by Taylor & Francis Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than two thirds (65.5 percent) of students are experiencing poor sleep quality and this is linked to mental health problems, new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Human Biology suggests. The findings, based on more than 1,000 (1,113) men and women attending university full-time, also show those...
by Stony Brook University A scanned electron microscopy of a cell of Cryptococcus neoformans showing the “hairs” within the fungal cell that cause disease. Credit: Jeehyun Karen You The last drug designed to more effectively treat dangerous systemic fungal infections, most often affecting immunocompromised patients, was developed over 20 years ago. Now an interdisciplinary team of...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress The Samoan medicinal plant garden at the Scientific Research Organization of Samoa. Credit: Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni A team of researchers from Samoa, New Zealand and the U.S. has found that the leaves of the Samoan tree, matalafi, are as good at relieving inflammation as ibuprofen. In their paper published in Proceedings...
Credit…Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters By Christina Caron Children ages 5 to 11 may be eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine by early next month: two shots spaced three weeks apart. But unlike kids 12 and older, who get the same dosage as adults, the kids in the younger age group will receive 10 micrograms of vaccine per dose, or one-third the amount...
By Jane E. Brody If the public has learned anything about medicine during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that science is constantly evolving. New findings can change how experts define a given illness, as well as how they diagnose, prevent and treat it. Such is the case, a new study suggests, with chronic kidney disease. A...
Josh SullivanAssociate Editor AbbVie’s age-related blurry vision drug for aging adults was given the OK by the FDA Friday, making it the first eye drop to treat an eye condition that affects 128 million Americans. Formerly AGN-190584, the drug has proven a bright spot in Allergan’s pipeline since AbbVie bought it out for $63 billion,...
Source: University of Utah Health Scientists at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in the retina. In the central nervous system a complex circuitry of neurons communicate with each other to relay sensory and motor information; so-called interneurons serve as...
Marie Morales Nov 01, 2021 01:00 AM It’s commonly known that deep deprivation affects one’s physical and psychological health alike, and such effects are significantly negative if it is missing or disrupted. A Positively Scottish report said some well-known impacts of restless sleep comprise drowsiness, yawning, and at times, headaches, depression, and anxiety. Recently published scientific research...
by Delthia Ricks, Medical Xpress PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain Two drugs approved decades ago not only counteract brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease in animal models, the same therapeutic combination may also improve cognition. Sounds like a slam dunk in terms of a cure—but not yet. Researchers...
For the study researchers used a new statistical model that is 80% accurate in distinguishing between drug-resistant and drug-responsive generalized epilepsy. “Traditionally, we had few tools available to help us predict whether a patient will do well and remain seizure-free or continue to have seizures despite treatment with medications. “This is difficult for patients to hear, especially...
