by American Heart Association Gum disease was associated with a higher rate of strokes caused by hardening of large arteries in the brain and also with severe artery blockages that haven’t yet caused symptoms, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020—Feb. 19-21 in Los Angeles, a...
by The North American Menopause Society Lumbar disc degeneration and resulting lower back pain become greater concerns with age and disproportionately affect women more than men, likely as a result of decreasing estrogen levels during menopause. A new study demonstrates that vitamin D deficiency, smoking, high body mass index (BMI), and osteoporosis are risk factors...
by Keck School of Medicine Biologically important changes in DNA seen in smokers are also being found in people who vape, according to a new study published in the journal Epigenetics. A team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found people who vape exhibit similar chemical modifications in their overall...
by York University A study by York University psychology researchers provides new evidence that bilingualism can delay symptoms of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, making up 60 to 70 per cent of dementia cases. Of all activities with neuroplastic benefits, language use is the most sustained, consuming the largest proportion...
by Lindsay Brownell Each one of us carries about 38 trillion bacteria around with us in our gut every day—if you wanted to count them all, it would take you more than a million years. How can such a veritable zoo of microbes reside peacefully in our guts without triggering our immune systems to attack...
Scientists already know that stomach fat — known as abdominal obesity — increases the risk of having a first heart attack. But new research finds that having excessive fat in this specific area also increases risk of subsequent heart attacks. Abdominal fat may be a risk factor for repeat heart attacks. “The reason abdominal obesity...
Often, the same illness causes a sore throat and swollen lymph glands. Both can be symptoms of an infection, which may be viral or bacterial. The lymph glands, or lymph nodes, are a part of the body’s immune system. They collect and filter fluid to remove infection from the body. Lymph glands, especially those in...
This new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living space GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A scrupulous gatekeeper stands between the brain and its circulatory system to let in the good and keep out the bad, but this porter, called the blood-brain barrier, also blocks trial drugs to...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – As the coronavirus outbreak shows, viruses are a constant threat to humanity. Vaccines are regularly developed and deployed against specific viruses, but that process takes a lot of time, doesn’t help everyone who needs protection, and still leaves people exposed to new outbreaks and new viruses. Now, researchers at Massachusetts...
Cranberries have long been considered a folk remedy for the prevention of urinary tract infections. Now a team of researchers including scientists at the University of Georgia think they know why. UGA scientists, working with colleagues at the University of Mississippi, provided crucial information in the discovery of a class of oligosaccharides—a type of complex...
