ByEthan SullivaA Brief History of Microscopic Colitis In 1976, Swedish pathologist C.G Lindström discovered a unique condition in the colon he named collagenous colitis. A decade later, in the United States, pathologist A.J. Lazenby described a similar condition he named lymphocytic colitis. Despite their different names, the two conditions exhibited identical symptoms and microscopic tissue...
By Hugo Francisco de SouzaDec 11 2023Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers conducted a randomized diet intervention trial to evaluate the health impacts of substituting typical carbohydrate snacks with tree nuts. The intervention was conducted on young adults for a period of 16 weeks. Analysis of...
A healthy smile helps us live long, well and happy lives. But just like our bodies, our teeth succumb to age-related changes. So what happens to teeth as you age? And what can you do to ensure your smile lasts the distance?First, what are teeth made of? The tooth crown is covered by a hard...
Supplements for DiabetesMegan Nunn, PharmD Do dietary supplements for diabetes live up to their hype? Medically reviewed by Melissa Nieves, LND Many people use dietary supplements like cinnamon, magnesium, or vitamin D to help prevent or manage diabetes, a disease marked by high blood sugar levels. Research has primarily focused on the effects of dietary...
Doctors in China say the ‘white lung’ pneumonia outbreak may have been partly-driven by ‘superbugs’ — or infections resistant to many antibiotics. Over the past six or so months, northern China has been struck by a wave of millions of lung infections in children following the country’s brutal lockdowns. When images emerged of mask-wearing crowds...
by Chinese Academy of Sciences A new “nano-micro composite” delivery concept for inhaled vaccine: it combines biodegradable microcapsules with protein nanoparticles displaying multiple antigens, thus induces a broad-spectrum immune response and expands the range of vaccine protection. Credit: IPE, CAS Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed...
Lisa Schnirring Amid record dengue cases in the Americas region this year, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a new risk assessment that the disease poses a high risk to the region owing to multiple factors, including the impacts of climate change and other environmental factors, as well as resource-limited health systems. The...
By CodeBlue | 14 December 2023 WHO recommends monovalent XBB.1.5 Covid-19 vaccines across different platforms against circulating variants. Malaysia’s MOH has yet to issue an updated Covid-19 vaccine advisory for 2024 or to announce if the monovalent XBB.1.5 vaccine will be procured. Vaccination of a senior male patient at a hospital. Photo by aslysun/ shutterstock.com....
Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images When one member of a large Colombian family, plagued by Alzheimer’s disease for generations, evaded the disease (staying cognitively healthy into her 70s) despite inheriting the genetic mutation that caused her relatives to develop dementia in their 40s, researchers sought to understand why. The Colombian patient carried the presenilin-1...
New invention, which can be set up at home, promises to transform the way we monitor our health, say scientistsRobin McKie A patient being monitored at the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in Glasgow. Scientists have used AI to develop a laser camera that can measure heartbeats away from hospitals and GP surgeries. Scientists have developed...
