GOETHE UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT FRANKFURT. The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in South Africa in November 2021. The high level of infectiousness of the virus and its ability to quickly spawn additional variants has also been observed in Germany: Since January 2022 the Omicron variant BA.1 has dominated here, followed in subsequent...
Month: <span>July 2022</span>
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LOW MUSCLE MASS LINKED TO COGNITIVE DECLINE
Increasingly prevalent worldwide, dementia negatively affects the lives of millions of people and their families. By the time of diagnosis, the process appears to be irreversible. The new research in JAMA Network Open, however, identifies muscle mass as a modifiable factor that could potentially be used to decrease the risk of developing the condition, before it’s...
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New guidelines address treatment of anorectal abscess, anal fistula, and rectovaginal fistula
WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH July 22, 2022 — The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has issued updated guidelines for physicians, published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, about how to treat problems of the anus and rectum called anorectal abscess, anal fistula, and rectovaginal fistula. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. The guidelines were prepared by...
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Researchers develop antiviral face mask that can capture, deactivate SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on contact
by University of Kentucky (a) full thickness cross-section of PVDF400 and (b) PVDF-only layer cross-section. Surface of (c) PVDF layer and (d) polyester support layer. SEM images of N95 layers (e) 1, (f) 2, (g) 3, and (h) 4. In mask orientation, layer 1 is exposed to the open environment and layer 4 is exposed...
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New understanding of ‘superantigens’ could lead to improved staph infection treatments
by Maddie Arthur, University of Wisconsin-Madison Credit: CC0 Public Domain The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has long been known to cause infections in humans, ranging from mild skin infections to pneumonia to more serious infections of the heart. In high-income countries, it’s the leading cause of a sometimes-fatal condition known as infective endocarditis, involving inflammation of...
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New clinical symptoms identified in largest international case series of confirmed monkeypox cases
by Sophia Prout, Queen Mary, University of London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A case series which is the result of an international collaboration across 16 countries is published today (21 July 2022) in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study identifies new clinical symptoms of monkeypox infection, which will aid future diagnosis and help to...
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A Promising New Depression Treatment Cured 80 Percent of Volunteers, Study Shows
Jenna Cartusciello – Tuesday If you’ve ever dealt with depression, you know it’s more than just a negative outlook. Accepting depression as a real disease opens the door to treatment possibilities, which can dramatically improve quality of life. But for those with treatment-resistant depression, treatment options have been limited — until now. A unique form of...
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Anti-amyloid drugs and Alzheimer’s disease
by Public Library of Science One way to depict the amyloid cascade. Individual steps in the cascade may evoke distinct microglial responses. Aβ, amyloid-β; AD, Alzheimer disease; APP, amyloid precursor protein. Credit: Haass C, Selkoe D, 2022, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) An estimated 50 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and...
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Your body remembers common cold coronaviruses from childhood. How can you get the same immunity to COVID-19?
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Your body remembers common cold coronaviruses from childhood. Credit: Published in Cell Host & Microbe, July 2022 For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs). According...
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Seminal Alzheimer’s study claiming memory-robbing disease was caused by build-up of protein in brain may have been MANIPULATED, damning investigation claims
By JOE DAVIES HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 05:45 EDT, 22 July 2022 | UPDATED: 06:20 EDT, 22 July 2022 The data behind the most influential theory of what causes Alzheimer’s disease may have been ‘manipulated’, a damning scientific probe has claimed. Experts fear the allegedly falsified results have misled research over the last 16 years, potentially wasting billions of pounds of...