by MIT Sloan School of Management Example of the daily number of vaccines supplied by one company with and without supply shocks between December 15th, 2020 and August 1st, 2021. Credit: MIT Sloan School of Management New MIT research forecasts the effect of various two-dose vaccine allocation strategies on the cumulative number of infections and...
by Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reduced calorie intake has been shown to improve health and lifespan in laboratory animals, and recent research shows these benefits may extend to humans as well. In a new study, Yale researchers show that moderate calorie restriction in people reduces the production of a protein called SPARC, which...
BY XANTHA LEATHAM, HEALTH AND SCIENCE REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 19:00 EDT, 14 August 2022 | UPDATED: 19:02 EDT, 14 August 2022 Scientists have altered the blood type of donor kidneys in a ‘game-changing’ discovery that could boost the organ transplant supply. Kidneys from patients with an A blood type cannot currently be transplanted to those with...
AUGUST 14, 2022 by Gut News Wire Scientists say having a daily bowl of grapes could potentially add up to 5 years to one’s lifespan. There’s no shortage of research showing how processed foods can wreak havoc on your gut and overall health. Could a popular fruit help wipe out some of the harms from...
Summary: Our worldview forms during childhood as a result of our socialization within a particular cultural context. Our views get reinforced over time by the social groups we keep, the media we consume, and even the way in which our brains are wired. Challenging our worldviews with facts can feel like an attack on our personal...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For women approaching menopause, a number of changes begin to occur. One of the most common is an increase in obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk for breast cancer after menopause. That much is known. What science hasn’t quite figured out yet is the...
by King’s College London Space-filling model of the Cholesterol molecule. Credit: RedAndr/Wikipedia Scientists from King’s working on the ZOE Health Study analyzed blood markers from 4,787 people and found that participants who had higher levels of harmful fats commonly linked to heart disease, were more likely to experience ongoing symptoms from both COVID-19 and non-COVID disease....
Nearly nine in 10 patients reporting a COVID-19-related smell or taste dysfunction completely recovered within two years, although recovery took more than six months for 10.9 percent of patients, according to a research letter published online Aug. 4 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo, M.D., from University of Padova in Italy, and colleagues estimated...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Journal of Internal Medicine Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, among others, have studied the benefit of adding an established drug as a novel targeted therapy in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The results suggest that the drug hydroxyurea can increase treatment efficacy at a relatively low cost. The research, which was published...
by Marina Pitofsky Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ashton Kutcher has revealed he was diagnosed with vasculitis, saying there was a time he was unsure if he would ever be able to see, hear or walk again. In an upcoming episode of National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge,” which Access Hollywood published an...
