Sleep problems are not excessive in patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study recently published in RMD Open. Lauren Lyne, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues investigated sleep quality and duration in 3,265 patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (1998 to 2018) and during one to 12 years after diagnosis. The researchers found...
By Helen Branswell May 18, 2022 Reprints This highly magnified electron micrographic images shows a mulberry-type monkeypox virus particle.CDC Two more European countries reported unusual monkeypox cases on Wednesday, a development that suggests an outbreak first spotted in the United Kingdom is more widespread than first believed. The news of cases in additional countries led...
Implementing the new changes in U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) diabetes screening guidelines would increase screening eligibility among U.S. adults, according to a research letter published in the May 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Michael Fang, Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
by Hiroshima University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Japanese research team looking at COVID-19’s lingering impacts on survivors and local communities found that having a mild case of COVID-19, smoking status, comorbidities, or your sex aren’t significant predictors to tell if you are less likely to develop long-term symptoms, but age is. “The prevalence of sequelae...
by Caslon Hatch, Johns Hopkins University Intermediate magnification micrograph of an intramucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma, a type of esophageal cancer. H&E stain. Endoscopic mucosal resection specimen. The images show normal squamous epithelium (right of image) and an adenocarcinoma (left of image). The adenocarcinoma has a typical morphology; it is composed of cohesive clusters of cells arranged...
by Jeff Grabmeier, The Ohio State University Relationship between ADHD symptom severity and diet quality in children. The median CASI-5 symptom score for the group at baseline for inattention was 2.2 (IQR: 1.9–2.7) and for hyperactivity/ impulsivity was 1.9 (IQR: 1.3–2.3). The results of the regression analysis between diet quality scores and ADHD symptom severity...
by Robin Marks, University of California, San Francisco A generic version of a cellular protein interaction map. The diamond shapes represent proteins of interest, which have been experimentally characterized to participate in certain “protein complexes” in the cell that come together to facilitate a particular cell function. The lines emanating outward show the physical interactions...
by Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Experiment scheme and the results of the study: transgenic mice with Alzheimer’s disease-like beta-amyloid plaques in the brain. The degree of isomerization of beta-amyloid peptides (vertically) is determined by the intensity of the mass spectrometric signal (horizontally). The results obtained for the human brain (green dot) are consistent with...
by Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Loma Linda University Health researchers say high consumption of ultra-processed foods and, separately, high consumption of red meat may be important mortality indicators. Their recently published study adds to a growing body of knowledge about how ultra-processed foods and red meat impact human...
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dr. Gurmukh Singh. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University A test for the common blood cancer multiple myeloma also holds clear clues that the patient has one of the most uncommon and deadly forms of this cancer, investigators say. While there is a specific test for this rare...
