UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: JEFFREY STRAWN, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND ANXIETY EXPERT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE AT UC, WHO IS THE SENIOR AUTHOR ON THIS STUDY AND IS ALSO A PHYSICIAN AT CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER AND UC HEALTH. CREDIT: COLLEEN KELLEY/UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI As with any complex machine, sometimes...
by Johannes Angerer, Medical University of Vienna Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study recently published in the leading journal Blood, Florian Moik and Cihan Ay from the Division of Hematology and Hemastasology of the Department of Medicine I of MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital, working in collaboration with the Division of Oncology, the Department of Dermatology and...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Mar 29 2021 A combination of esophageal brushing and extensive genetic sequencing of the sample collected can detect chromosome alterations in people with Barrett’s Esophagus, identifying patients at risk for progressing to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve...
KAISER PERMANENTE — Black middle-aged adults had an incidence rate of stroke 4 times higher than that of white middle-aged adults, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published March 29 in Hypertension. The large national prospective study highlights the need to raise awareness among young and middle-aged Black adults about the impact of high blood pressure,...
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: Graphic showing the chain of events when a cell is infected with a virus like SARS CoV-2. Within a living cell, proteins derived from pathogens like viruses are cut into fragments in the proteosome. These fragments then migrate through a series of cell structures, including the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi...
WILEY Fractures in the vertebrae of the spine and calcification in a blood vessel called the abdominal aorta can both be visualized through the same spinal imaging test. A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research that included 5,365 older men indicates that each of these measures are linked with a higher risk...
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A NIGHT SHIFT SCHEDULE IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DNA DAMAGE AND MISALIGNMENT OF THE DNA REPAIR MECHANISM, PROVIDING A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE ELEVATED RISK OF CANCER IN NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS. CREDIT: BALA KORITALA SPOKANE, Wash. – New clues as to why night shift workers are at increased risk of developing...
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY Sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, a new study of military veterans suggests. The study, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, used a new technique involving magnetic resonance imaging developed at Oregon Health & Science University. Researchers used MRI to evaluate the enlargement of perivascular...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, March 11, 2021 — Pictures of the retina may someday provide early warning signs that a person is at an increased risk of stroke and dementia, making it possible to take preventive measures, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021...
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Research from Queen Mary University of London has concluded that there is convincing evidence that type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. The same study found that there was also evidence that type 2 diabetes may contribute to faster disease progression in patients who already have...
