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US Olympians at 2016 Rio Games were infected with West Nile virus, not Zika

US Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne viral infections, including West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and Chikungunya. Source: US Olympians at 2016 Rio Games were infected with West […]

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Cannabis consumption increases violent behavior in young people in psychiatric care

A new study on cannabis use that involved 1,136 patients (from 18 to 40 years of age) with mental illnesses who had been seen five times during the year after discharge from a psychiatric hospital demonstrates that sustained used of cannabis is associated with an increase in violent behavior in young people. Moreover, the association […]

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Genetic body/brain connection identified in genomic region linked to autism

For the first time, scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes–fam57ba and doc2a–in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures, hyperactivity, large head size, and increased fat content. Both genes reside in the 16p11.2 region of the genome, which has been linked to multiple brain and body disorders […]

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