by Rutgers University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who feel depressed are more likely to believe vaccine-related misinformation, according to a new study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher during a time when depression rates are higher due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, found that people with...
by Monash University Increased concentration of short-chain fatty acids in stool and plasma following HAMSAB supplementation. A Acetate, propionate, and butyrate concentrations in stool (mM) and B plasma (μM). Overall significance determined by GEE and pairwise differences between timepoints by estimated marginal means and include a Tukey adjustment for multiple corrections. Colors indicate individual subjects....
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists are keeping a close watch on a recently-discovered sub-variant of the Omicron version of the COVID-19 virus to determine how its emergence could effect future pandemic spread. The initial Omicron variant has become the dominant virus strain in recent months but British health authorities have notably identified hundreds of cases...
HARVARD UNIVERSITY IMAGE: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW SAMAGYA BANSKOTA (LEFT) AND GRADUATE STUDENT ADITYA RAGURAM (RIGHT), CO-LEAD AUTHORS, INVESTIGATE IN VIVO DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS AT THE LIU LAB. CREDIT: JULIA MCCREARY/ HARVARD GRADUATE STUDENT. A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered DNA-free virus-like...
(HealthDay)—Among adults with overweight or obesity, once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide plus counseling for diet and physical activity results in significantly greater weight loss at 68 weeks than once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide, according to a study published in the Jan. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Domenica M. Rubino, M.D., from the Washington Center for...
by Tom Avril Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the first few weeks of the pandemic, when physicians were grappling with the unknown like everyone else, psychiatrist Angela Reiersen recalled that an old drug in her field, called fluvoxamine, affected the body in ways that went beyond improving mental health. In addition to easing symptoms of...
By Mario Aguilar Jan. 19, 2022 ADOBE Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have spent years making sure that their meditation app, called the Healthy Minds Program, passes clinical muster and delivers positive outcomes. Designing studies to test the app’s efficacy led Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor at UW, to confront the mountain of thousands of...
(Credit: Pixabay from Pexels) DIET, FOOD, HEALTH & MEDICAL JANUARY 20, 2022 by Study Finds SEATTLE, Wash. — A substance in pomegranates could hold the key to creating a new anti-aging treatment that strengthens muscles and mitochondrial health. Researchers from the University of Washington say the fruit contains an extract called urolithin A, which they...
With the Winter Olympics approaching, many people will soon be tuning in to watch events that take place on ice, such as figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. An ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ice’s surface is essential for skaters’ graceful glides. Inspired by this surface, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a...
Since they came into use by physicians and researchers, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) or Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) have provided ways to treat neurological disorders and shed light on how the brain functions. As beneficial as they’ve been, BCIs have potential to go far beyond the technology’s current capabilities. In a collaboration between the Yale School of...
