by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Diastolic blood pressure—the lower of the two numbers in a blood pressure reading—is highly likely to cause neurotic personality trait, finds research published in General Psychiatry. And keeping it under control can help curb neurotic behaviors, anxiety, and heart and circulatory diseases, conclude the researchers. High blood pressure...
by Columbia University Lung lymph nodes from six non-smokers between the ages of 20 and 62. Particles of air pollution darken the lymph nodes and impair immune cells within the nodes. Credit: Donna Farber / Columbia University Irving Medical Center The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the...
by byMichelle Badash, Tufts University “[Food Compass] provides a more comprehensive, holistic rating of a food’s nutritional value than existing systems, and these new findings support its validity by showing it predicts better health,” said Friedman School’s Dariush Mozaffarian. Credit: Shutterstock The idea that what we eat directly affects our health is ancient; Hippocrates recognized...
by University of Cambridge Scalable thin film transistor-based biosensors. Credit: Ben Woodington, University of Cambridge A new method for the miniaturization of biosensors will enable new possibilities for minimally invasive implants. The miniaturized transistors are fabricated on thin, flexible substrates, and amplify biosignals, producing currents more than 200 times larger than analogous alternatives. Diagnosing and...
The structure and function of adrenal gland ‘organoids’ grown in a petri dish at the School of Veterinary Medicine closely replicated that of the human adrenal gland, according to a new study. (Image: Courtesy of the Sasaki laboratory) Sitting atop the kidneys, the adrenal gland plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy body. Responding...
By Deidre McPhillips, CNNUpdated 9:57 PM EST, Mon November 21, 2022Video Ad Feedback’Extraordinary’: Gupta amazed by biologist’s ‘ghost’ heart04:23 – Source: CNN High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol – often referred to as the “good” cholesterol – may not be as useful in predicting the risk of heart disease and protecting against it as previously thought,...
People should exercise in the morning if they want to reap the best cardiovascular benefits, a study suggests. Image credit: wAleksandarNakic/Getty Images. A new study investigates the potential effect of exercising at different times for preventing cardiovascular disease and stroke. The study finds that people who exercise in the morning achieve the greatest reduction in...
by Leipzig University Obesity induces organ-specific changes in ECs. a, Experimental design; n = 3 animals per group. The FACS plot shows exemplary gating for CD31+CD45low cells; sc, subcutaneous; vis, visceral; mo., months. b, Uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) clustering of ECs from seven organs of mice on a WD or chow diet after filtering. Colors correspond to the organ...
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Nov 17 2022 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent review published in the journal Pharmacological Research, researchers in Brazil investigated the role of gut microbiota in cognition, brain function, behavior, and neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. Study: Relevance of gutmicrobiota in cognition, behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease. Image Credit: nobeastsofierce / Shutterstock Background A growing body...
By Neha Mathur Nov 16 2022 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in the Nature Communications journal, researchers monitored the changing symptom profiles associated with different severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, especially Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2. Study: Variant-specific symptoms of COVID-19 in a study of 1,542,510 adults in England. Image Credit:...
