Globus pharyngeus, also called globus sensation or globus, is the feeling of having something stuck in the throat. Globus may be a symptom of certain conditions. According to a 2017 article in the journal Frontline Gastroenterology, healthcare professionals once considered globus to be a mostly psychologicalTrusted Source condition. However, researchers now understand that it can be a symptom of...
by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain ALK is a receptor tyrosine kinase that regulates important functions in the central nervous system. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have used leading-edge structural biology techniques to reveal in more detail how ALK is activated by the binding of ligands. ALK is an...
by Adam Pope, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have published a new study in PLOS ONE detailing a new therapy for acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or AE-IPF, that could potentially be lifesaving. Recent research studies have suggested...
by NYU Langone Health The larger, centrally located structure shown here is a glomerulus in a mouse kidney, which is known to be damaged by diabetes, as made evident by the scar tissue dyed purple in the image. The study authors show that administration of RAGE229 to diabetic mice reduced damage to the glomeruli and...
by University of Technology, Sydney Professor Phil Hansbro, Director of the Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation. Credit: Supplied by Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation Research led by the Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has identified a small RNA molecule called microRNA-21 as a therapeutic target and its inhibition as a potential treatment...
A lost sense of taste may refer to a partial or total loss of taste. Many possible causes may lead to a loss of taste, including new medications, dental problems, cold or flu, and COVID-19. Taste, also known as gustation, is an important sensation that allows people to identify nutritious food items and enjoy flavor....
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021 CONN HASTINGS GENETICS, MEDICINE, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, PATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY, SURGERY Scientists at Johns Hopkins used a combination of molecular labeling and imaging techniques to create a three-dimensional map of the blood vessels in the mouse skull. Their approach also reveals niches where stem cell populations lurk, which could help researchers to understand how...
by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health has found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I) prevented major depression, decreasing the likelihood of depression by over 50% as compared to sleep education therapy in adults over the age of 60 with insomnia. Their findings, reported...
By Rich Haridy November 23, 2021 Aducanumab was controversially approved by the FDA in June despite an advisory panel recommending against its approvalracorn/Depositphotos A new study published in the journal JAMA Neurology is reporting more than one in three patients trialing the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab experienced brain swelling side effects. The data is the first...
BY ABBEY BIGLER Most of the mouthwatering dishes in a Thanksgiving feast share a vital ingredient: salt! Though the words “salt” and “sodium” are often used interchangeably, table salt is actually a compound combining the elements sodium and chloride. Table salt is the most common form that sodium takes on Earth. Many other sodium compounds...
