A long-term observational study involving 130,000 healthcare professionals found that eating processed red meat twice a week over several decades was associated with a higher likelihood of developing dementia. Participants from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who consumed at least one-quarter of a daily serving of processed red meat —

— Recombinant Shingles Vaccine Linked to 164 Days Free from Dementia Diagnosis Key Points Those who received the recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrix) saw a 17% longer duration without a dementia diagnosis compared to patients who got the live vaccine version. This extension translates to 164 more days on average without receiving a dementia diagnosis. The findings add to the growing understanding of a potential link between shingles vaccination and the prevention of dementia. A recent

— Also on TTHealthWatch: Pediatric Diabetes Post-COVID TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech, hosted by Elizabeth Tracey, the director of electronic media at Johns Hopkins, and Dr. Rick Lange, president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso. Each week, they delve into the most significant medical news. This episode's discussions include topics such as the efficacy of nasal sprays for respiratory infections, the preventive use of Paxlovid, endometriosis and

— Lack of Institutional Support and Knowledge rank as Key Factors A recent systematic review of 283 studies has determined that a lack of institutional backing remains the top reason clinicians hesitate to intervene in addiction cases, as highlighted by the findings. In their analysis, Wilson Compton, MD, MPE, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and his colleagues reported in JAMA Network Open that 81.2% of the reviewed articles cited the institutional environment as

— Age-Related Outcomes A retrospective analysis involving Medicare patients suggested that hormone therapy in older women with breast cancer was linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. The study showed that breast cancer patients who underwent hormone-modulating therapy had a 7% reduced likelihood of dementia over an average follow-up of 12 years compared with those who didn’t receive the therapy (HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.88-0.98, P=0.005), according to research led by Chao Cai, PhD, from the