CRISPR is moving out of the lab and into your home. Mammoth Biosciences, a new biotech company co-founded by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, is developing an at-home CRISPR diagnostics kit. If it reaches the commercial market, this kit could replace “Dr. Google” as the average person’s go-to source for health diagnostics. And given how much the internet makes us freak...
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New technology offers hope for people with tinnitus
Nick Stein says he’s tried just about everything to relieve the ringing in his ears — a condition called tinnitus. “I tried masking, including having to have a fan on when I went to sleep or having a machine that makes sounds, like the sound of rain or a burbling brook,” he told CBS News. According...
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What if you could know that your mild cognitive impairment wouldn’t progress
Researchers from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon found that, in some mild cognitive impairment patients, real neuropsychological stability over a decade is possible and that long-term stability could be predicted based on neuropsychological tests measuring memory and non-verbal abstract reasoning. In their work, with 10 years of follow-up, independently of the association of...
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Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging
Regular physical activity may help older women increase their mobility, but muscle strength and endurance are likely to succumb to the effects of frailty if they haven’t also been doing resistance training. That is according to the findings of a cross-sectional study led by the University at Buffalo and published in the journal Physical & Occupational...
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Why zero-calorie sweeteners can still lead to diabetes, obesity
Increased awareness of the health consequences of eating too much sugar has fueled a dramatic uptick in the consumption of zero-calorie artificial sweeteners in recent decades. However, new research finds sugar replacements can also cause health changes that are linked with diabetes and obesity, suggesting that switching from regular to diet soda may be a...
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Eating more fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease
A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shines more light on the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shines more light on the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health. Parvalbumin, a protein found in great quantities in...
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Can essential oils reduce varicose veins?
Varicose veins or spider veins can arise from aging, pregnancy, or sitting down for too long. They also tend to run in families. Along with medical treatments, a person may want to try home remedies for varicose veins, including essential oils. Varicose veins are larger-than-normal veins that commonly appear in the legs. They are raised and...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater risk of diabetes
An epidemiological study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Seoul National University suggests that persons deficient in vitamin D may be at much greater risk of developing diabetes. The findings are reported in the April 19, 2018 online issue of PLOS One. The scientists studied a cohort of 903...
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Erectile dysfunction drugs may help treat many other conditions
A new British Journal of Pharmacology review examines how phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors, which were originally approved to treat erectile dysfunction, are finding clinical uses for a wide variety of conditions. PDE5 inhibitors cause blood vessel dilation by targeting a particular cellular pathway that is involved in many normal physiological functions and in the pathophysiology of a wide range of...
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Pharmacist follow-ups cut diabetes costs and reduce health risks
Two studies led by Associate Professor Joyce Lee from the Department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Science revealed that pharmacist-managed care, in addition to routine check-ups with physicians, help improve the management of diabetes and the associated chronic diseases. NUS researchers found that people with type 2 diabetes who regularly saw...