UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON PAUL E. SCHULZ, MD, THE RICK MCCORD PROFESSOR IN NEUROLOGY WITH MCGOVERN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT UTHEALTH HOUSTON, WAS SENIOR AUTHOR OF A STUDY THAT FOUND SEVERAL VACCINATIONS WERE LINKED TO A REDUCED RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. CREDIT: UTHEALTH HOUSTON Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or...
Month: <span>August 2023</span>
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‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ FOUND IN TAMPONS, PERIOD UNDERWEAR, AND MORE
AUGUST 16TH, 2023POSTED BY JESSICA SIEFF-NOTRE DAME “Since PFAS are persistent chemicals,” Graham Wicks says, “they will travel through soil into irrigation water and drinking water sources and end up being a source of contamination for all humans—not just those who use or wear the products we studied.” (Credit: Getty Images)SHARE THIS ARTICLE You are free to share...
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Scientists Reveal Best Dieting Strategy for Losing Weight With Type 2 Diabetes
TOPICS: Diabetes Nutrition Weight Loss By AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION AUGUST 16, 2023 Time-restricted eating between noon and 8 p.m. led to more weight loss in type 2 diabetes patients compared to calorie counting, with both methods improving blood sugar levels. Professional consultation is recommended before adopting this approach due to medication concerns. Study suggests that time-restricted...
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Good cardiorespiratory fitness associated with up to 40% lower risk of certain cancers
Experts say regular exercise is an effective way to reduce your risk of cancer. Danil Nevsky/Stocksy Researchers are reporting that good cardiovascular fitness can help reduce the risk of nine types of cancer, including lung, liver and rectal cancer. They say the risk reduction is between 5% and 42% for these various cancers. Experts say...
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Treating back-to-school ear infections without antibiotic resistance
by American Chemical Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “Back-to-school” season means buying pens and paper, figuring out the new bus route, and … earaches. Doctors typically treat these infections with antibiotics, but children don’t always complete the full course, accelerating resistance to these medications. Today, researchers report developing a single-use nanoscale system that’s unlikely to generate resistance. Using...
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Pioneering study links testicular cancer among military personnel to ‘forever chemicals’
by Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime, Kaiser Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF—a...
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Recent study finds that semaglutide medication may benefit 93 million U.S. adults
by University of California, Irvine Estimated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk and projected number of cardiovascular events (in millions) in 10 years without and with semaglutide treatment, among us adults without cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese. Data adapted from Wong ND et al., Cardiovasc Drug Therapy 2023. Credit: Dr. Nathan Wong, UC Irvine School of...
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Study among first to show drugs targeting the lung, rather than bacteria, may prevent staph infection in flu patients
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI163402 Influenza infection (flu) is a major cause of death around the world, especially during years of flu pandemics. People who die of the flu often have a secondary lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria that starts a few days after flu infection begins. In...
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Study identifies new drug target for preventing fatty liver disease
by eLife Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have found a potential new drug target for untreatable fatty liver disease in humans, according to a study published today in eLife. Their findings, from mice and human liver biopsies, suggest that targeting a receptor found predominantly in the liver could help protect against the build-up of fat, halting...
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Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Levels of grey matter in two parts of the brain may be linked to a desire to start smoking during adolescence and the strengthening of nicotine addiction, a new study has shown. A team of scientists, led by the universities of Cambridge and Warwick in the UK and Fudan University in China,...