by Emily Kagey, University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Michigan researchers have identified the protein that enables mammals to sense cold, filling a long-standing knowledge gap in the field of sensory biology. The findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, could help unravel how we sense and suffer from cold temperature in the winter, and...
by Wiley Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsNew research indicates that individuals with persistent and worsening metabolic syndrome—which encompasses conditions such as high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, excess abdominal fat, and abnormal cholesterol—face an elevated risk of developing various types of cancer. The findings are published in a paper titled “The association of metabolic syndrome...
A Newcastle research team has been exploring the role of vitamin A in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders Peer-Reviewed PublicationHUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE A Newcastle research team has been exploring the role of vitamin A in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. Professor Murray Cairns of the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute said...
POSTED BY BROWN UNIVERSITY(Credit: Getty Images) A new study illustrates how parts of the brain need to work together to focus on important information while filtering out distractions. Imagine a busy restaurant: dishes clattering, music playing, people talking loudly over one another. It’s a wonder that anyone in that kind of environment can focus enough...
by Ernie Mundell A cancer drug duo more than doubled the survival of people battling the most common form of advanced bladder cancer, trial results show. Patients who took a combo of meds called EV+P—enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab (Keytruda)—had an average of 31.5 months survival, compared to just over 16 months for those on standard...
by Ian Hamilton and Harry Sumnall, The Conversation There has been a significant rise in deaths linked to the commonly prescribed anxiety drug, pregabalin. While in 2018 there were 187 deaths linked to pregabalin in England and Wales, this number was more than double in 2022—with 441 deaths linked to the drug. Recent press reports...
by Nathalie Juge, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Having a sweet tooth isn’t just a human characteristic. It turns out our gut microbes can have a preference for sweets, too—and one of these selfish, sugar-loving bacteria is Ruminococcus gnavus. Ruminococcus gnavus (R gnavus for short) is one of the many bacterial species normally found...
Marilynn LarkinVitamin D levels are unlikely to have an impact on the clinical features of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in adults newly diagnosed with the chronic inflammatory disorder, new research suggests. The substantial increase in EoE incidence and the association of low vitamin D levels with increased risk for allergic sensitization prompted the researchers to assess...
by Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHealth insurance premiums keep rising and many employees carry high-deductible plans that mean bills of $100 or more for a visit to the doctor. Meanwhile, the CEOs of the top 10 health insurance companies were paid between $13 million and $22 million in total compensation in 2022,...
by De Gruyter Credit: CC0 Public DomainTen percent of respondents to a recent survey of Norwegian adults had undergone cosmetic surgery, with one in eight of these experiencing chronic post-operative pain, according to results published in the Scandinavian Journal of Pain. The study is the first to examine the prevalence of cosmetic surgery among Norwegian...
