Author: Leigh Hataway

High levels of omega-3, omega-6 may protect against cancer

Healthy fats in fish oil supplements and canola oil can help protect against cancer.
The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is

The breeding population of monarchs is stable. They’re dying on their way South.
UGA partners with FDA to test U.S. dairy supplies for avian influenza

Pasteurization kills H5N1 in dairy. But raw products pose an infection risk.
Prominent physiologist named GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine

Yana Zavros will lead the new UGA School of Medicine’s research enterprise.
People aren’t volunteering as much these days. What gives?

New study links U.S. decline in volunteering to economic conditions.
Postpartum women filled more benzodiazepine prescriptions during pandemic

Postpartum diagnoses didn’t increase during COVID. Benzo prescriptions did.
A New Public Health Enemy #1

Not quite the last of us
Type 2 diabetes increased by almost 20% over a decade

Age, race, income and obesity all factor in the risk of developing diabetes.
At risk of high cholesterol? Taking fish oil may help

People with a family history of high cholesterol benefit from taking fish oil.
Coyotes are everywhere. Should you be concerned?

Coyotes don’t pose a big threat to people, but they can to pets.
Multidrug-resistant fungi found in commercial soil, compost, flower bulbs

Gardening may no longer be a safe hobby for the immunocompromised due to fungus.
Black youth are paying an emotional toll due to racism

The brain tries to protect Black youth from racism, but it comes at a cost.
Parents are overwhelmed. It may affect their kids’ relationship with food

Parents may pressure kids to eat certain foods and avoid others due to stress.
Current medical training perpetuates anti-obesity bias

Weight doesn’t equal health. Why do doctors still push weight loss on patients?
People are altering decomposition rates in waterways

Faster decomposition rates may make climate change worse.
Rebuilding the Brain

Stroke treatment enters new, exciting phase
Magic mushrooms can treat medication-resistant depression. Are they safe?

Psychedelic in magic mushrooms appears to be a safe treatment for depression.
Jenna Jambeck named 2024 SEC Professor of the Year

The renowned pollution expert was previously awarded a MacArthur “Genius Grant.”
Young Black men are dying by suicide at alarming rates

Study suggests racism and childhood trauma may be to blame for suicidal thoughts.
Cherry Collier: A Personality Matter

Put me in, coach
Glass Act

The art behind the science
Joro spiders well poised to populate cities

Invasive Joro spider tolerates cities and noise better than many native species.
Homelessness leads to more drug, alcohol poisoning deaths

Reducing homelessness by 25% could save thousands of lives from overdoses.
UGA stroke treatment headed to clinical trial

Most stroke patients don’t get treatment. This new drug hopes to fill the void.