FEBRUARY 23RD, 2023 CONN HASTINGS MATERIALS, MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH Researchers at City University of Hong Kong have developed an electrostatically charged face mask that can replenish its charge through the wearer’s breathing action. The electrostatic charge helps the mask to adsorb tiny particles, such as SARS-CoV-2 viruses. However, such masks typically lose their charge and ability to...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYP People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. As...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY People with Type 2 diabetes who were given a smartphone app that delivers personalized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) saw significantly greater reductions in their blood sugar and less need for higher doses of diabetes medications at six months compared with those who only received standard diabetes care and a control app,...
by University at Buffalo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Brain lesions—areas of brain tissue that show damage from injury or disease—are the biomarker most widely used to determine multiple sclerosis disease progression. But an innovative new study led by the University at Buffalo strongly suggests that the volume of white matter lesions is neither proportional to...
by Joslin Diabetes Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar, while cells in the muscle, fat and digestive system simultaneously become less sensitive to it, absorbing less sugar from the blood stream. The condition...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study. Researchers conducted a machine learning analysis of data from nearly 1,000 respondents to a survey about their previous non-clinical experiences...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Diagram illustrating the possible mechanism of how AMY109 can ameliorate endometriosis by intervening in the transition from inflammation to fibrosis. Credit: A. Nishimoto-Kakiuchi, et al., Science Translational Medicine (2023) Injections of an engineered antibody known as AMY109, given every month, were found to reduce lesion volume and lessen scar tissue and organ...
by Max Planck Society Neurons (green) in the male brain react differently to lowered insulin signaling. Credit: M. Baghdadi, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing Insulin is not only a regulator of blood sugar, but also has an influence on life expectancy. If the insulin signaling pathway is inhibited, animals live longer. But which...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died this week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, health officials said on Friday. The girl fell ill on February 16 with a fever, cough and sore throat, and died on Wednesday from bird flu virus H5N1, the Cambodian health...
by Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered two ways to preserve diseased upper motor neurons that would normally be destroyed in ALS, based on a study in mice. Upper motor neurons initiate movement, and they degenerate in ALS. These neurons have a pathology—called TDP-43 pathology—in which aggregating proteins inside the...
