by Majken Lerche Møller, Technical University of Denmark Credit: Technical University of Denmark After a hand injury, it is important to follow a rehabilitation program to ensure a quick recovery and re-establish strength and function of the hand. In Denmark and Germany alone, it is estimated that almost 200,000 persons per year need such rehabilitation. A...
by Gemma Sharp, Jasmine Fardouly, Marilyn Bromberg, Tama Leaver, Ysabel Gerrard, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Last week Facebook’s internal research revealed Instagram’s toxic effects on some young people’s body image—particularly girls. One study by Facebook of teen Instagram users in the US and UK found more than 40% of those who reported feeling “unattractive” said the feelings started...
by University of Southern California Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain. The lifetime incidence of such metastatic brain tumors in cancer patients is between 20%-45%, research shows. A new study from USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, suggests that the...
by CNRS Image of human tumour cells invading a collagen matrix. The nuclei are stained in blue and the portion of the extracellular matrix degraded by the cells is red. Credit: Guilherme Nader/Institut Curie When cells multiply and migrate, they can be compressed and their nucleus may break open. This phenomenon causes DNA damage. Scientists from...
by Will Doss, Northwestern University Fig. 1: Single-cell RNA sequencing profiles comparing breast cancer cells from primary and metastatic tumor sites. a A schematic showing the single-cell RNA sequencing of the sorted cells from L2T- or L2G-labeled TNBC PDX (mice 1 and 2) or MDA-MB-231 tumor (mouse 3)-bearing mice, both primary breast tumors and lung metastases...
WASHINGTON—Eating your daily calories within a consistent window of 8-10 hours is a powerful strategy to prevent and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrine Reviews. Time-restricted eating is a type of intermittent fasting that limits your food intake to a...
Charles P. Vega, MD Last month, I posted a case from my own practice to highlight issues of pain management in primary care. To recap: The patient was a 66-year-old woman with lifestyle-limiting hip pain and several medical comorbidities, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. I asked for, and received, numerous comments about my management of this...
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are revealing the many devastating consequences that patients can face both during and after hospitalization. A new study of nearly 150 patients hospitalized for COVID at the beginning of the pandemic found that 73% had delirium, a serious disturbance in mental state wherein a patient is...
by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo Problems with vision are among those that UB researchers have identified as an indication that a child or adolescent with a concussion will have delayed recovery. Credit: Douglas Levere Researchers at the University at Buffalo’s Concussion Management Clinic have developed a brief, standardized physical exam for sport-related concussive brain injuries in children...
by George Institute for Global Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research amongst the world’s biggest consumers of dairy foods has shown that those with higher intakes of dairy fat—measured by levels of fatty acids in the blood—had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those with low intakes. Higher intakes of dairy fat were...
