A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is seen in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday, May 17, 2019. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 that measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year. The number of cases also rose by...
by Federico Graciano, Duke-NUS Medical School Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKeeping blood pressure in check could save lives among Asian adults with type 2 diabetes, suggests a sizable new study of more than 80,000 patients in Singapore. But how low should it go? A new study led by Duke-NUS Medical School, published in the Journal of...
by American Gastroenterological Association Credit: Nephron/WikipediaThe American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a new evidence-based guideline recommending the use of blood and stool-based biomarkers to help manage Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is estimated to affect 2.74 million people in the U.S. The guideline was published today in Gastroenterology. Biomarkers...
Most people who report using cannabis to get a good night’s rest have quit using over-the-counter or prescription sleep aids all together, according to a new study. More than 80% of the 1,255 cannabis users surveyed for the new analysis reported no longer using over-the-counter or prescription sleep aids such as melatonin and benzodiazepines. Instead,...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS IMAGE: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND AGING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DISTINCT PATTERNS OF BRAIN NETWORK DISRUPTION. ALZHEIMER’S (LEFT) EXERTS WIDESPREAD IMPACTS ON BRAIN CONNECTIVITY, DISRUPTING BOTH HIGHER ORDER COGNITIVE NETWORKS AND SENSORY AND MOTOR NETWORKS. IN CONTRAST, HEALTHY AGING (RIGHT) IS LIMITED TO DISRUPTION OF COGNITIVE NETWORKS AND SPARES SENSORY AND MOTOR...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN High school students, particularly males, who reported a history of concussion in the last year were more likely to engage in suicidal thoughts, planning or attempts than their nonconcussed peers, according to a study by a research team that includes a researcher at the University of Michigan. Male teens who reported two...
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified two metabolites, substances produced by the body during metabolism, that may help predict which young Latino people are most likely to develop prediabetes, a precursor to developing type 2 diabetes. The study, funded by the...
By Isabella Cueto Nov. 27, 2023 A rusty lead water pipe on the road — coverage from STATSETH WENIG/AP Nearly a decade on, the Flint water crisis still looms large in the minds of environmental toxin researchers. It was — and continues to be — evidence that not all communities in the United States are...
By Bronwyn Thompson An unpleasant, and also unhealthy, view DepositphotosInching forward bumper to bumper on a highway when you’re on the way to an appointment, or worse, the airport, is enough to spike anyone’s blood pressure (BP). But researchers have found that a BP surge occurs independent of external stressors, and it could be due to...
By Loz Blain Sensory substitution devices translated basic faces and other shapes into auditory waveforms that blind and sighted subjects were trained to recognizeGenerated by DALL-E Neuroscientists have shown that blind people recognize basic faces using the same brain regions as sighted people – even if the face shapes are delivered as audio rather than through...
