Fatigue, weight gain, and low libido are just three of the symptoms middle-aged and older men face as their testosterone levels decline, but many don’t realize what’s going on. Sometimes referred to as “male menopause” or “manopause” in reference to the symptoms women experience when their estrogen levels drop, the medical term for men is...
Month: <span>January 2022</span>
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Green-Med Diet Seems to Slow Age-Related Neurodegeneration
BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV BEER-SHEVA, Israel, January 13, 2022 – A green Mediterranean diet, high in polyphenols and low in red and processed meat, seems to slow age-related brain atrophy, according to a new Ben-Gurion University of the Negev-led international study. The DIRECT PLUS 18-month long randomized control trial among ~300 participants is one...
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Discovery could hold the key to alleviating metabolic disease
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Scientists have long sought to find out how some diseases can have symptoms restricted to just one tissue when they are caused by a single faulty protein found throughout the body. Familial Partial Lipodystrophy type 2 (FPLD2) is a rare disorder causing diabetes, loss of fat in the arms and legs, and...
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Swapping just one food item per day can make diets substantially more planet-friendly
TULANE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: LEAD AUTHOR DIEGO ROSE, A PROFESSOR OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY AT TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND TROPICAL MEDICINE. CREDIT: TULANE UNIVERSITY If your New Year’s resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think. Americans who eat...
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Examining how stress affects Parkinson’s disease
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: JAMES HERMAN, Ph.D., AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW ANIMAL MODEL THAT CAN DELETE STRESS HORMONE RECEPTORS IN A TARGETED PROCESS THAT DOESN’T AFFECT OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN.view more CREDIT: PHOTO/ANDREW HIGLEY/UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Stress can have a negative effect on anyone’s health but presents particular challenges for people with...
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Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer’s protein
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD • Scientists have discovered that heart disease causes brain dysfunction that could lead to dementia before the buildup of plaque in blood vessels of the brain• Heart disease causes problems in the brain that causes less blood to reach the neurons that need it • Findings also show that a combination of...
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Regrowing knee cartilage with an electric kick
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT VIDEO: A RABBIT HOPS ALONG A TREADMILL, STIMULATING A PIEZOELECTRIC CHARGE IN ITS BIOENGINEERED KNEE. THE CHARGE ENCOURAGES THE REGROWTH OF FRESH, MECHANICALLY ROBUST CARTILAGE, MAKING THE KNEE AS STRONG AND FUNCTIONAL AS IT WAS BEFORE IT WAS INJURED. CREDIT: THANH NGUYEN/UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AND UCONN HEALTH UConn bioengineers successfully regrew cartilage...
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Obesity harms brain health throughout life, yet scientists don’t know why
by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anyone who has put on a few too many pounds knows they can slow you down. Over time, if those pounds grow into obesity, they may do serious harm, putting you at risk for a wide range of illnesses. But too much weight on the body also...
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COVID is not just a respiratory illness, it can cause strokes too
by Jennifer Walker, University of Connecticut Sanjay Mittal MD performs an ultrasound on a model patient (Nicholas Mulligan) with Gracia Mui MD on April 13, 2021. Credit: University of Connecticut A new study adds to mounting evidence that COVID patients have an added risk of stroke. Researchers analyzed data on more than 20,000 U.S. adults...
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Novel hydrogel promotes neural regeneration after spinal cord injury
by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Schematic diagram of the dual-functional immunoregulatory hydrogel for regulating the inflammatory microenvironment after spinal cord injury. Credit: IGDB Researchers led by Prof. Dai Jianwu from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a multifunctional scaffold to effectively regulate the immune microenvironment...