by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainEating up to three daily servings of the Korean classic, kimchi, may lower men’s overall risk of obesity, while radish kimchi is linked to a lower prevalence of midriff bulge in both sexes, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. Kimchi is made by salting and...
Month: <span>January 2024</span>
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Researchers uncover potential non-opioid treatment for chronic pain
by Esther Robards-Forbes, University of Texas at Austin TMEM97 gene is expressed in human DRG. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306090120A new approach to treating neuropathic pain is making a key step forward thanks to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.Among the most difficult types of pain to alleviate...
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Researchers find early symptoms of psychosis spectrum disorder in youth occurring at higher rate than expected
by University of Toronto Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study co-led by Associate Professor Kristin Cleverley of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has found evidence that Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms (PSS) are often present in youth accessing mental health services. The findings are published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. From a profile...
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Study finds tomato juice’s antimicrobial properties can kill Salmonella
by American Society for Microbiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people’s digestive and urinary tract health, according to research published in Microbiology Spectrum. S. Typhi is a deadly human-specific pathogen that causes typhoid fever. “Our main goal in this study was to find out if tomato...
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Can ‘colored noise’ really improve our sleep?
by Béatrice St-Cyr-Leroux, University of Montreal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOne in four people suffer from some kind of sleep disorder—insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, restless legs syndrome. And for a quarter of them, there is no effective, long-term solution. It is a public health issue. Poor sleepers are an attractive market for private industry, always on...
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Researchers design low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance, physical health
by Russ Nelson, University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Moonhyung Jang, left, operates a TENG generator to light an LED display as Dr. Gang Wang looks on in the Adaptive Structures Laboratory. Credit: Michael Mercier | UAHResearchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have designed a wearable biosensor that offers a new way to...
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New data show prevalence of premenstrual dysphoric disorder
by University of Oxford Forest plot of studies from community-based samples with confirmed diagnosis of PMDD. Credit: Journal of Affective Disorders (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.066About 1.6% of women and girls have symptomatic Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), according to a new review of global studies published in the Journal of Affective Disorders titled “The prevalence of premenstrual dysphoric...
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When and how immune cells decide to form pathogen memories
During infection, reversible switch permits flexible formation of memory T cells, long-lived blood cells that can remember pathogen encounters and respond upon reinfection.Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE/UW MEDICINE THIS MOVIE SHOWS A SINGLE NAIVE CD8 T CELL. A TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL INVOLVED IN IMMUNITY ACTIVATING IN RESPONSE TO STIMULATION THROUGH...
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Molecule can quickly, and briefly, boost white blood cell counts
Peer-Reviewed Publication YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven, Conn. — Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white blood cells, a critical part of the body’s immune system, an effect that is difficult to deliver with currently available pharmaceuticals, a new Yale study finds. In an experiment, the researchers found...
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Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation
by University of Cambridge Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In a paper titled “Arachidonic acid inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome is a mechanism to explain...