by Johannes Angerer, Medical University of Vienna Good news for the human immune system: Researchers from MedUni Vienna’s Departments of Dermatology and Surgery have managed to ascribe an immunological memory function to a subset of cytotoxic NK cells, which have hitherto been regarded as antigen-non-specific. Under the leadership of Georg Stary, the researchers found that around...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND IMAGE: THE SERUM METABOLITE PROFILE CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS LIKELY AT RISK OF DEVELOPING AN ALCOHOL-RELATED DISEASE IN THE FUTURE. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world to show that the serum metabolite profile can be used to identify individuals likely...
by Medical University of Vienna Patients with thyroid dysfunction are routinely treated with drugs to regulate the hormone imbalance. The effect of these drugs is clinically evaluated by means of blood tests. A team led by Michael Krebs from MedUni Vienna’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism has now conducted a study to test the use of magnetic resonance...
by Washington State University People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis, according to a Washington State University study. The researchers analyzed data inputted into the Strainprint app by people who self-identified as having OCD, a condition characterized by intrusive,...
CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN IMAGE: FLUORESCENT IMAGE OF A MOUSE BRAIN WITH THE CEREBELLUM HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SHAPE OF A MARIJUANA LEAF. Cannabinoids have a strong influence on how our brains work and how we behave. Many people are only aware of the recreational aspect of cannabinoids. But in fact these molecules naturally exist...
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)– Although frequently used to treat painful osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, intra-articular corticosteroid (IACS) injections remain controversial. Questions about whether damage to joints occurs as a result of these injections, which are performed thousands a time each day, persist. Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee is among the...
NYU LANGONE HEALTH / NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Having subtler symptoms, a form of epilepsy that affects only one part of the brain often goes undiagnosed long enough to cause unexpected seizures that contribute to car crashes, a new study finds. The study, publishing online Oct. 20 in the journal Epilepsia, addressed focal epilepsy, the most...
UNIVERSITY OF KENT IMAGE: IMAGES TAKEN FROM THE VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT OF A THERAPY APPOINTMENT. Research from the University of Kent, the Research centre on Interactive Media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies – RISE Ltd and the University of Cyprus has revealed that Virtual Reality (VR) technology can have significant impact on the validity of...
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD,Oct 20 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has infected over 40 million people worldwide. Despite the high mortality seen among hospitalized patients, many have survived, although little is known about the medium-to-long term effects of COVID-19 disease after discharge. Although predominantly a respiratory illness, emerging data suggests that multi-organ injury is common,...
by Nature Publishing Group Children born to mothers who took the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate during pregnancy may have a four to five-fold increased risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders in early childhood, according to a study in Scientific Reports. Fifty of the 991 French children (5%) who were exposed to sodium valproate were diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders...
