by Massachusetts Institute of Technology A trial participant undergoes an MRI scan at MIT. Credit: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT Two early stage clinical studies testing the safety and efficacy of 40Hz sensory stimulation to treat Alzheimer’s disease have found that the potential therapy was well tolerated, produced no serious adverse...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAll that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old’s seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong. Women have been judged on their appearance for millennia, but in an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young and presentable...
by Pennsylvania State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adding a daily ounce of peanuts or about a teaspoon of herbs and spices to your diet may affect the composition of gut bacteria, an indicator of overall health, according to new research from Penn State. In two separate studies, nutritional scientists studied the effects of small...
by Jennifer Michalowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Neurons in the thalamus (green) project to the somatosensory cortex and relay tactile information. These neurons are required for touch-mediated pain relief. Credit: Fan Wang When we press our temples to soothe an aching head or rub an elbow after an unexpected blow, it often brings some relief....
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: LEFT TO RIGHT: PROFESSOR NOBUTAKA HORIE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TAKAFUMI MITSUHARA, AND PROFESSOR RUI YUGE. CREDIT: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY Hiroshima University (HU) started the human trial for a promising treatment that offers hope in potentially reversing paralysis and language disorder after moderate to severe stroke using therapeutically superior mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from...
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY IMAGE: RESEARCHERS FROM FAU’S CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING CONDUCTED A UNIQUE STUDY USING A ROBUST STATISTICAL APPROACH TO ANALYZE THE FACTORS RELATED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF OLDER ADULTS. CREDIT: ALEX DOLCE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY Physical activity is important for healthy aging. It helps prevent functional decline,...
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Long-term use of high-dose green tea extract may provide some protection against cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes, but it also may create liver damage in a small minority of the population. Who is at risk? Research from Rutgers, published in The Journal of Dietary Supplements, provides the first solid clue: two genetic variants...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN One disease is more common in people assigned female at birth, while the other is more common in people assigned male at birth. But a new publication details a “shared complex genetic architecture” between the cardiovascular conditions that could explain why, when one member of a family develops fibromuscular...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE IMAGE: ILLUSTRATION OF DEPOT-SPECIFIC TARGETING OF FAT BY CATIONIC NANOMATERIALS CREDIT: NICOLETTA BAROLINI/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY—December 1, 2022—Researchers have long been working on how to treat obesity, a serious condition that can lead to hypertension, diabetes, chronic inflammation, and cardiovascular diseases. Studies have also revealed a...
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG IMAGE: NICHOLAS ASHTON, KAJ BLENNOW AND OSKAR HANSSON. CREDIT: PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, LUND UNIVERSITY. A new study have identified which blood tests are best at detecting Alzheimer’s disease during the earliest stages, and another blood test that is optimal for detecting relevant treatment effects. These findings will speed up the development of new...
