By Bronwyn Thompson May 30, 2023 While age-related cognitive decline is unavoidable, it appears a heart attack might speed up the process Depositphotos Recovery from a heart attack is most often focused on lifestyle changes to support and protect cardiovascular health. But researchers out of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have sounded another alarm, finding...
Heidi Splete May 22, 2023 Dupilumab significantly reduced exacerbations in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by approximately 30% compared with placebo, based on data from approximately 900 individuals. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with decreased lung function and increased risk of exacerbations, and previous studies of anti-interleukin-5 biologics have yielded mixed results, according to...
Researchers from Penn Dental and Penn Engineering have developed a new way to rapidly and precisely eradicate fungal infections in the mouth by using nanorobots guided by magnets. Infections caused by fungi, such as Candida albicans, pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the World Health Organization...
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MIA PHILLIPSON, PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL CELL BIOLOGY AT UPPSALA UNIVERSITY. CREDIT: MIKAEL WALLERSTEDT omplicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study on humans, researchers at Uppsala University show that treatment with a specific type...
BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PRESS CO., LTD IMAGE: THE EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME. CREDIT: SPACE: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Astronauts are affected by various physical and chemical factors during spaceflight, resulting in a series of pathological and physiological changes. Many studies have shown that spaceflight causes oxidative stress and induces brain disorder in astronauts, negatively affecting neuronal function...
by Fujita Health University Effects of HS intake on blood pressure and emotional and cognitive function. (A) MAP and (B) DBP of mice were monitored by the tail-cuff system once weekly for 12 weeks. (C)-(H) Mice were subjected to behavioral tests at 8 and 12 weeks after HS intake. (C), (D) Exploratory behavior in the...
by University of Turku Correlations of gene expression ratios between the baseline and 1-year follow-up samples (i.e., expression change) against zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) autoantibody status at baseline. (a) Uniform manifold approximation and projection dimensional reduction of all gene ratios (n = 46), colored on the basis of the correlation. (b) Examples of gene ratios between the baseline...
by Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a crucial regulator of the anti-cancer immune response that could change the game in the fight against cancer. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows that in animal models of breast and prostate cancer, eliminating...
by American College of Physicians Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An exploratory analysis of the LoDoCo2 (Low-Dose Colchicine 2) randomized, controlled, double-blind trial found that daily therapy with a low dose of colchicine was associated with lower incidences of both total knee replacement and total hip replacement surgeries. The analysis is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Osteoarthritis...
by Ramona Czakert Franson, University of Alberta Credit: Pixabay/Pete Linforth. In the human central nervous system, there are tiny cells that—for most people, most of the time—provide important immune protection to the brain and spinal cord. Occasionally these microglia cells run terribly awry, leading to neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. But in a...
