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Rutgers researchers have found that a Texas strategy to reduce anti-psychotic medication for children can serve as a model for other state Medicaid programs.

Channels: Children's Health, Family and Parenting, Government/Law, Healthcare, In the Home, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Psychology and Psychiatry,

Keywords: Psychotic Disorders, foster care system

As the countdown to a new school year begins, many parents will soon find themselves facing the often-arduous task of filling the school lunchbox which, despite the best of intentions, often ends up containing more junk food than nutrition. Cutting kids’ consumption of unhealthy food is the focus on a new study by the University of South Australia and Flinders University, where lead researcher and PhD candidate Brittany Johnson says there is clear connection between parents’ motivations, and their children’s intake of unhealthy foods.

Channels: All Journal News, Children's Health, Family and Parenting, Food Science, Nutrition, Obesity, Children's Health Featured Story TOP, Obesity Channel Featured Story TOP,

Keywords: School, Healthy Food, Healthy Food Choices, Healthy Food For Kids, Parent, lunch box, lunchbox, Children, Food, unhealthy food

A new project is set to transform understanding of the impact of mining on Australian subterranean species.

Channels: Environmental Science, Evolution and Darwin, Genetics,

Keywords: subterranean, Underground, Mining, Crustacean, Environment

In diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell anemia, cathepsins promote their propagation. Drug trials to inhibit these enzymes have failed due to baffling side effects. Now a new study examines cathepsins in systems to remove some of the bafflement.

Channels: All Journal News, Grant Funded News, Blood, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Embargoed Feed - hidden,

Keywords: Cathepsin, cathepsins, Protease, Protease Inhibitor, Protease Inhibitor Drugs, Systems Biology, Cancer, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia Research, Sickle Cell Disease, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Metastasis, atheroscleroisis, Cannibalization, Distracting, autodigestion, cathepsin K, cathepsin L, cathepsin S

Channels: Healthcare, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Respiratory Diseases and Disorders, Vaccines, China News,

Keywords: Coronavirus, Upper Respiratory Infections

A new study estimates that more than 2 million Americans with heart disease have used marijuana, but the cardiovascular effects of the drug are not fully understood.

Channels: Cardiovascular Health, Heart Disease, Marijuana, Smoking, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News,

Mesenchymal stromal cells from fat tissue and bone marrow are widely used in therapeutic trials for their anti-inflammatory qualities, but new Mayo Clinic research finds that liver cells may be of greater value. The study, published in Liver Transplantation, finds that liver mesenchymal stromal cells have immunoregulatory qualities that make them more effective than similar cells derived from adipose, or fat, tissue and bone marrow.

Channels: Immunology, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Transplantation,

Keywords: Mayo Clinic, Immunology, Transplant, Timucin Taner, Liver

It represents an entirely new type of ground state for transition metal oxides, and opens new directions for experiments and theoretical studies of how superconductivity arises and how it can be optimized in this system and possibly in other compounds.

Channels: Energy, Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Travel and Transportation,

Keywords: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Superconductors, condensed matter physics and materials, X-ray science

A variety of existing drugs for treating conditions such as diabetes, inflammation, alcohol abuse, and arthritis in dogs can also kill cancer cells in the lab, according to a study by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Channels: All Journal News, Grant Funded News, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceuticals, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Nature (journal), Cancer Center Featured Story 2, Embargoed Feed - hidden,

Keywords: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, drug repurposing