by Sharon Theimer, Mayo Clinic Credit: Shutterstock Long COVID syndrome, also known as post-COVID, is more than fatigue and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problems. Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s COVID Activity...
by Jacklin Kwan, Imperial College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Intermittent fasting changes the gut bacteria activity of mice and increases their ability to recover from nerve damage. The new research is published in Nature and was conducted by Imperial College London researchers. They observed how fasting led to the gut bacteria increasing production of a...
by Rebecca Seal and Benedict Alter, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells us to use a hammer more gently, wait for the soup to cool or put on gloves in a snowball fight. Those with rare inherited disorders that leave them without...
by Georgia State University Transmission electron micrograph of RSV. Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer / Public Domain An oral antiviral drug that targets a key part of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polymerase and inhibits the synthesis of viral genetic material has been identified, a finding that could provide an effective treatment against RSV disease,...
By Judith Graham June 26, 2022 at 7:16 a.m. EDT A former nurse practitioner now living with long covid, Mallory Stanislawczyk suffers from fatigue and a racing heartbeat so severe she must use a wheelchair and receive saline infusions three times a week. She is one of many people trying to help others with long...
by Tohoku University AI for the eye. The developed lightweight model precisely and rapidly detects image abnormalities related to diseases of the eye. The model is expected to provide accurate analysis on mobile devices/low CPU-GPU resource single board computers used in standalone self-monitoring devices. Credit: Tohoku University Automation in disease diagnosis is reliant on deep...
by Osaka Metropolitan University High-fat diets weaken gut barrier function, resulting in the migration and accumulation of lipoteichoic acid in the liver. The accumulated lipoteichoic acid stimulates the cleavage of gasdermin D protein, forming cell membrane pores where the SASP factors IL-1β and IL-33 are released from hepatic stellate cells. IL-33 activates regulatory T cells...
By Dennis Thompson You might be getting a little unwanted something extra when you buy a CBD product at your local grocers or supplements store, a new study warns. About 60% of CBD products tested in the lab also contain THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the chemical in pot that causes intoxication, researchers report in the journal Drug and...
by University of California – Riverside Participants at the UCR Brain Game Center play a working memory training game. Credit: Audrey Carrillo, Brain Game Center, UC Riverside. If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or, more broadly, how well...
By Michael Irving June 22, 2022 A new study has found a way to return pluripotent stem cells to a totipotent state, potentially allowing organisms to be grown without needing sperm and eggs Depositphotos Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have developed a new drug cocktail that can convert cells into totipotent stem cells, the...
