The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Canadian women’s mental health both during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, confirms the CONCEPTION study led by Anick Bérard, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal.
Using the internet frequently during the height of the pandemic has been linked to poorer mental health for young and middle-aged men - but not for women of the same age, a new study has found.
Reforms to remove legal exemptions to give live-in domestic workers access to the minimum wage are an important step against the devaluation of this work but will be difficult to enforce because of Britain’s immigration rules, a new study says.
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new programming language known as “A Tensor Language” (ATL) designed for high-performance computing that could solve the issue of trade-offs between speed and reliability.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified two distinct cell populations in the brain that are affected differently by Huntington’s disease, which could help lead to new treatments that target specific cells within the brain.
Historic graffiti of ships carved in an African fort were drawn by soldiers on guard duty watching the sea, University of Exeter experts believe.
The first detailed academic study of East African maritime traditions shows changes in boatbuilding techniques but the continuing use of wooden vessels by fishers.
Members of minority groups can boost collective action by seeking the ideas and perspectives of fellow group members, new research shows.
Conservation of sea turtles along much of Africa's east coast has made good progress in recent decades – but tens of thousands of turtles still die each year due to human activity, researchers say.
UW Medicine researchers say more studies are needed to determine the findings' clinical value.
College athletes face unique pressures when considering whether to disclose such an event, according to a study.
Machine learning identified preoperative conditions associated with poor outcomes of left-ventricle assist device surgery.
A study of veterans showed great uncertainty about whether to attribute symptoms to long COVID or to patients' other existing conditions.
The advance creates hope for treating glaucoma and other neurodegenerative conditions in humans.
Results from a new molecular study provide a framework to guide engineering of future SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
Latest work unexpectedly shows two close bat virus relatives of human respiratory virus MERS-CoV use bat ACE2 as cell entry receptor.
People who regularly engage in physical activity are less likely to go to the doctor, emergency room or hospital, UW Medicine study finds.
Articles on smoking and gun control noted specialists' university affiliations about 90% of the time, but only 77% of the time with references to abortion.
Most Alzheimer’s drugs in development target beta-amyloid, but targeting another protein, called tau, may be needed.
In a novel lab environment using mini kidney structures, drugs blocked the swelling of tubes seen with polycystic kidney disease.