by American Academy of Pediatrics Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainDelta-8 is a substance that produces a high akin to THC. While THC is a federally banned substance, delta-8 is technically a different chemical and is therefore not federally banned. New research suggests the growing popularity of delta-8 is largely rooted in how delta-8 companies market the product...
by Ann Kellett, Texas A&M University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe beauty service microbusiness industry in the United States—such as the small, independently-owned nail salons found across the country—is huge, with more than $62 billion in annual sales. However, most of the workers who provide these highly sought services are Asian female immigrants who earn very low...
by Catherine Caruso, Harvard Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen neurobiologist David Corey showed up at a rare disease conference in 2017, he had no idea that he would enter a race against time to develop a treatment for it. The conference was for Usher syndrome type 1F. Patients with this condition have a gene mutation...
byEric W. Dolan October 22, 2023 In a groundbreaking discovery published in the journal Neuron, scientists have challenged a long-held belief about the origins of Parkinson’s disease, shedding new light on this debilitating neurological condition. Their research suggests that the malfunctioning of synapses, the tiny gaps that allow neurons to communicate with each other, might...
22 October 2023 ByCLARE WATSON (Westend61/Getty Images) A new study pointing to reduced levels of a well-known chemical messenger in people with long COVID has landed on a pathway that unites several possible causes of the disabling condition. Just like other researchers before them, University of Pennsylvania immunologist Andrea Wong and colleagues went in search...
By Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in treating cervical cancer in 20 years, using a course of existing, cheap drugs ahead of usual radiotherapy treatment. Trial findings, revealed at the ESMO medical conference, show the approach cut the risk of women dying from the disease or the...
by LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical WriterSun, October 22nd 2023 In this image from video provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Lawrence Faucette, a pig heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the school’s hospital in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Tom Jemski/University of Maryland School of Medicine via...
by Northwestern University Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI161142A new study has revealed that Metixene, an antiparkinsonian drug, has shown remarkable potential as a novel treatment for metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases, providing hope for patients facing this devastating disease. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by...
Findings suggest that sessions of just once a week may provide benefits Peer-Reviewed Publication MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – In a randomized controlled clinical trial of adults with moderate-to-severe depression, those who participated in heated yoga sessions experienced significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms compared with a control group. The results of the trial, which...
Biofilm formulation of Limosilactobacillus reuteri protects against necrotizing enterocolitis in piglet model Peer-Reviewed Publication NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a debilitating and deadly condition that affects infants who were born preterm. In NEC cases, intestinal tissues become inflamed, and in severe cases there is ischemia and death of the involved...
