Day August 5, 2024

If you enjoy a bowl of plain yogurt in the morning, adding a spoonful of honey is a delicious way to sweeten your favorite breakfast food. It also supports the probiotic cultures in the popular fermented dairy product, according to…

As novel cancer treatments continually emerge, it is essential to collect data on patients’ quality of life along with how the treatment is working to extend survival. This is particularly true in young people with cancer who may be more…

Recent research has shown that our diet plays a crucial role in maintaining not just our physical well-being, but also our brain health. A diet high in sugars and processed foods can weaken brain function and negatively impact mental health.…

Every family needs routines. They help to organize life and keep it from becoming too chaotic. Children do best when routines are regular, predictable and consistent. One of a family’s greatest challenges is establishing comfortable, effective routines. Ideally, they should…

Anti-Parkinson’s seaweed: Ecklonia cava is a seaweed that may hold the key to Parkinson’s disease prevention. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the loss of neurons that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in motor…

Researchers explore generative AI benefits and shortfalls in medical education AI is a rapidly growing technology that is now influencing the world of medical education. For educators, this emerging technology is showing its potential in bringing real value to classrooms.…

Schematic illustrations of (a) the Au-based fiber electrode serves as a base electrode for the working and reference electrodes, (c) the PANi-coated working electrode, and (e) the Ag/AgCl/PVB-coated reference electrode. SEM images and the corresponding magnified images of (b) the…

Current PET/MRI imaging of healthy and damaged mouse kidneys using the dual contrast agent [18F][Gd(FL1)]. The imaging provides consistent signals from both PET and MRI. In healthy kidneys, the center of the kidneys appears dark in the MRI image and…

Folks worried about bird flu, salmonella and other foodborne illnesses have a simple solution at hand—simply use a cooking thermometer to make sure food is well-cooked. But only about one in four Americans (27%) use one either “often” or “all…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for the immunotherapy afamitresgene autoleuecel (Tecelra, also known as afami-cel) for the treatment of adults with a rare soft tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma. Afami-cel is the first engineered…

Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another alert for consumers to stay away from one brand of kratom in…

Brain cancer cat scan. Credit: Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation One of the most innovative treatments for pediatric cancer today is a novel form of targeted immunotherapy that was recently developed and is now increasingly being applied to pediatric cancer treatment:…

Flooding tides. Soaring temperatures. Even species disappearing, like a rare cactus declared in July forever “extirpated” from the Florida Keys. Many troubling signs of climate change in South Florida are visible—but one that affects a growing number of people is…

Experimental design for in vivo experiments. B. Tumor burden (% of blasts) in PDX-transplanted mice at the beginning (day 0) and at the end (day 13) of treatment in the indicated groups. Each point depicts a mouse. Credit: Blood Journal…

TN/ER-low PDOs are sensitive to combination AZD5363 and pitavastatin. A panel of breast cancer PDOs were treated with DMSO, 1 µM AZD5363, 5 µM pitavastatin or the combination of AZD5363 and pitavastatin for 96 hours and organoid size and morphology…

Montana is proposing wide-ranging rules for licensing abortion clinics under a disputed state law, raising a new potential obstacle for patients even as a constitutional amendment to protect access appears headed for the November ballot. The proposed rules, released July…

A large study of older Australians has found more would exercise—and exercise better—if classes were subsidized. The Monash University research studied exercise classes all over the country, which had been commissioned and run by the national exercise industry group, Exercise…

Rebecca Robbins, Ph.D., of the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Psychiatry Research, titled “Exploring sleep difficulties, alcohol, illicit drugs, and suicidal ideation among adolescents with…

Credit: Teona Swift from Pexels If somebody complains that it hurts to think, they may be onto something, as mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, according to research published in the journal Psychological Bulletin.…

Many people have gotten used to rolling up their sleeves for flu and COVID-19 vaccines. New immunizations are also available to combat respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for those at high risk of illness. Although the one-time shots reached pharmacies…

