JANUARY 17, 2022 by Chinese Academy of Sciences Proposed model for the LCDR/hnRNP K/LAPTM5 axis promoting the pathogenesis of lung cancer. Credit: Gao Shan Chinese scientists recently reported the key role in tumor survival played by a histone-acetylation-regulated long noncoding RNA called lysosome cell death regulator (LCDR), providing a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for lung...
JANUARY 18, 2022 by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have developed a new blood test to measure the pace of biological aging. Based on an analysis of chemical tags on the DNA contained in white blood cells, called DNA methylation marks,...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: SCHEMATIC SUMMARIZING THE RESEARCH BY SODHI’S TEAM. FLUID WAS COLLECTED FROM THE EYES OF PATIENTS WITH WET MACULAR DEGENERATION RECEIVING TREATMENT WITH ANTI-VEGF THERAPY. ANALYSES ON THE PROTEINS IN THIS FLUID WERE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY BIOMARKERS THAT MAY HELP PREDICT THOSE PATIENTS WHO CAN BE SAFELY WEANED OFF TREATMENT WITHIN ONE...
JANUARY 18, 2022 by American College of Physicians According to two new clinical guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP), uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated in an outpatient setting without antibiotics. Patients with complicated disease should be referred for colonoscopy after an initial episode if they have not had a recent colonoscopy. Published in Annals of...
Bug bites are common and can come from bedbugs, mosquitoes, ticks, spiders, and other creatures. Many bites require nothing more than wound care at home, but others require medical attention. Elizabeth Ordonez/Offset Insect bites often cause an inflamed lump or spot on the skin, which may itch or change color. In lighter skin, many bug...
JANUARY 18, 2022 by Michael Merschel Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving. “You can’t assume that what was true three months ago is true now,” said Dr. James...
by Glen Pyle, Jennifer H Huang, The Conversation Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle most commonly caused by a virus. Credit: Shutterstock The heart has played a central role in COVID-19 since the beginning. Cardiovascular conditions are among the highest risk factors for hospitalization. A significant number of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infections have signs...
by Medical Journal of Australia Credit: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash People over 65 years of age with stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) were more likely to die than to experience kidney failure, suggesting that more people die with CKD rather than directly because of CKD, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia. Professor...
by John Hewitt, Medical Xpress Credit: wikipedia Students of physiology are invariably taught that the primary function of myelin is to insulate nerves. In particular, to make action potentials more efficient by increasing the thickness of the membrane and thereby decreasing its electric capacitance. But this crude idea—this analogy, really—can’t be correct. Despite the protestations...
by University of Surrey Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to the Royal College of General Practitioners, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ways in which patients accessed their GP reversed from around 70 percent face-to-face and 30 percent by phone, video or online pre-pandemic to around 30 percent face-to-face and 70 percent remote....
