August 13, 2024 by Daryl Lovell, Syracuse University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFalls are a major concern for older adults and for those that love and care for them. They are a leading cause of injury for adults older than 65, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than a third of...
University of Cambridge Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell’s decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body. They have identified the sequence within the mRNA that causes this to occur and found a way to prevent ‘off-target’ immune responses to enable the safer design of future mRNA...
by University of California, San Francisco A, R1 and R2 values for cranial accelerometer vertical (x), anterior-posterior or AP (y), and right-left or lateral (z) axes, where x-axis represents accelerometer axis designation, and the y-axis represents absolute R1 and R2 ratio values. Error bars indicate 1 SD. There were no significant sex differences for R1 or...
Many companies have started to market supplements for thyroid health. Some people with thyroid disorders may be deficient in specific nutrients, and increasing their levels may be beneficial. However, taking supplements could also lead to serious health risks in people with thyroid disorders or healthy thyroids. A person should contact their doctor before taking any...
One of the major initial challenges of the COVID vaccine rollout? Making sure anybody who got an initial dose of the Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca vaccines could be matched with a second dose of the same vaccine. Besides not knowing what it would do if we did vax-mix-and-match, combining different brands of a brand-new vaccine,...
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POPULATION SCIENCE AND INTERIM CO-LEADER OF THE CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM AT VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER. CREDIT: VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER Nearly a quarter of pregnant women say they’ve been around secondhand smoke – in their homes, at work, around a friend or relative – which, according...
