by The North American Menopause Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most women going through menopause complain about the added weight. Menopause is often accompanied by accelerated adverse changes in body composition, hot flashes, and an increased risk of such chronic diseases as osteoporosis and heart disease. A new study suggests that lifestyle interventions aimed at...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain During the COVID-19 pandemic, some people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to experience “long-COVID” symptoms persisting at least three months after recovery from COVID, even after mild cases. These include difficulty getting through normal activities, faintness and rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, cognitive difficulties, chronic...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some oral bacteria were associated with the development of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, in postmenopausal women, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. High blood pressure is typically defined by two measurements: systolic blood pressure (the upper number measuring pressure...
by Marla Paul, Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in large animal models. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected-rhesus macaques, revealed the prostate, vasculature of testicles, penis and testicles were all infected with the virus. The surprising discovery...
by C. Raina MacIntyre, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Mask mandates in most indoor settings have been dropped in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, with Queensland to follow later this week. Without a mandate, mask use tends to drop, so we can expect only a minority of people to be masked in public indoor spaces. With thousands...
by Jim Dryden, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Distribution of p-WERCAP scores across the two youth cohorts. Figures depict the prevalences of different p-WERCAP score ranges. Cohort 1 participants completed WERCAP screens with 3-month and lifetime symptom timeframes (A). Cohort 2 participants completed WERCAP Screens with 3-month and 12-month symptom timeframes (B)....
by Katie Bohn, Pennsylvania State University Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00736.2021 As climate change nudges the global temperature higher, there is rising interest in the maximum environmental conditions like heat and humidity to which humans can adapt. New Penn State research found that in humid climates, that temperature may be lower than previously thought. It...
by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress The image shows the myelination of motor axons (red) by the PMP2 positive -Schwann cell subtype (yellow) in a cross-section of motor nerve. Almost all large motor axons are uniquely circled by this Schwann cell subtype, but other axons are not. Credit: Yim et al. The peripheral nervous system is...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the capacity to both self-renew and differentiate into all mature blood cell types, making them promising treatments for a variety of diseases. However, the mechanisms involved in engraftment—when the cells start to grow and make healthy blood cells after being transplanted into...
by Carnegie Mellon University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Exploring how brain areas communicate with each other is the focus of a long-standing research collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Champalimaud Research. The cross-continental team is simultaneously recording populations of neurons across multiple brain areas in the visual system and utilizing...
