by Rockefeller University Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.12.009Neurodegenerative diseases are among the most complex human ailments, and their exact causes and mechanisms are the subject of ongoing research and debate. When it comes to Huntington’s disease, steadily accumulating evidence over the past 30 years has led to a model of molecular events that explains several key...
by Lori Solomon As pickleball has gained in popularity, associated fractures have skyrocketed 90-fold since 2002, according to a study presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 12 to 16 in San Francisco. Yasmine S. Ghattas, from University of Central Florida in Orlando, and colleagues used...
by Elana Gotkine Specific combinations of antihypertensives are recommended for patients with Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi)-associated hypertension (HTN), according to a study published online Feb. 5 in Blood Advances. Laura Samples, M.D., from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, and colleagues examined the optimal treatment of BTKi-associated HTN in a study involving randomly...
by Elana Gotkine Moderate/severe and penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) are associated with an increased risk for subsequent development of brain cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in JAMA Network Open. Ian J. Stewart, M.D., from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort...
by Ernie Mundell People threatened by accidental exposure to foods they’re allergic to may have a new weapon of defense: On Feb. 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of the asthma drug Xolair to help prevent anaphylactic reactions. Xolair (omalizumab) is an injected drug and is not meant as a substitute...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers are still discovering how smoking continues to harm people’s health even years after they quit, with a new study on Wednesday revealing tobacco’s lasting effect on the immune system. Despite the tobacco industry long fighting to conceal the dangers of smoking, tobacco is now known to kill more than eight...
by Virginia Tech Wynn Legon (left), the faculty director of the transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound facilities at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Andrew Strohman, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, were among researchers reporting that application of low-intensity focused ultrasound to an area deep within the brain may potentially help people cope with chronic pain....
While in extended CPR during cardiac arrest, patients showed no outward signs of consciousness—but scientists did record brain activity in those individuals. BY CAROLINE DELBERTlightning hitting a brain from the top against a dark cloudlike background Getty ImagesA landmark study reports the brain activity of patients in extended CPR during cardiac arrest.Patients showed no outward...
Study looked at medical problems among 99 million immunised peopleSmall increases in neurological, blood, heart-related issues were foundBloombergVaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid-19 symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global vaccine safety study to date. The rare...
By Kristen Rogers, CNNExperts have pointers for determining whether your olive oil carries the health benefits you’re looking for. Angel Garcia/Bloomberg Creative/Getty ImagesOlive oil has many health benefits, including lowering the risk for dementia, poor heart health, cognitive decline or early death. How beneficial the Mediterranean diet staple actually is depends on how the product...
