by Harvard University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital conducted the study in 24 healthy, older adults to evaluate whether a high-dose or a low-dose melatonin supplement could improve sleep. The team...
by Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many people have had negative experiences in their lives that they would prefer not to remember. However, there are sometimes moments when the events come back to life. Often, such unwanted memories are triggered by harmless objects that were also present...
by Michaela Kane, Duke University The image shows the vasculature of the brain, and the colors illuminate how capillaries experience varying levels of oxygenation as the brain undergoes hypoxia. Credit: Duke University Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to scan and image the blood flow and oxygen levels inside a mouse brain...
by University of Jyväskylä Correlation matrix of muscle fiber and body adiposity variables at three measurement points (n = 7–10). Correlation strength and direction are illustrated by correlation coefficient and background color. Red indicates a strong positive correlation and white indicates a strong negative correlation. F1, short-term follow-up point; F2, long-term follow-up point; FM, fat...
by University of Birmingham A double stranded DNA fragment. Credit: Vcpmartin/Wikimedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0 A new way in which cancer cells can repair DNA damage has been discovered by researchers at the University of Birmingham. These new findings shed new light on how cancer cells react to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and also uncover a new...
by Queen Mary, University of London Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from Queen Mary University of London, published in Nature Medicine, has shown that molecular profiling of the diseased joint tissue can significantly impact whether specific drug treatments will work to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The researchers also identified specific genes associated with resistance...
by American Thoracic Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Avacopan was better than prednisone in reducing respiratory as well as ear, nose and throat (ENT) involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients participating in the phase 3 ADVOCATE trial, and enabled reduced glucocorticoid use. Study results were published at the ATS 2022 international conference. The study was a...
by American Physiological Society Effect on EAE of Npnt neutralization by the Npnt-blocking antibody. A: Npnt concentration in plasma samples from EAE mice. *P < 0.05 vs. 0 day after MOG immunization. n = 4–7 in each group. B: protocol for EAE induction with Npnt-blocking antibody treatment (top). Disease severity scores of the EAE mice...
Asian family members traditions involve a wide range of ideals and strategies. These include: filial piety (respect for one’s parents); family combination and responsibility; self-control and personal self-discipline; emphasis on educational achievement; reverence for expert; reverence for the purpose of the elderly (filial piety); and interdependence of families and individuals. Filial piety is based on...
by University of California – San Diego Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and, importantly, were more successful at keeping the pounds off using a new alternative weight-loss intervention that targets improving a person’s response to internal hunger cues and their ability to resist food, reported a...
