by University of Turku Impact of obesity risk factors on brain function. a) Family-related risk factors (parents’ obesity and diabetes) were associated with altered insulin signalling in the subject’s widespread brain regions. More yellow colour signifies stronger association. b) Family-related risk factors were associated with decreased opioid receptor availability in regions related to producing pleasure...
by University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain About 80 million Americans have fatty liver disease unrelated to alcohol abuse. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity and diabetes, and can lead to more severe liver damage such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer...
Nancy A. Melville and Amy Reyes October 28, 2021 In ongoing efforts to investigate a link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer, new research shows that women who consume higher levels of vitamin D – particularly from dietary sources – have a reduced risk of developing early-onset colorectal cancer, compared with those who have lower levels. This is...
by Davide Bruno, Andrew Rutherford, The Conversation Credit: Oleksandr Osipov/Shutterstock The potential long-term neurological effects of concussions and other knocks to the head in professional sport have attracted significant attention and research interest over recent years. Confirmation in 2014 that former England footballer Jeff Astle died as a result of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (a form of dementia)—and that it...
In the United States, Black women are more likely to have breast cancer at earlier ages and with a worse prognosis than white women. Despite this, there is a critical gap in breast cancer risk prediction models for them. The new tool could help finally change things. Clinicians use breast cancer risk prediction tools to...
by University of East Anglia Micrograph showing prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer) Credit: Wikipedia Researchers at the University of East Anglia have shown that a prostate cancer urine test can identify men at ‘intermediate risk’ who can safely avoid immediate treatment and benefit from ‘active surveillance’ instead. A new pilot...
For Zoe, it started with a news article. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a new weight loss drug, developed by Novo Nordisk, called Wegovy. Intrigued, she joined a Facebook support group for people trying out the drug. “I was pretty desperate to get it at that point,” she told us, “especially because I...
by University of New South Wales Dr. Deborah Burnett, first author of the paper and Conjoint Senior Lecturer at UNSW’s St Vincent’s Clinical School. Credit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research Medical researchers have outlined a strategy to generate future-proofed COVID-19 vaccines that can resist emergent new viral strains. A study led by the Garvan Institute...
by American College of Rheumatology Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that in one study, the majority of rheumatoid arthritis patients on an ultra-low dose of the drug rituximab maintained low disease activity for up to four years, and rarely needed...
by McGill University Health Centre Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Despite high hopes, a new pan-Canadian study published today in The BMJ suggests that ciclesonide—an inhaled and nasal steroid drug commonly used for asthma and rhinitis—won’t be the treatment to change the course of the pandemic. The results of this first placebo controlled trial of inhaled steroids for...
