Aria Bendix and Joe Murphy Four people in Washington state have tested positive this month for a rare fungal infection that can be deadly. It’s the state’s first known outbreak of the fungus, called Candida auris, according to Seattle and King County health officials, though one locally acquired case was detected there in July. The...
By Sarah Willey The study discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.A study led by UMass Chan Medical School viral immunologists Liisa Selin, MD, PhD, and Anna Gil, PhD, discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living...
Gabriele Ciceri, Arianna Baggiolini, Hyein S. Cho, Meghana Kshirsagar, Silvia Benito-Kwiecinski, Ryan M. Walsh, Kelly A. Aromolaran, Alberto J. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Hermany Munguba, So Yeon Koo, Nan Xu, Kaylin J. Sevilla, Peter A. Goldstein, Joshua Levitz, Christina S. Leslie, Richard P. Koche & Lorenz StuderNature (2024) AbstractThe pace of human brain development is highly protracted compared...
by Elana Gotkine Patients with gout, especially those younger than 60 years, have an increased risk for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online Dec. 26 in Diagnostics. Woo Jin Bang, from the Hallym University College of Medicine in Anyang, South Korea, and colleagues retrieved data from 514,866 Korean National Health Insurance...
by Elana Gotkine Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causally and positively influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but RA has no significant influence on GERD, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Frontiers in Genetics. Haifan Wang, from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, and colleagues examined the bidirectional causal effects between...
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCombining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024. The meeting will be held in Phoenix, Feb. 7-9....
by American Heart Association Credit: Christina Morillo from PexelsBlack women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 and are on medication for hypertension may have triple the odds of having a stroke, and those who develop high blood pressure before age 45 may have twice the risk of suffering a stroke, according to a preliminary...
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with ischemic (clot-caused) stroke had better early recovery of cognitive function if treated with intravenous injections of a combination of biologically active components of ginkgo biloba during the first two weeks after the stroke, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public DomainHeart attack risk almost doubles in the first year after a stroke or when combined with a tear in a neck artery wall; however, a tear without a stroke does not seem to raise heart attack risk, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s...
by Mass General Brigham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRates of kidney stones are on the rise in the United States and around the world. Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of kidney stones, but some forms of treatment for this condition may also have the benefit of lowering risk of kidney stones. In a study...
