PENN STATE ?Micro-Doppler radars could soon be used in clinical settings to predict injury risk and track recovery progress, according to Penn State researchers.? Being able to view subtle differences in human movement?would allow health care workers to more accurately identify individuals who may be at risk for injury and to track progress precisely while individuals...
Month: <span>March 2021</span>
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Researchers reveal process behind harmful glial cell change in motor neurone disease
by The Francis Crick Institute Polio spinal diagram. The poliovirus affects the motor neurons of the anterior horn cells, or the ventral (front) grey matter section in the spinal column, which control movement of the trunk and limb muscles including the intercostal muscles. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have...
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Pericardial injection effective, less invasive way to get regenerative therapies to heart
by Tracey Peake, North Carolina State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Injecting hydrogels containing stem cell or exosome therapeutics directly into the pericardial cavity could be a less invasive, less costly, and more effective means of treating cardiac injury, according to new research from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stem...
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Nerve damage after chemo: Potential risk factors revealed
by University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney medical researchers say their new study is a key step forward in developing predictive models for nerve damage post chemotherapy and appropriate clinical pathways for care. Credit: Shutterstock Being older, overweight and having low hemoglobin levels (fewer red blood cells) could increase a patient’s risk of developing debilitating nerve damage...
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Immune protein may link chronic inflammation and frailty in older adults
by Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have identified an immune system protein called interleukin-6 as a possible link between chronic inflammation and frailty in older adults. Credit: Public domain image Chronic inflammation in people age 65 and older may be marked by frequent infections, pain, injuries and slow healing wounds. To make matters worse, the negative...
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Ultrasound pulses focused at liver help treat obesity in mouse models
By Michael Irving March 03, 2021 Tomas Huerta (left) and Sangeeta Chavan (right), researchers on the new study Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Obesity is one of the most pressing health problems in the world today, but a new study suggests a potential non-invasive treatment. In tests in mice, researchers found that directing ultrasound pulses to the...
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Cannabis use linked to more rebound headaches in migraine sufferers
By Rich Haridy March 03, 2021 Observational research suggests an association between cannabis use and medication overuse headaches sangoiri/Depositphotos New research from scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine suggests cannabis use can be linked to higher rates of “rebound headaches” in migraine sufferers. The research is observational and retrospective, but it is yet another finding questioning how helpful cannabis...
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Identifying the cause and potential treatment for COVID-19-induced heart damage
by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Credit: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute QIMR Berghofer researchers have discovered some of the ways COVID-19 damages the heart, and identified a class of drugs that could potentially protect or reverse this cardiac injury. In severe cases of COVID-19, the immune system overreacts to the infection, releasing inflammatory molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream. This...
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New evidence shows coronavirus can infect and kill heart muscle cells
By Rich Haridy March 02, 2021 The research offers definitive evidence showing how the virus can infect and destroy heart cells eremey90/Depositphotos A robust new study has demonstrated how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can infect and directly damage heart tissue. The research suggests previously reported cases of heart damage in COVID-19 patients are not due to inflammation...
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Periodontitis: Researchers search for a new active substance
MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITÄT HALLE-WITTENBERG Targeted, efficient and with few side effects: A new method for combating periodontitis could render the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics superfluous. It was developed and tested for the first time by a team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI and Periotrap Pharmaceuticals GmbH. The...