Day July 15, 2024

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely to have severe tooth decay that requires a dental extraction in hospital, compared with children living…

Gary Young, Director, Northeastern University Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research, says more drugs for Alzheimer’s hitting the market could help reduce costs. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The Food and Drug Administration approved a new Eli Lilly drug this…

What if there was a way to peer into your body and spot early signs of cancer and other life-threatening ailments before they became serious? That’s the pitch from a new cluster of companies selling high-tech scans to healthy people…

A supermarket can be a tough place to be in sync with the seasons. We’re not talking about how Halloween decorations arrive in August, either: It’s because in the produce section, many fruits and vegetables are available year-round, and those…

“I’m overly stressed more than anything. I always want to be alone.” “I continue to deal with massive amounts of trauma and am prescribed medication just to deal with the constant anxiety and depression.” “Being behind bars made me lose…

Over-the-counter nasal sprays could be a potent weapon against a major public health threat—antibiotic resistance, researchers report. Their analysis, which looked at data from nearly 14,000 adults, found that common nasal sprays could help keep upper respiratory tract infections at…

Staying properly hydrated throughout the day is one of the most important steps for avoiding serious heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion or heatstroke. Credit: Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications As extreme heat sweeps the nation, millions…

New research aims to help reduce the quantity of unused prescription opioids after emergency department visits and lessen the risk of opioid misuse and overdose. The study, titled “Opioid prescribing requirements to minimize unused medications after an emergency department visit…

For many people, the snooze alarm is a vital part of the morning. Once, twice or more, it delays the inevitable start to the day. According to sleep experts, however, it may be more accurate to call that button an…

In recent years, there’s been a big boost in the beverage industry when it comes to the sale of energy drinks. Classified as dietary supplements, most of these drinks contain stimulating ingredients, in addition to high amounts of caffeine, that…

PVHSH2B1?DRN neurocircuit inhibits food intake and obesity. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002 Obesity is a complicated condition, caused by a combination of genetics, the food environment, behavior, and other factors. For millennia, getting enough food to survive and thrive…

A person walking in a state-of-the-art gait lab, with a wearable sensor positioned on his lower back. He is walking over a gait mat embedded with force-sensitive sensors. The gait mat provides highly accurate measures of the person’s step length…

Avoidable, treatable and preventable mortality rates per 100,000 people. Office for National Statistics One question that British voters may have asked themselves during the 2024 election campaign is whether they are any better off now than they were in 2010…

Illustrated abstraction demonstrating how frequency-dependent ecological interactions might increase the likelihood of preexisting resistance. Credit: PRX Life (2024). DOI: 10.1103 The evolution of resistance to diseases, from infectious illnesses to cancers, poses a formidable challenge. Despite the expectation that resistance-conferring…

Computational modeling of the cell cycle and apoptosis reveal limited impact of archetypal double hit mutations on their respective molecular networks. Credit: Blood Cancer Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41408-024-01090-y A study led by researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)…

Dr. Lin Tian and her research team have developed new technology that will shed light on the diverse behavioral effects of opioid actions in the brain in response to painful and rewarding experiences. Credit: Helena Pinheiro New research from a…

In an editorial, published in Oncoscience titled, “Entering the golden age for antibody-drug conjugates in gynecologic cancer,” researchers Michelle Greenman, Blair McNamara, Levent Mutlu, and Alessandro D. Santin from Yale University School of Medicine discuss gynecologic cancers. Biologically-aggressive tumors such…

People who use illicit drugs recreationally may unknowingly be exposed to nitazenes. Credit: Sebastian Ervi/Pexels Earlier this month, drugs sold as cocaine in Melbourne were found to be contaminated with a powerful group of opioids, known as nitazenes. These new…

Doctors, nurses and other health care staff suffering burnout should be shown compassion and not blamed for being unwell, according to a leading GP. Clare Gerada says employers often treat physicians as “naughty schoolchildren” when they go sick or suffer…

If you’re one of the millions of people worldwide who suffer from lower back pain, you might want to try going for a walk. Numerous studies have shown walking has many benefits when it comes to alleviating low back pain.…

