ophia Antipolis, France – 25 Aug 2021: A study of more than 35,000 smokers has found that women smoke fewer cigarettes than men but are less likely to quit. The research is presented at ESC Congress 2021.1 Study author Ms. Ingrid Allagbe, a PhD student at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France said: “In our study, women who...
Month: <span>August 2021</span>
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CT scans suggest possible lung destruction in some asthmatics
IMAGE: CT SCANS (TOP PANELS) AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING (BOTTOM PANELS) OF ASTHMATICS WITH (LEFT PANELS) AND WITHOUT (RIGHT PANELS) FIXED AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION (FAO). LARGER CLUSTERS OF LOW ATTENUATION AREA WERE FOUND IN ASTHMATICS WITH FAO COMPARED TO THOSE WITHOUT FAO. (KAORUKO SHIMIZU ET AL., THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, AUGUST 23, 2021.) CREDIT:...
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Mediterranean diet shows promise in men with erectile dysfunction
Sophia Antipolis, France – 25 Aug 2021: A Mediterranean diet is associated with improvements in erectile dysfunction, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.1 Men with hypertension are twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction as their peers with normal blood pressure.2 Erectile dysfunction is primarily considered a disorder of the small arteries, which lose the ability to...
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Why do short-lived lung infections lead to long-lasting lung damage?
IMAGE: BASAL EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS (GREEN) CONTAINING THE PROTEIN IL-33 (RED) ARE VISIBLE IN A SAMPLE OF LUNG TISSUE (PICTURED). RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS HAVE FOUND THAT SUCH STEM CELLS MULTIPLY DURING AND AFTER A VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION, SOMETIMES TRIGGERING A DETRIMENTAL REMODELING PROCESS THAT CAN CAUSE PERSISTENT LUNG...
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Aging-US: Cognition and action: Executive functions to motor control in older adults
IMAGE: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS FOR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS. (A) STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL FOR CORRELATED FACTORS OF INHIBITION, SHIFTING, AND UPDATING. UPDATING SIGNIFICANTLY PREDICTS PERFORMANCE ON THE COMPLEX CONDITION OF THE BIMANUAL COORDINATION TASK IN OLDER ADULTS. (B) STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL WITH ORTHOGONAL FACTORS, ACCOUNTING FOR VARIANCE SHARED BY ALL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL...
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Messenger RNA Covid vaccines 66% effective against Delta: US study
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been examining the real-world performance of the two vaccines since they were first authorized among health care personnel, first responders and other frontline workers. The effectiveness against infection of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines dropped from 91 percent before the Delta variant became dominant to...
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Half of adults with ADHD have had a substance use disorder
by University of Toronto Credit: CC0 Public Domain Half of adults aged 20-39 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have had a substance use disorder (SUD) in their lifetime according to new research published online ahead of print this month in Alcohol and Alcoholism. This is markedly higher than the 23.6% of young adults without ADHD who have had...
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Fundamental feature of aggressive lymphomas discovered
by University of Southampton The crystal structure of a fragment of a B-cell receptor from an aggressive lymphoma. The receptor is modified by carbohydrate, termed a glycan, shown in green sticks. The protein chains are depicted as a tube with the loops around the glycan coloured. Credit: University of Southampton Research led by the University of Southampton...
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Long-lasting COVID symptoms rarer in children than in adults
by Robert C Hughes, Emma Duncan, Michael Absoud, Sunil Bhopal, The Conversation COVID-19 isn’t the only infection that can cause lingering symptoms. Credit: Image Point Fr/Shutterstock When COVID-19 arrived, it quickly became clear that older age was the biggest risk factor for developing severe disease. Indeed, there are few diseases for which age is so clearly the...
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Altered microbiome after antibiotics in early life shown to impact lifespan
by South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Credit: Shutterstock A team of researchers from SAHMRI and Flinders University has found a link between the type of microbiome that repopulates the gut following antibiotics and shortened lifespan in mice. The study recently published in Cell Reports, is the first of its kind to examine the long-term effects of exposing...