Surveys from the COVID pandemic have found that as many as 50% of nurses experienced burnout and that stressors were linked to younger age, fear of caring for patients with COVID and of infecting family members, and limited organizational resources.…

ADT stimulates the PV accumulation of FR-?+ TAMs in mouse (Myc-CaP) and localized, human prostate tumors. Credit: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (2024). DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009368 A new form of immunotherapy using innovative nanoparticles can delay resistance to hormone therapy and…

The variability in recovery performance among individuals who have suffered a stroke has puzzled clinicians. A research group from University of Tsukuba has discovered that meta-learning ability enhances motor skill recovery in these patients. The researchers evaluated the meta-learning ability…

Simultaneous monitoring of dopamine and electrophysiological activity in the ventral striatum. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01699-z DGIST Department of Brain Sciences Professor Lee Kwang and his team have discovered a new correlation between neural signaling in the brain and…

Stairway to Heaven virtual reality program uses biofeedback from breath sensors to encourage users to pass stone markers and complete a mindfulness journey in a beautiful natural setting. Credit: Northeastern University Pine trees blow in the wind and sunlight glitters…

Mental health screenings must be incorporated into routine prostate cancer diagnoses say University of South Australia researchers. The call follows new research in Psycho-Oncology that shows men need more support both during and immediately after a diagnosis of prostate cancer.…

Phenome-wide analyses to explore relation between Fitbit-derived sleep metrics and incident disease. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03155-8 A team of medical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S. has found via a study of Fitbit data…

If you have ever faced the daunting decision of whether to undergo surgery, you likely had several questions. Among the myriad considerations were likely questions about the skill and experience of the person holding the knife. New research from the…

Researchers collect snail samples from various sites in Brazil to better understand the relationship between climate change, urbanization, and snail habitat. Credit: Aly Singleton In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and…

The expansion of the Mexico-US border wall crossing has been accompanied by a rising toll of serious injuries, with poor discharge care and a lack of appropriate interpreting facilities adding up to a “humanitarian and health crisis,” suggest researchers in…

Credit: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (2024). DOI: 10.1016 Affecting as many as 6 million people in the United States, atrial fibrillation (or AFib) occurs when the heart’s upper chambers beat out of coordination with the lower chambers, resulting in an irregular…

The novel type of Candida auris grown on different types of culture media. Credit: A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore Researchers from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at…

Working model for how DoG RNAs reshape normal and cancer transcriptomes. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126 Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new insights into the production and regulation of a class of noncoding RNAs and how alterations in their…

Distribution of smoking duration (years), smoking intensity (cigarettes per day), and pack-year smoking history among SCCS participants diagnosed with lung cancer. SCCS, Southern Community Cohort Study. Credit: Journal of Clinical Oncology (2024). DOI: 10.1200 Early detection of lung cancer through…

The current method of listing children for heart transplant does not always rank the sickest kids first, a Stanford University-led study has found. Credit: Emily Moskal/Stanford Medicine The method used across the United States to wait-list children for heart transplants…

A first-of-its kind study conducted in Canada’s two largest cities by McGill-led researchers has linked about 1,100 premature deaths per year to an unregulated air pollutant. Ultrafine particles (UFPs) primarily come from vehicle emissions and industrial activities. Canada’s federal and…

After a preliminary screening round, researchers identified a set of microRNAs (miRNAs) and cytokines that are abnormally expressed in serum and mucus samples in cases of cervical cancer. These biomarkers could soon be the basis of novel screening protocols for…

Cumulative survival of male (left) and female (right) patients stratified according to the NYHA classification. Credit: Cardiovascular Diabetology (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12933-024-02360-6 A MedUni Vienna study has investigated gender-specific differences in the diagnosis of systolic heart failure in patients with type…

InkTalker functions and usage. Credit: King’s College London Scientists have developed an affordable and customizable digital badges to help those with aphasia navigate public transport and everyday life without stigma. Inspired by the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyard, Dr. Timothy Neate…

Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016 A multi-disciplinary team has found that depriving lab mice of sleep can lead to a reduction in synapse diversity in the brain. In their study, published on the open-access site Current Biology, the group…