by American Psychological Association Strained relationships with parents, siblings or extended family members may be more harmful to people’s health than a troubled relationship with a significant other, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. “We found that family emotional climate had a big effect on overall health, including the development or...
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Can our thoughts alter our brains?
Brain-computer interfaces have a structural impact on brain substance after one hour of training MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES The interdisciplinary study examined the influence of two different types of BCI on the brains of test subjects with no prior experience of this technology. The first subgroup was given the task...
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Breaking news on penicillin allergy
News briefs on three new penicillin allergy studies AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND IMMUNOLOGY HOUSTON (Nov. 8, 2019) – At some point you may have had a reaction to penicillin and were told you were allergic. And there’s a good chance it has stayed in your chart throughout your childhood and into adulthood. But 9 of 10 Americans who...
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Simple blood test could better predict both kidney disease and cardiovascular risk
by University of Glasgow Researchers have found a better way to test for kidney disease using a simple blood test that is affordable and although it is available in NHS laboratories is not yet widely used. In a study, published today in Nature Medicine and led by the University of Glasgow, researchers have highlighted that...
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Parkinson’s Disease and Your Bladder
Anne Pelletier-Cameron, M.D., often jokes to her patients that she’s a female plumber of the lower urinary tract. On a more professional note, however, she’s a urologist in the Michigan Medicine Department of Urology. In this role, Pelletier-Cameron treats patients with a variety of lower urinary tract symptoms. Some of her patients have been diagnosed...
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Scientists crack structure of a novel enzyme linked to cell growth and cancer
UC Riverside-led study could lead to the development of drugs that target liver and other cancers UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE RIVERSIDE, Calif. — RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is present in the cells of all living beings and required to synthesize proteins. A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered the structure...
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Researchers find link between eye disease and degeneration of the brain
by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore A global research team led by scientists from Singapore and the United States has discovered new evidence that there is an underlying link between degeneration of the eye and brain. They found that genetic variation at a beta-amyloid gene was significantly associated with increased risk of...
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Vaccine candidate for gonorrhea shows preclinical effectiveness
by University of Massachusetts Medical School A report in the journal mBio, published by the American Society for Microbiology, describes a prototype vaccine candidate for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that affects men and women. Untreated, gonorrhea can cause infertility in women. “The global spread of multidrug-resistant strains of...
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Immune System Targets Vitamin B12 Pathway to Neutralize Tuberculosis Bacteria
Close to 1.8 billion people worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the common and occasionally deadly bacterium that causes millions of cases of tuberculosis each year. The bacteria, having coevolved with humans over millennia, have devised ways of hijacking nutrients from its human host for its own benefit. Humans have equally complex ways of...
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New process of the antitumor response of NK cells in myeloma discovered
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. NK cells mean Natural Killer cells. They are part of the innate immune system. They are known primarily for their ability to recognize and kill tumor cells, cells infected by viruses and bacteria, or dying by apoptosis. Although...