by Kara L Smythe, The Conversation Both parents can struggle with depression after the birth of their child. Credit: Antonio Guillem/ Shutterstock Many new parents struggle with mental health issues. Research suggests up to a quarter of new mothers and one in ten fathers experience depression after the birth of their child. Although there has been greater awareness and...
by Katherine Unger Baillie, University of Pennsylvania Shuying (Sheri) Yang. Credit: University of Pennsylvania Bone remodeling in the body involves a balancing act between osteoblasts, cells that build bone, and osteoclasts, cells that break it down. Diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and periodontitis involve bone loss, and are linked with an overabundance of osteoclast activity....
by Will Doss, Northwestern University Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2022). DOI: 10.1172/JCI158800 An epigenetic inhibitor can boost immune system activity in patients with ovarian cancer, making them more suitable for treatment with immunotherapy, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. This could be one strategy to aid immunotherapy in...
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Long Covid sufferers have experienced a wider set of symptoms than previously thought including hair loss and sexual dysfunction, new research has found. A study published in Nature Medicine today (25th July 2022) found that patients with a primary care record of infection with the virus that causes Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus) reported 62 symptoms much...
by The Ohio State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research in people with a cluster of heart disease risk factors has shown that consuming green tea extract for four weeks can reduce blood sugar levels and improve gut health by lowering inflammation and decreasing “leaky gut.” Researchers said this is the first study assessing whether...
by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who reported smoking or vaping prior to their hospitalization for COVID-19 were more likely than their counterparts who did not smoke or vape to experience severe complications, including death, from the SARS-CoV-2 infection. The findings are from a new study based on data from the American Heart...
by Rockefeller University Press Compared with a control (left), treatment with a soluble BCMA decoy receptor (right) increases the number of dying cancer cells (brown) in a multiple myeloma tumor growing in mice. Credit: © 2022 Miao et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. 10.1084/jem.20220214 Researchers at Stanford University have developed “decoy receptor” molecules that...
by Nagoya University In silico FOCUS. Credit: Ryuji Kato A research group from Nagoya University in Japan has developed artificial intelligence to analyze cell images that uses machine learning to predict the therapeutic effect of drugs. Called in silico FOCUS, this new technology may aid in the discovery of therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative disorders such as...
by Wageningen University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Stress increases the rigidity of the beliefs underlying psychiatric disorders, prejudices and conspiracy theories. Therefore measures aimed at reducing social stress—a basic income or better job protection—could be the most effective approach for tackling problems such as depression, psychosis, discrimination and conspiracy theories. That is the message of a...
by Newcastle University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A trial in people with high hereditary risk of a wide range of cancers has shown a major preventive effect from resistant starch, found in a wide range of foods such as oats, breakfast cereal, cooked and cooled pasta or rice, peas and beans, and slightly green bananas....
