by University of Nottingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A major clinical trial, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has shown that people with inflammatory conditions are able to improve the antibody response from a COVID-19 booster vaccination by interrupting their treatment for two weeks immediately after having the vaccine. The antibody response to the...
by Wild Hive Findings show non-pharmacological approaches, like prunes, may be beneficial for postmenopausal women. Credit: California Prune Board A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition shows daily consumption of prunes may reduce inflammation markers connected to bone signaling pathways and reduce the effects of bone loss among postmenopausal women. “Bone loss is...
by Washington University School of Medicine Overview of the study. We examined: 1) the predictive ability of the smoking initiation polygenic risk score (PRS) for smoking for a history of daily smoking; 2) the association between the smoking initiation PRS for smoking initiation and brain measures; and 3) the association between smoking behaviors and brain measures....
by UC Davis Credit: CC0 Public Domain A non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, with potential for treating addiction, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis. A paper describing the work is published Dec. 9 in Nature. “Psychedelics are some of the most powerful drugs we...
by The Scripps Research Institute An example of application of the AF prediction model. The figure illustrates the possible outcomes of the AF prediction model when AF is not detected: it can predict low or high risk for future AF development. In the second part of the figure, we present an example of a potential application....
by Robin Foster, Rutgers University The holidays are all about parties, and parties are all about drinking wine. But if you’re a red wine lover, how do you avoid stained teeth? “When you drink red wine, you’re encountering a triple threat to your teeth’s whiteness: anthocyanins, which are the pigments in grapes that give red wine...
by Duke University Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Identifying an older patient who is at risk for post-operative cognitive dysfunction might be done in the blink of an eye—literally. Researchers at Duke Health found that a simple EEG measurement detects a signal of cognitive vulnerability when patients are asked to close, then open their eyes....
Suppressing these neurons may be a promising target for therapies to treat stress-related sleep disorders, like insomnia and PTSD Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA— New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus—the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature—are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM)....
Researchers from Charité and McGill University quantify association between Helicobacter pylori and Alzheimer’s diseasePeer-Reviewed Publication CHARITÉ – UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN Infection with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori could increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease: In people over the age of 50, the risk following a symptomatic infection can be an average of 11 percent higher,...
A study of Stingers athletes reveals new connections with body composition parametersPeer-Reviewed Publication CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MARYSE FORTIN CREDIT: CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY A new study carried out by researchers at Concordia’s School of Health provides a new way of looking at the spine. The research reveals the way one spinal muscle’s size, shape and function relates to...
