by University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Whether you’re in a relationship, hooking up or staying single, knowing how to prevent and treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can help you stay healthy and safe. Here are a few things everyone should know about STIs. 1. What are STIs? STIs are infections that pass...
by Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) Brain vascular endothelial cells (blue) internalize particles released by erythrocytes infected with the malaria parasite (pink and red). Credit: Teresa Pais, 2022 A team of researchers from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) revealed that cells of the brain can detect the presence of malaria parasites in the blood,...
by Enrique Rivero, University of California, Los Angeles HIV-infected people showed significant age acceleration in four epigenetic “clock” measurements, ranging from 1.9 to 4.8 years, an acceleration that was not seen in non-infected people. (Image: An immune cell infected with HIV.). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) HIV has an “early and...
JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images Initial symptoms of monkeypox include fever, body aches, and fatigue. The disease is similar to the smallpox virus but much less deadly. The disease can result in a rash that leads to red bumps on the skin. A rare condition called monkeypox has been confirmed in the United States and...
by Stony Brook University A scanned electron microscopy of a cell of Cryptococcus neoformans showing the “hairs” within the fungal cell that cause disease. Credit: Jeehyun Karen You The last drug designed to more effectively treat dangerous systemic fungal infections, most often affecting immunocompromised patients, was developed over 20 years ago. Now an interdisciplinary team of...
Karen Weintraub Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY A federal advisory panel voted Thursday to support booster shots of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and up, as well as younger adults with certain medical problems or jobs that put them at increased risk for infection. The booster shot will be a half-dose of the same...
by Scott Montgomery, The Conversation Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. Credit: Marvin 101/Wikipedia For most of the time since the first description of multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1868, the causes of this disabling disease have remained uncertain. Genes have been identified as important, which...
People who did not need hospital care were more likely to have headaches than those who needed to be admitted. Photograph: laflor/Getty ImagesAndrew Gregory and Sally Weale Tue 28 Sep 2021 14.03 EDT One in three people infected with coronavirus will experience at least one symptom of long Covid, a new study suggests. Much of the existing research into the...
IMAGE: SEVEN DAYS AFTER MTBI, THE BLOOD VESSELS (STAINED IN RED) IN THE TISSUES AROUND THE BRAIN ARE NOT COMPLETELY REPAIRED. A MARKER FOR INTACT VESSELS WAS USED (LABELED IN GREEN) TO DISTINGUISH FULLY FUNCTIONAL BLOOD VESSELS (YELLOW) FROM ONES THAT ARE STILL DAMAGED (RED). CREDIT: MCGAVERN LAB, NINDS Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other...
by Johns Hopkins University Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 particle (left) alongside a model of the virus (right). Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are effective even if a person does not experience post-shot symptoms or had a prior COVID-19 infection. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National...
