What do new findings tell us about the role of long-term supplemental oxygen in patients with stable COPD? Long-term supplemental oxygen provides no benefit in terms of survival or time to first hospitalization in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with moderate resting desaturations (pulse oximetry [SpO2], 89 to 93%) or exercise induced...
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Oat-based protein acts like “demolition expert” in slaying cells
UCSF has referred to the new technique as a “biological light saber” Biologists studying health often concern themselves with preserving cells. However, it is sometimes advantageous to learn how to precisely kill them, without having their contents contaminate the rest of the body – and that’s exactly what bioengineers at the University of California...
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Biomarkers in the blood prove strong role of food for type 2 diabetes
Alastair Ross, Ann-Sofie Sandberg and Otto Savolainen are three of the authors of the study on the importance of biomarkers for type 2 diabetes. Metabolic fingerprints from blood samples could render important new knowledge on the connection between food and health. A new study finds that diet is one of the strongest predictors of...
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Type 2 diabetes IS reversible: Eating just 600 calories a day for 8 weeks can save the lives of millions of sufferers
Excess calories lead to a fatty liver, which causes it to produce too much glucose The excess fat reaches the pancreas, which causes insulin-producing cells to fail Losing less than 1g of fat from the pancreas can re-start the insulin production Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by going on a low calorie diet, new...
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Mediterranean Diet Just As Good As Drugs In Controlling Acid Reflux Symptoms
Researchers compared the effects of a Mediterranean diet and traditional medication on people who have been diagnosed with laryngopharyngeal reflux. The Mediterranean diet showed promising results in reducing symptoms of the condition. Acid Reflux Laryngopharyngeal reflux is also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and acid reflux. It is a condition wherein stomach acids leak...
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Vitamin D deficiency tied to neuropathic pain
(HealthDay)—Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with increased neuropathic pain (NP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Hilal Yesil, from Afyon Kocatepe University in Turkey, and colleagues used the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) questionnaire to evaluate NP...
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A fifth of global deaths linked to diet: study
A small child in Mumbai, with a shaved head, eating bread with her hand. Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday. More than 1.6 million people in poor countries died...
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Nanoparticles from tattoos can travel to the lymph nodes
Scientists have gained a new insight into the behavior of nanoscale particles in tattoo recipients Scientists were already aware that pigments from tattoo ink can travel to the lymph nodes, critical components of the immune system that help fight off viruses and bacteria. Cutting edge X-ray technologies have now provided a look at what much smaller, and more...
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There’s a $100 Million Plan to Make a Synthetic Spinal Cord to End Paralysis
IN BRIEF Hugh Herr and his colleagues at MIT’s Center for Extreme Bionics want to change what it means to be disabled. As part of a $100 million, five-year project, the researchers are working on advanced prosthetics that work like real limbs, a synthetic nervous system, and more. A BOLD MISSION Some say experience is the...
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Accidental discovery reveals bacteria reduces the effectiveness of chemotherapy drug
Bacteria could be inhibiting the efficacy of traditional cancer treatments Many great scientific discoveries have arisen out of laboratory accidents, from the mistake that led to penicillin, to revelations of LSD’s psychedelic properties after Albert Hoffman unexpectedly absorbed a dose through his fingertips in 1943. The latest serendipitous discovery comes from a cross-contamination accident that...