A study by Ohio State University found that financial stress was a significant contributor to depression in breast cancer patients, even stronger than grief from a loved one. Researchers analyzed data from 210 women with stage II or III breast cancer and found a strong link between money-related stress and depressive symptoms.
Researchers developed MVAPICH, a software that connects traditional supercomputing software with InfiniBand technology, enabling faster data flow. The innovation allows scientists to study climate change and other complex phenomena more efficiently.
The demand for kidney transplants is soaring due to type 2 diabetes and hypertension, but the number of available donors is low. Experts at the American Society of Nephrology conference discuss the pros and cons of paid donations, weighing the need to increase the transplant pool against ethical concerns.
Researchers have identified multiple families with a genetic mutation causing gout and kidney failure, developing in teenage years and progressing to end-stage kidney disease by the 40s or 50s. The team hopes to find family members who may be unaware of their condition and develop improved treatment for this rare disease.
A study at Dartmouth College suggests that harboring racial bias makes negotiating interracial interactions more cognitively demanding. The researchers found that brain activity in response to black faces predicted performance on cognitive tasks after actual interactions.