An article about how people with schizophrenia are more susceptible cites George Keepers, M.D., who says, “There’s a whole host of things that people with this very unfortunate illness are vulnerable to.”

A new study reveals for the first time a new avenue of cell death in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. “Everyone knows that microglia are activated to mediate inflammation,” says Stephen Back, M.D., Ph.D. “But no one knew that they were dying in such large numbers. It’s just amazing that we missed this until now.”

In a post about people who are electronically monitored by their employers feeling tense and stressed out, Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., says: “When employees feel they are not cared for or trusted by their employers, they are likely to have lower levels of commitment to the organization and perceive lower levels of psychological safety and higher levels of stress, all negatively affecting the relationship between employees and their employers, and specifically their managers and supervisors.”

Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., says it’s important for Human Resource professionals to teach managers that modeling “appropriate, caring behavior” can lead to positive employee behavior and a supportive workplace, and that training can “help improve and reduce the toxic environment of the team members.”

In coverage of health risks for children and teens who use electronic cigarettes, Ben Hoffman, M.D., says teens need to be warned about the dangers of vaping: "It needs to come from everywhere. It needs to come from home. It needs to come from health care, schools, and we need to be banding together. I think what we ought to be doing is putting the needs of kids and families in the center and working together to see what the best thing is."

In an article about how runners with Celiac disease can maintain energy without eating gluten, Amanda Bryant, R.D., notes that more companies are making gluten-free products, and compared with one to two decades ago, “it’s much easier to find safe products.”

A new study led by scientists Oregon Health and Science University found that iron-rich cells in the brain destroy cells that are supposed to help clean connections between nerves.

During a debate at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, Amy M. Valent, D.O., says identifying gestational diabetes and treating it, and the quality of carbohydrates in one’s diet, improves perinatal outcomes. She says, "The primary target for people with gestational diabetes has been dietary, and that approach has been low carbohydrates, which has been able to decrease perinatal mortality to the level that we are at today.”

Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., will participate in a key opinion leader meeting o.n two clinical-stage drug candidates

In a Nature News article on research to “outwit” cancer’s evasion tactics, work co-led by Joe Gray, Ph.D., is mentioned as an effective way to test up to 18 drug combinations simultaneously within different regions of a single tumor, capturing a more detailed and naturalistic view of the efficacy and mechanism of action for these therapies.