By Mike McNulty, University of Southern California Histograms of MABC-2 total score, SRS-2 TOTAL score, and praxis measures (FAB, SIPT) by group. TD: Blue; ASD: Red; DCD: Green. MABC-2, movement assessment battery for children; SRS-2, social responsivity scale. Credit: Autism Research (2022). DOI: 10.1002/aur.2774 Results from a new study published in Autism Research show that Autism Spectrum...
by Zach Winn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Piction Health’s app can help doctors classify a range of skin conditions. Credit: MIT News, with images courtesy of Piction Health At the age of 22, when Susan Conover wanted to get a strange-looking mole checked out, she was told it would take three months to see a...
by Medical University of Vienna Psoriatic-arthritic-like (PsA) phenotype in mice with severe psoriasis-like disease. (A) Prevalence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in mice with inducible dual epidermal deletion of c-Jun and junB (DKO*) and triple epidermal deletion of c-Jun, JunB and S100A9 (TKO*) with severe psoriasis-like disease (n=20 per group). (B) Toluidine blue staining of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently listed a new sibling diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), termed complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). An international team with the involvement of the University of Zurich has now summarized the symptoms of the long-awaited new diagnosis and issued guidelines for clinical assessment and treatment. One of the most...
by The National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Researchers from the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology prove that the protein p62 eliminates and prevents the formation of toxic tau protein aggregates and inflammation and degeneration of neurons. Credit: Maiko Ono from National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan In order to...
by CNRS Credit: Fabien LOUSTALOT / Eric KREMER / IGMM / INSERM / CNRS Photothèque The existence of a circuit of neurons innervating our skin that promotes interaction with other individuals has just been demonstrated by a team of researchers from the Institute of Functional Genomics (CNRS/INSERM/University of Montpellier) and the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases...
By Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Prostate gland enlargement can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms for men. And, as they age, their risk increases. Approximately 30% of men experience symptoms by age 60 and 50% of men by the time they are 80. There are several effective treatments for an enlarged prostate, including using steam to...
by Pennsylvania State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people with overweight conditions or obesity, according to a new study. However, it did lead to a slight decrease in unhealthy cholesterol levels. In...
By MAILONLINE HEALTH TEAM PUBLISHED: 07:09 EDT, 5 July 2022 | UPDATED: 08:48 EDT, 5 July 2022 A cancer jab custom-made from patients’ own tumours has produced ‘really hopeful’ results in a trial. None of the eight head and neck cancer sufferers, who had a high chance of relapse, saw their tumours return four months after getting the vaccine. For...
by Uppsala University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk is greatest during the first year of treatment and then declines. The study, which is now published in Stroke, is based on data from over a quarter...
