by Staffordshire University Thermal image showing temperatures in the different regions of the foot. Credit: Staffordshire University A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from Rheumatoid Arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures than healthy individuals. The work, published in PLOSONE and undertaken by University of Malta and Staffordshire University, compares...
by Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: Dan Larremore A simple, scratch-and-sniff test could play a key role in curbing the spread of COVID-19, at a fraction of the cost of high-tech tests that are difficult to scale and take longer to return results, new CU Boulder research suggests. “A lot of people have...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND IMAGE: DATA AVAILABLE FROM CLINICAL SLEEP STUDIES COULD BE UTILISED MORE EXTENSIVELY BY, FOR EXAMPLE, PAYING CLOSER ATTENTION TO HEART RATE AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY. CREDIT: UEF / RAIJA TÖRRÖNEN Longer nocturnal respiratory events in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) cause higher immediate heart rate variability, and greater changes in...
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: RESEARCH ON RATS WITH HEART FAILURE SHOWS THAT EXERCISE REDUCES THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE, IMPROVES HEART FUNCTION AND INCREASES WORK CAPACITY. CREDIT: PHOTO: NTNU “Our research on rats with heart failure shows that exercise reduces the severity of the disease, improves heart function and increases work capacity....
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE Irvine, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020 — Ever see long lines at the pharmacy counter and give up on a medication, or find that the drive is just a little too long? A study by the University of California, Irvine and UC San Diego found that patients using an automated kiosk...
CLEVELAND CLINIC CLEVELAND – COVID-19 is known primarily as a respiratory disease, with symptoms that include cough, shortness of breath, and, in severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia. Now, researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Biomedical Engineering note in a recent review that infection with the coronavirus may also affect the central nervous system and...
New research suggests testing people’s memory over four weeks could identify who is at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease before it has developed. Importantly, the trial found testing people’s ability to retain memories for longer time periods could predict this more accurately than classic memory tests, which test memory over half an hour. The...
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH (TUM) IMAGE: PROF. GORDON CHENG WHATS TO DIG DEEPER INTO UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BRAIN FUNCTIONS CREDIT: ASTRID ECKERT / TUM Combining neuroscience and robotic research has gained impressive results in the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients. A research team led by Prof. Gordon Cheng from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was...
By Nick Lavars; December 10, 2020 A new study has shown how microplastics in water can develop coatings of biomolecules, which make them much more likely to be internalized by living cellsUniversity of Bayreuth Microplastics are starting to turn up in all kinds of places, from the heights of Mount Everest, to the sea ice in the...
by Gladstone Institutes Melanie Ott co-led a study with researchers from Gladstone, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, UC San Francisco, and Synthego Corporation that points toward ways to treat not only COVID-19, but future coronaviruses that might emerge. Credit: Gladstone Institutes When a coronavirus—including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19—infects someone, it hijacks the person’s cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for...
