by Amy Ward, Sutton Scarboro and Kathryn Carter, Medical University of South Carolina A star-shaped cell known as an astrocyte. Credit: Anna Kruyer, Medical University of South Carolina Neuroscientists from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in Science Advances that star-shaped brain cells known as astrocytes can “turn off” neurons involved in relapse to heroin....
by Sarah Allinson, The Conversation A healthy diet with plenty of variety can lower risk. Credit: Rawpixel.com/ Shutterstock Most of us don’t think about cancer when we’re in our 20s and 30s. But recent research has shown that people born after 1990 are more likely to develop cancer before the age of 50 than any...
by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress Credit: Li et al. Nature Neuroscience, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01148-9 People often need to adapt to unexpected and sudden events, such as a road construction or a road accident while driving, a broken automatic payment or ATM machine, and changes in weather. To effectively deal with these events, they must possess...
by Enna Bartlett, University of Manchester Credit: University of Manchester Parkinson’s is a complex disease to diagnose and relies on practitioners’ ability to recognize a myriad of different symptoms. Professor Perdita Barran and Joy Milne are working on ways to improve Parkinson’s diagnosis. Joy Milne is a “super smeller,” she has a rare condition called...
by Shibaura Institute of Technology Researchers from SIT, Japan investigated the dose-response effects of B-type procyanidins on the hormetic response system. Credit: Frontiers in Nutrition (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.969823 B-type procyanidins, made of catechin oligomers, are a class of polyphenols found abundantly in foods like cocoa, apples, grape seeds, and red wine. Several studies have established the benefits...
by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University The image depicts two drug receptor sites with the molecular structure of the Nav1.7 channel, and tamoxifen’s attenuation of nociceptor action potentials responsible for transmitting aberrant pain signals. Credit: Northwestern University Therapeutically targeting ion channels in nociceptor neurons may be a promising strategy to manage osteoarthritis pain, according to a...
WHAT IS THE THYROID GLAND? Just as the thyroid gland communicates with other organs through the hormone it produces, the pituitary gland in the brain communicates with the thyroid through a hormone it makes—thyroid-stimulating hormone, or TSH. When the pituitary senses that thyroid hormone levels are too low, it releases more TSH to coax the...
by Okayama University Left: Proportion of DCs in healthy individuals, during acute COVID-19 infection, and 7 months after infection based on simulations and clinical observations (Obs). Right: Comparison of viral loads between the baseline model and the severe symptom models with varying conditions of antigen-reporting DC function (APC) or interferon levels. Credit: Okayama University As...
September 29, 20225:00 AM ET SAM WHITEHEAD After Frankie Cook’s car accident on a wet road outside Rome, Ga., her father, Russell (right), got a lawyer’s letter saying they owed a hospital emergency room more than $17,000 for scans and an exam to see if she had a concussion. Audra Melton for KHN Frankie Cook...
PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGES THE UNBORN BABY was in trouble. Its mother’s doctors, at a UK hospital, knew there was something wrong with the fetus’s blood, so they decided to perform an emergency C-section many weeks before the baby was due. But despite this, and subsequent blood transfusions, the baby suffered a brain hemorrhage with devastating consequences....
