BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | MAY 17 If you have or have ever had pain in your jaw, difficulty chewing, or locking of your jaw, you might have what is called a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. About 12 million people in the U.S. have pain in their TMJ joint, and TMJ disorders...
Kidney cancer shares some similar symptoms with kidney stones, including blood in the urine, lower back pain, and fatigue. Due to these similarities, some medical professionals may incorrectly diagnose kidney cancer as kidney stones. Kidney cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in people. Kidney cancer shares some symptoms with kidney stones, which...
Lisa Schencker, Chicago TribuneMon, May 23, 2022, 10:00 PM Long COVID symptoms lasted a median of 15 months, Northwestern study finds Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS People with long COVID-19 who visited a Northwestern Medicine clinic were still experiencing symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, fatigue and brain fog for a median of 15 months after first falling...
Published: May 19, 2022 9.04am EDT People with tinnitus are more likely to have disturbed sleep. Around 15% of the world’s population suffers from tinnitus, a condition which causes someone to hear a sound (such as ringing or buzzing) without any external source. It’s often associated with hearing loss. Not only can the condition be annoying for sufferers,...
Monkeypox, a virus that causes pus-filled blisters, has been detected in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and some European nations. Aubree Gordon, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is an infectious disease epidemiologist. She is an investigator with the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have unraveled a mechanism shared by mutations in the genes ADNP and SHANK3, which cause autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions. The researchers also found that an experimental drug previously developed in their lab is effective in lab models for these mutations and may be suitable for treating a range of rare syndromes...
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: PHOTO 1: (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) NTU LKCMED PHD CANDIDATE LEE KHANG LENG; NTU LKCMED NANYANG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CHRISTINE CHEUNG; AND NTU LKCMEDICINE RESEARCH FELLOW DR NG CHUN-YI RECREATED BLOOD VESSEL CELLS FROM SAMPLES DONATED BY 99 NAFLD PATIENTS AND 56 HEALTHY CONTROLS TO BE USED AS EXPERIMENTAL MODELS FOR THE...
LUND UNIVERSITY A new study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct epigenetic differences between different groups of patients with type 2 diabetes. The epigenetic markers are also associated...
BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN THAT BRAIN WAVES EXPRESS SYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NERVE CELLS (NEURONS), SO A NORMAL INCREASE IN WAVE INTENSITY EXPRESSES SYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF NEURONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION. BUT WHY AND HOW DO THESE WAVES CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROPER TRANSMISSION OF...
PRILENIA – This new research adds to the growing understanding of pridopidine as a highly selective S1R agonist that has shown neuroprotective properties in multiple models –– Research details the role of pridopidine’s mechanism of action in autophagy, a cellular process critical to preserving neuronal health –– By improving autophagy, pridopidine may reduce the toxic protein aggregation...
