OCTOBER 12TH, 2021 CONN HASTINGS At the University of Arizona a team of engineers have developed 3D-printed wearable devices that are custom made for each user. The personalized fit means that they do not require adhesives to stay in place. The technology can be used to monitor a variety of physiological parameters, including body temperature...
LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY Medical care personnel in primary care in the Swedish county council Region Kalmar have been trained in a form of therapy known as ACT. This strengthens them in their professional role and enables them to make medical decisions on firmer grounds. The training has led to a 21% reduction in sick leave for...
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO Intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss as well as improve metabolic health in individuals with obesity, according to a new study review led by University of Illinois Chicago researchers. “We noted that intermittent fasting is not better than regular dieting; both produce the same amount of weight loss...
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: QUT RESEARCHERS PROFESSOR DALE NYHOLT (RIGHT), HAMZEH TANHA (CENTRE), AND ANITA SATHYANARAYANAN (LEFT) FROM THE QUT CENTRE FOR GENOMICS AND PERSONALISED HEALTH HAVE IDENTIFIED GENETIC LINKS BETWEEN BLOOD METABOLITE LEVELS AND MIGRAINE. CREDIT: QUT Migraines are a pain in the head and in the hip pocket, but newly discovered genetic...
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE The newly identified antibody was isolated using lymphocytes from COVID-19 patients enrolled in the ImmunoCoV study being carried out by CHUV’s Service of Immunology and Allergy. This antibody is one of the most powerful identified so far against SARS-CoV-2. Structural characterization of the antibody indicates that it binds to an...
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: NG25 REDUCE VIABILITY OF CD138+ CELLS FROM PATIENTS, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH MELPHALAN. (A) CD138+ CELLS FROM 10 INDIVIDUAL DONORS WERE TREATED WITH NG25 BEFORE CELL VIABILITY WAS MEASURED. INDIVIDUAL DONORS, MEAN, AND SD ARE SHOWN. ASTERISKS INDICATE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES (KRUSKAL-WALLIS TEST, DUNN’S MULTIPLE COMPARISON TEST, P < 0,05)....
by Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Women’s heart health has been the focus of a recent study by Monash University, with researchers finding that proportional carbohydrate intake and not saturated fat was significantly associated with cardiovascular disease benefit in Australian women. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women. Poor diet is...
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Metabolome-wide association study of serum exogenous chemical residues in a cohort with five major chronic diseases. Credit: YOU Lei Chronic diseases are main killers affecting the health of human. The morbidities of major chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, hyperuricemia, and dyslipidemia are as high as 10% to 30%,...
by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research indicates that almost half of U.S. adults with breast cancer use cannabis (marijuana and hemp), most commonly alongside cancer treatment to manage symptoms and side effects. However, most patients don’t discuss their use of cannabis with their physicians. The findings are published early online in Cancer. Individuals with cancer often...
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...