A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases led by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators, warns that Tennessee’s new HIV prevention funding policy will lead to poorer health outcomes for its residents. Tennessee plans to reject $6 million in Centers for Disease…

Research assessed the effects of the nonverbal behavior of health care providers on pain reports and placebo effects in 51 males and 53 females randomly divided into four groups. The results revealed no differences between the groups in the reduced…

The largest study of CTE to date has found a new link between playing contact sports, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and the development of a movement disorder known as parkinsonism. The study of 481 deceased athletes by researchers at Boston…

A health worker administers the malaria vaccine Oxford-Serum R21 to a child in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, July 15, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde Health workers in Ivory Coast began giving children the latest malaria vaccine on Monday, the…

Changes in climate are possible trigger factors for seizure-related hospitalizations in patients with epilepsy, according to a study published online June 11 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Thilo Hammen, from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital Erlangen in Germany, and colleagues used…

Overall rates of long-term survival following stroke are improving, but Black individuals experience worse long-term outcomes compared to white individuals, according to University of Cincinnati research published online July 15 in Neurology. UC’s David Robinson, MD, corresponding author on the…

Impact of primary SARS-CoV-2 infection on leukocyte subpopulations as determined after 10?weeks and 10?months. Shown are absolute values of the indicated leukocyte populations in peripheral blood (y-axes) of noninfected control subjects (HC, gray) and COVID-19 convalescent subjects (COVID-19) 10?w (blue)…

Building upon groundbreaking research demonstrating how the SARS-CoV-2 virus disrupts mitochondrial function in multiple organs, researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated that mitochondrially-targeted antioxidants could reduce the effects of the virus while avoiding viral gene mutation resistance, a…

Brain injury is a common pathological process during neurological diseases. Understanding the biomarkers produced after a brain injury may not only help in the diagnosis of the disease but can also provide treatment strategies. Credit: Chinese Medical Journal (2024). DOI:…

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) suggests that the long-term, 30-year risk should be considered in addition to the short-term, 10-year risk to…

A traditional office chair (left) and a “dynamic” chair. Credit: University of Waterloo Those trying to alleviate back pain after long hours of sitting at work may resort to painkillers, massage, acupuncture or heat therapy—but the solution may be as…

MC3R loss increases responsiveness to GLP1 drugs. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI178250 A network of proteins found in the central nervous system could be harnessed to increase the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of popular diabetes…

Microglial-derived C1q integrates into neuronal ribonucleoprotein complexes and impacts protein homeostasis in the aging brain. Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016 A study conducted at the lab of Beth Stevens, Ph.D., at Boston Children’s Hospital, has revealed that an immune protein…

For very low birth-weight (VLBW) infants, transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is increasingly used, with selected short-term outcomes slightly more favorable, according to a study published online July 15 in Pediatrics. Brianna F. Leahy, M.B.B.S., from the…

Funding agencies in Canada need to review their policies for evaluating research proposals to ensure that South Asian research is conducted by South Asians, write authors in a commentary, titled “A call to stop extractive health research on South Asian…

Mom of two, Nicole Gerardi-Lukens, experienced bladder prolapse after having her second child. She sought treatment with Tessa Ladd, an occupational therapist at Orlando Health, who helped her strengthen her pelvic floor and breathe through motions in a way that…

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening aims to identify men who may harbor potentially lethal prostate cancer, and those with high PSA results often require more extensive (and expensive) diagnostic testing to establish a diagnosis. New research reveals that the out-of-pocket costs…

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses. Credit: Public Domain Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, health officials confirmed Sunday. The new cases bring the U.S. total to nine since the first…

Global childhood vaccination levels have stalled, leaving millions more children un- or under-vaccinated than before the pandemic, the UN said Monday, warning of dangerous coverage gaps enabling outbreaks of diseases like measles. In 2023, 84 percent of children, or 108…

Representation of TRPM3 ion channel activity in NK cells from HC and GWI participants (whole-cell patch-clamp). Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371 In a world-first discovery, Griffith University researchers have discovered that faulty cell function in veterans suffering from Gulf…