by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research published in the Journal of Sleep Research has examined how sleep might be impacted by media use—such as watching movies, television, or YouTube videos; browsing the Internet; or listening to music—before bed. In the study, 58 adults kept a diary that recorded information related to time spent with media...
by Elsevier Investigators determined both lower body muscle preactivation (PREACT) and lower body muscle tensing (TENSE) effectively reduced the drop in mean arterial pressure upon standing and improved symptoms of initial orthostatic hypotension. Left: Schematic diagram of the three interventions: no intervention (Control), PREACT, and TENSE. Right: Drop in mean arterial pressure following Control (blue),...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A review published in the Journal of Internal Medicine provides convincing evidence that micronutrients—including iron, selenium, zinc, copper, and coenzyme Q10—can impact the function of cardiac cells’ energy-producing mitochondria to contribute to heart failure. The findings suggest that micronutrient supplementation could represent an effective treatment for heart failure. “Micronutrient deficiency has...
by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License Flow cytometry is a powerful and complex technology used to count, sort or measure characteristics of cells and to detect biomarkers. It’s also widely used in research, as well as in clinical studies and diagnosis of disorders such as blood cancers....
by Wiley Credit: CC0 Public Domain Rapid weight gain is common when individuals take antipsychotic medications. A study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice explored patients’ experiences of weight change and preferences for managing weight. In interviews with 10 individuals taking antipsychotic medications, patients described that initially the extent and speed of weight gain was...
by Salk Institute Neurons (magenta) in the mouse brain. The Chalasani lab made specific neurons express TRPA1 (white), so they can be activated by ultrasound. Credit: Salk Institute Salk scientists have engineered mammalian cells to be activated using ultrasound. The method, which the team used to activate human cells in a dish and brain cells...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of results from randomized clinical trials reveals that more intensive hypertension treatment may be helpful for preventing or delaying strokes in older adults. The analysis, which is published by Wiley in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, included nine trials involving 38,779 adults with an average age...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has reprogrammed the tumor microenvironment of liver cancer by using mRNA nanoparticles. This technology, similar to the one used in COVID-19 vaccines, restored the function of the p53 master regulator gene, a tumor suppressor...
by Tamara May, Carol A. Adams, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Being autistic, but not diagnosed, can lead to a lifetime of struggles and being misunderstood for women. This issue has been highlighted in the last few years by celebrity women including Hannah Gadsby, Daryl Hannah, British reality star Christine McGuinness and former Australian of the year Grace Tame. By talking...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston Using a newly developed protocol, Daniel Zeve, MD, and David Breault, MD, have been able to derive human enteroendocrine cells from human intestinal stem cells via intestinal organoids. Credit: Daniel Zeve, Boston Children’s Enteroendocrine cells punch above their weight. Constituting just about 1 percent of intestinal cells, they produce,...
