By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDReviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Mechanotherapy is an umbrella term for non-conventional physical therapy modalities that exploit mechanobiology principles for tissue rehabilitation and regeneration of tissues. It acts via the application of tailored mechanical forces. Image Credit: Ground Picture/Shutterstock.com While mechanical interventions have been used for thousands of years, scientists trace...
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJan 22 2024 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc.The researchers of a recent study published in Nature Metabolism investigated the relationship between milk consumption and type 2 diabetes (T2D) among lactase non-persistent (LNP) individuals. Study: Variant of the lactase LCT gene explains association between milk intake and incident type 2 diabetes. Image Credit:...
POSTED BY BARBARA GUTIERREZ – U. MIAMI Experts have some tips to help you get rid of hiccups. Medical experts say that hiccups are caused by repetitive, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, or breathing muscle that sits just below the lungs and near the stomach, and then is followed by closure of the vocal cords. That...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other institutions have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle.Mixing endothelial cells with heart muscle addresses major challenges of bringing treatments to the clinic. Image Credit: Yu-Che Cheng The study, published in Circulation, addresses major challenges of using heart muscle cells grown from stem...
More symptoms in women don’t delay concussion recovery, study findsPeer-Reviewed Publication OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY A new large, national study of collegiate student-athletes in the United States dispels a long-held belief about concussions, finding that women and men recover from sport-related head injuries within the same time frame. Women and men’s recovery patterns were similar on...
by American College of Physicians Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from PexelsAn analysis of clinical outpatient data found that telemedicine rates remain high following the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of mental health care visits being conducted remotely via video conferencing. While rates of telephone-based care have decreased to pre-pandemic levels, video-based visits have maintained a 2,300%...
by American College of Physicians Normal blood cells next to a sickle-blood cell, colored scanning electron microscope image. Credit: Wikipedia/Illustration from Anatomy & PhysiologyA modeling study comparing the cost-effectiveness of gene therapy versus common care for patients with sickle cell disease found that gene therapy is beneficial in this patient population and likely cost-effective if the...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA team of international researchers, led by UC San Francisco, has completed the first large-scale study of posterior cortical atrophy, a baffling constellation of visuospatial symptoms that present as the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. These symptoms occur in up to 10% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease....
by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) Individuals who carry the APOE4 gene variant have an elevated riskof developing subclinical atherosclerosis in middle age, whereas carriers of the variant APOE2 are protected. Credit: CNICScientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid have found that one of the most potent genetic...
Helen Branswell People standing in two different lines — one being a covid vaccine line and other a flu vaccine line. The flu vaccine line being much longer.America is over the Covid vaccine. Frantic lineups for scarce doses when Covid vaccines first became available have long since given way to widespread indifference. Each new round...
