by Lucie AUBOURG Stephane Bancel, CEO and director of Moderna. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company’s experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer. Globally there were an estimated 325,000 new melanoma...
by Washington University in St. Louis Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, extensive research has emerged detailing the virus’s ability to attack multiple organ systems, potentially resulting in a set of enduring and often disabling health problems known as long COVID. Now, new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...
by Valerie Goodwin, University of Michigan Credit: Justine Ross, Michigan Medicine Everyone knows hitting your funny bone isn’t actually funny. But what happens when that feeling continues to persist? In this interview, Sandra Hearn, M.D., a clinical associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan and the lead author of an editorial...
by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain Let’s face it: Americans eat too much salt. The popular seasoning, also known as sodium chloride, is found in many food favorites, including pizza, chips, burgers, and breads. On average, people consume more than 3,400 milligrams of sodium chloride daily, or roughly over a tablespoon...
by Catherine Graham, Johns Hopkins University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses magnetic fields to create images of the body that allow doctors to diagnose injury or illness more accurately. Susceptibility tensor imaging (STI), a specialized MRI technique, measures the magnetic susceptibility of different tissues in the brain by quantifying how they become...
by University of Pittsburgh Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Spinal cord stimulation can elicit sensation in the missing foot and alleviate phantom limb pain in people with lower limb amputations, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine rehabilitation scientists report today. Pressure sensors on the insole of a prosthetic foot triggered electrical pulses that were then delivered to...
by Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Sinai Health have unearthed vital information about the relationship between insulin levels after eating and long-term heart and metabolic health. The research upends the notion that insulin surge following food intake is a bad thing. On the contrary—it could be an indicator of good health to...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Diverse gut bacteria communities protect against harmful pathogens by nutrient blocking The human gut is home to hundreds of different bacterial species collectively known as the gut microbiome. A major health benefit these provide is to protect the gut against invading pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) that could cause harmful infections. But...
Identifying, mitigating potential side effects of life saving treatmentGrant and Award Announcement UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MING HU, DIANA S-L. CHOW ENDOWED PROFESSOR OF DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, IS LEADING A TEAM TRYING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF BUPRENORPHINE ON DENTAL HEALTH. IT IS USED TO TREAT OPIOID...
Study finds noshing provides little nutritional value Peer-Reviewed Publication OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – Snacks constitute almost a quarter of a day’s calories in U.S. adults and account for about one-third of daily added sugar, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzing data from surveys of over 20,000 people found that Americans averaged about 400...
