by Kaiser Permanente Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New Kaiser Permanente research published February 21, 2022 in Nature Medicine shows that while Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection is strong against coronavirus infection by the Delta variant, it is not as strong against infection from the Omicron variant. Three doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine were highly effective against hospitalization...
by Weizmann Institute of Science Breast cancer cells expressing high levels of NUP93 (left) are extremely mobile, possessing finger-like projections that help them move; in contrast, cells lacking NUP93 (right) are much more stationary. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Cancers are generally harder to treat when they spread rapidly, but clarifying the molecular basis of...
by The Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at The Physiological Society’s conference Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Recovery held February 22–23 shows that a small handheld breathing device helped reduced breathlessness and improved physical fitness of people with long COVID. The low cost, home-based rehabilitation program increased the strength of respiratory...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Firearms have overtaken car crashes as the main cause of premature deaths due to trauma in the US since 2017, finds research published online in the journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. In 2018 men made up more than 85% of premature firearm deaths, with firearm suicides...
by Steven Sandage, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Midway through a recent lecture about my psychology research, a bright graduate student voiced a familiar question. “I have heard psychotherapy makes people more self-absorbed,” they said. “So how can you encourage a practice that has such a negative social impact?” I am often struck by these negative stereotypes,...
by Madeline Sprajcer, The Conversation Relationship status seems to have a greater impact on women’s sleep. Credit: Shutterstock A new survey of Australian adults has found your relationship status can impact how well you sleep. We know based on previous research that sleeping next to someone can help you sleep better—but this is the first study to look at how the...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.01.013 A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in Spain has found evidence of the presence of certain bacteriophages in the gut promoting better executive function and memory in flies, mice and humans. In their paper published in the journal Cell Host and...
by Beth Miller, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis The FUS transducer, created in-house using a 3D printer, costs about $80 to fabricate. It can be integrated with a commercially available stereotactic frame to precisely target a mouse brain. Credit: Chen lab Researchers and clinicians have been working to use focused ultrasound combined...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for adults aged 40 to 75 years who have cardiovascular risk factors, with the strength of recommendation varying with cardiovascular event risk. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published Feb. 22 by the USPSTF....
FEBRUARY 22, 2022 by Faith Coleman Calorie restriction in laboratory animals enhances their lifespan, prior research shows, but does the same hold true for humans? Researchers at Yale University concluded the first controlled study of the dietary regimen in healthy humans to determine if it is indeed as beneficial for people. Results confirm that calorie...
