by Carole Tanzer Miller Hormone therapy is the usual go-to when women develop painful uterine fibroids, but researchers report they are zeroing in on new avenues for treatment. A University of Cincinnati team found that fibroid cells respond to physical strain differently than the uterine cells around them. That’s important, said researcher Stacey Schutte, because...
Miriam E. Tucker Nearly three quarters of dedicated thyroid ultrasounds don’t identify biopsy-recommended nodules, and over a third don’t identify any nodules, new research finds. “The number of thyroid ultrasounds performed in the United States has increased fivefold since 2002. This substantial increase produces a significant strain on healthcare resources and leads to over-detection and...
by Adam Taylor, The Conversation Skeletal muscle fibers. Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library / Public domainWe are constantly reminded about how exercise benefits our bone and muscle health or reduces fat. However, there is also a growing interest in one element of our anatomy that is often overlooked: our fascia. Fascia is a thin...
POSTED BY JARED WADLEY-U. MICHIGAN While previous studies and explanations for loneliness have only looked at people’s need to belong and have warm relations, the story is a little more complicated, according to a new study. The research focused on two needs that social relations help to fulfill: communion, which drives individuals to connect with other...
Researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre have developed a portable, non-invasive AI system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into text. UTS researcher tests new mind-reading technology. Image credit: UTS In a world-first, researchers from the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a...
by Steph Lee, MD MPH FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics Credit: CC0 Public DomainNew Year resolutions are often sweeping and grand, but often you can reap the biggest rewards by building off the strengths already in place. Helping to make your family safer, stronger and more harmonious in 2024 may not require a complete overhaul,...
by Elana Gotkine Anxiety and depression do not cause Meniere disease (MD), or vice versa, but elevated neuroticism is causative for anxiety, depression, and MD, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Huadong Wu, M.D., from Nanchang University in China, and colleagues conducted two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses...
By Hugo Francisco de Souza Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc.In a recent study published in the journal Nature Reviews Microbiology, researchers summarize over 200 publications associating microbiomes with clinical diagnostic and precision therapeutic interventions. Study: Utilization of the microbiome in personalized medicine. Image Credit: FOTOGRIN / Shutterstock.com Gut microbiota and its potential in personalized medicineThe...
Tonnes of waste from standard plastic products have been uncontrollably released into the world’s oceans, where they gradually break down. But how harmful is this plastic to living organisms, and what is it in these plastics that is so damaging? Research scientist Amaia Igartua at SINTEF Ocean pictured here working with some of the plastic...
Peer-Reviewed Publication ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT OF CYCLIC ORAL PEPTIDES. CREDIT: CHRISTIAN HEINIS/EPFL For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat surfaces or require specificity for particular protein homologs. Typically,...
