by University Medical Center Utrecht Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study executed by University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, it has been demonstrated that prednisolone does not improve a patient’s sense of smell after COVID-19. In addition, in most patients—irrespective of prednisolone use—the sense of smell gradually improved over time. The authors recommend that physicians...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who eat or drink more foods with antioxidant flavonols, which are found in several fruits and vegetables as well as tea and wine, may have a slower rate of memory decline, according to a study published in Neurology. “It’s exciting that our study shows making specific diet...
by Nicole Rideout, Oregon Health & Science University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that vitamin C supplementation to pregnant women unable to quit smoking significantly improves airway function and respiratory health in their offspring at 5 years of age. While previous studies have shown that vitamin C improves...
by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Credit: CC0 Public Domain Gene therapies can treat, even potentially cure, certain genetic diseases, but it is challenging to deliver the treatments to the parts of the body where they are needed. Researchers have engineered viruses called adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) to deliver cargo—such as a functioning copy of a...
BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES. Image Source: Diabetes Self-Management Call it what you will: hemoglobin A1C, glycosylated hemoglobin, HbA1c or just “A1C,” these numbers, known as A1C levels, play a huge role in how your diabetes is managed. It’s also used to diagnose diabetes, as well as prediabetes. Your A1C is a blood test that provides information about...
BY MONIQUE BROUILLETTE PUBLISHED: MAY 6, 2022 Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography//Getty Images Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in 2012 for the discovery of his eponymous “Yamanaka factors,” which can revert cells to their embryonic state. The factors seemed promising for reversing signs of aging, but they reset the age of the cells too far back in...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology that included nearly 1.3 million men aged 20–39 years who participated in three serial health check-ups at two-year intervals, men with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and those who developed MetS—especially those with the MetS components of elevated triglycerides and abdominal obesity—had higher risks of...
by Radiological Society of North America Volume changes in patients with ADHD. Children with ADHD tend to have lower cortical volume, especially in temporal and frontal lobes. Credit: RSNA and Huang Lin Researchers analyzing the data from MRI exams on nearly 8,000 children have identified biomarkers of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a possible role for...
by Radiological Society of North America (A) Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) visualized as round, dark lesions (arrow) on SWI sequence in the left temporal lobe in a migraine case with aura. (B) Asymmetry in the appearance of the cortical vessels is more prominent on the left side (arrow) ipsilateral to the CMB. Credit: RSNA and Wilson...
by American Heart Association Atherosclerosis blockage forming graphic. Credit: American Heart Association Adults with persistent asthma may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke because of excess plaque buildup in the carotid arteries, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the...
