SAY COMMUNICATIONS Dermatologists in Germany have identified what could be a crucial link between acne and a deficit of omega-3 fatty acids.1 The findings, released during the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Spring Symposium, could offer new opportunities for managing a condition estimated to affect nearly 23 million people in Europe.2 The team...
Month: <span>May 2022</span>
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Russian scientists create biomimetic algorithm to find epileptogenic areas of the brain
NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Researchers from the HSE University Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces have designed a new method for detecting diagnostic markers of epilepsy, called interictal spikes, using EEG and MEG. Capable of accounting for various errors and artefacts, this method constitutes a valuable addition to the arsenal of means for automatic analysis of...
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Dementia: Combination of “feelings” and measurements suggest Alzheimer’s in the early stage
DZNE – GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Subjective memory disorders in conjunction with conspicuous levels of beta-amyloid proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid are a strong indication of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This is the conclusion of a DZNE study involving about 1,000 older adults. A team led by dementia researcher Frank Jessen reports on these findings...
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Advanced Multi-Organ Chip for Personalized Medicine
MAY 11TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS GENETICS, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY, PATHOLOGY Researchers at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science developed an advanced organ-on-a-chip system that incorporates heart, bone, liver, and skin tissue in independent niches that are linked with simulated vascular flows. The system even includes immune cells that circulate within the simulated vasculature....
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New study reveals that herpesvirus infection may increase risk of developing diabetes
by Diabetologia Herpes simplex virus. Credit: CDC A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that two common herpesviruses may contribute to impaired glucose metabolism and an increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) among infected individuals. The research was conducted by Dr. Tim...
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Two years after infection, half of people hospitalized with COVID-19 have at least one symptom
by Lancet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Two years after infection with COVID-19, half of patients who were admitted to hospitals still have at least one symptom, according to the longest follow-up study to date, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The study followed 1,192 participants in China infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the first phase of the...
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Common steroids after ‘long COVID’ recovery may cut risk of death by up to 51%
by Frontiers Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Evidence continues to gather that “long COVID,” that is, continued negative health impacts months after apparent recovery from severe COVID-19, is an important risk for some patients. For example, researchers from the University of Florida Gainesville showed last December that hospitalized patients who seemingly recovered from severe COVID-19 run...
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Nebraska-led project examines milk as possible cancer fighter
by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Janos Zempleni, professor of nutrition and Health sciences, and colleagues are pursuing a way to use milk to deliver cancer-fighters to the brain. The project recently received $630,00 in support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Credit: University Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln In health care, perhaps no word sends a more...
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Treating knee osteoarthritis without surgery
by Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dr. Prakash Jayabalan has long pondered why more non-operative treatment options aren’t available to patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), particularly because it is the most common cause of disability in the U.S. “Doctors perform approximately 1 million surgical knee replacements each year,” he said. “Of course, a proportion...
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Researchers find a trigger for cell suicide; could lead to new skin infection therapies
by Emory University Doris LaRock, PhD, studies pathogenic bacteria in Emory’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Credit: Emory University Emory University researchers have discovered a mechanism for skin cell death that could eventually result in new treatments for ailments such as “flesh-eating” infections, alopecia, hives and potentially even the deadliest type of skin cancer, melanoma....