A new study links dairy products with a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes and red and processed meats with a higher risk. Wanwisa Hernandez/EyeEm/Getty Images About 90–95% of all diagnosed diabetes cases are type 2 diabetes, according to the CDC. A new meta-analysis links low fat dairy products with a reduced risk of...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Only 48% of people age 50 to 80 who take blood pressure medications or have a health condition that’s affected by hypertension regularly check their blood pressure at home or other places, a new study finds. A somewhat higher number – but still only 62% — say a health care...
UNIVERSITY OF BERN IMAGE: A PETRI DISH WITH RED AGAR ON WHICH GROWS A FUNGAL STRAND IN THE SHAPE OF THE ELEMENT SYMBOL FOR PLATINUM (PT). CREDIT: © CO-ADD Each year, more than one billion people contract a fungal infection. Although they are harmless to most people, over 1.5 million patients die each year as...
UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA IMAGE: INES MORENO, SCIENTIST OF THE UMA, PROPOSES THE REMOVAL OF TOXIC PROTEINS IN THE BRAIN, THE MAIN CAUSE OF NEURONAL DEATH, AT A CIRCULATORY LEVEL CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA A new study conducted by the scientist of the UMA Inés Moreno, in collaboration with the University of Texas, has identified a...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IMAGE: TENECTEPLASE WORKS FASTER, LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES & COSTS ABOUT $2500 LESS PER PATIENT, ACCORDING TO NEW DELL MED STUDY. CREDIT: DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL A newer-generation clot-busting drug called tenecteplase outperforms the traditional treatment for ischemic strokes in several key areas, including better health outcomes and lower costs, according...
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG Arthritis is a widespread condition affecting hundreds of thousands of people that leads to inflammation of the joints. It has many different causes, and if physicians are to treat the disease properly, it is important that they can determine exactly which type of arthritis the patient has. This is often no easy undertaking....
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks. Potential applications range from monitoring exercise, sleep, and stress to diagnosing and monitoring disease through breath and vital signs. Spun from a new Imperial-developed cotton-based conductive thread called PECOTEX, the sensors cost little...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE IMAGE: CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROPOSED ROBOTIC GARMENT. CREDIT: JONATHAN REALMUTO/UCR UC Riverside engineers are developing low-cost, robotic “clothing” to help children with cerebral palsy gain control over their arm movements. Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of serious physical disability in childhood, and the devices envisioned for this...
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DR. CYNTHIA NAU CORNELISSEN, DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY IN THE INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY CREDIT: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY ATLANTA—Creating a mutation that inhibits how the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection, could offer a new...
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY CLEVELAND–Children who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a new study that analyzed electronic health records of more than 1 million patients ages 18 and younger. In a study published today in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers at the Case...
