by University of California, Irvine Study authors Lamees Alhassen (left) and Olivier Civelli documented effects of YHS, the extract of the plant Corydalis yanhusuo, which could have an immediate, positive impact to curb the opioid epidemic. Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI The extract of the plant Corydalis yanhusuo prevents morphine tolerance and dependence while also reversing...
by Doug Carlson, Florida State University Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease are often visible early on in individuals with personality traits associated with the condition. The study focused on two traits previously linked to the risk of...
WORLD SCIENTIFIC IMAGE: COVER FOR “ANDROCENTRISM: THE ASCENDANCY OF MAN” CREDIT: WORLD SCIENTIFIC Why is it that women across the world are still faced with the task of shattering various glass ceilings? According to Henrietta Leyser FRHistS, Emeritus Fellow of St Peter’s College, the University of Oxford, UK, a popular explanation (or excuse) for the...
Cassandra Willyard If authorized, molnupiravir would be the first oral treatment for COVID-19.Credit: Merck & Co Inc/Handout/Reuters The pharmaceutical firm Merck announced last week that an antiviral pill it’s developing can cut hospitalizations and deaths among people with COVID-19 by half. The results haven’t yet been peer reviewed. But if the drug candidate, molnupiravir, is...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 12 2021 A vaccine has proved safe and effective in protecting children against typhoid, raising hopes of fighting the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study says. More than 1.2 million cases of typhoid and 18,703 deaths from typhoid occur every year in the region, according to the researchers. The World Health...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN It’s long been known that meditative mindful breathing helps with various health conditions, including pain. To that end, researchers at the University of Michigan compared two types of meditative breathing––traditional mindful breathing and virtual reality, 3D-guided mindful breathing––to reduce pain. They found that each lessened pain by modulating the somatosensory cortex, a...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH October 12, 2021– The findings of a new study suggest that childhood adversity is a major contributor to early and preventable causes of mortality and a powerful determinant of long term physical and mental health. Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard University found that...
TOHO UNIVERSITY IMAGE: (A) THE FRONTAL PROCESSES OF THE MAXILLA AND THE LACRIMAL BONE ARE REMOVED TO EXPOSE THE NASOLACRIMAL DUCT AND THE LACRIMAL SAC. (B) THE MUCOUS NASOLACRIMAL DUCT AND THE LACRIMAL SAC ARE ELEVATED FROM THE BONY NASOLACRIMAL CANAL AND THE ORBITAL PERIOSTEUM. THE NASOLACRIMAL DUCT IS THEN SEVERED AT THE LOWER END....
By Nick Lavars October 11, 2021 Red blood cells in vein or artery, flow inside a living organism. 3d renderingRost9/Depositphotos Earlier detection of dementia could open up far more effective ways to treat and manage the condition, and one place scientists are increasingly turning to for warning signs is the blood. A new study has...
The World Health Organization says a malaria vaccine should be given to children across Africa. The recommendation marks an historic first in the effort to slow the parasitic disease in the geographic region where it poses the greatest threat. Malaria is transmittted to people through certain types of mosquitoes. It is especially prevalent in Africa, but about half...
