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Medicine, Health Care Potent New Mechanism of Action… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Tsukuba Tsukuba – Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu’s research group of Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics (Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, TARA), University of Tsukuba, Eisai Co., Ltd. and its gastrointestinal business subsidiary EA Pharma Co., Ltd. have revealed a mechanism in which an analogue (ER-464195-01) of Eisai’s in-house discovered E6007 inhibits integrin activation by dissociating interaction between calreticulin (CRT) and integrin

Medicine, Health Care A New Guide for Explorers… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Virginia Health System Researchers from the University of Virginia have established new guidelines for scientists mapping out the body molecule by molecule to help us better understand how our cells use metals such as iron and magnesium to maintain good health. The guidelines ultimately will benefit the battle against diseases such as cancer, assist in the development of new drugs

Psychology Which Role Does the Brain… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience – KNAW Helping other people in need is a foundation of our society. It is intuitive to believe that we help others because we empathically share their pain. Neuroscience shows that when we see somebody in pain our brain activates tactile and emotional regions as if we ourselves were in pain. A study from Selene Gallo (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience,

Psychology Infantilism as a Norm … Published: May 28, 2018.Released by National Research University Higher School of Economics Views on human age need to be revisited. The value of adulthood as a period of certainty has declined for many, which means that this period is being delayed. The processes of personality development vary, and adults are preserving signs of infantilism. HSE University experts, Elena Sabelnikova and Natalia Khmeleva, suggest a new way of looking at

Psychology Goal Conflict Linked to Psychological… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Exeter Being torn about which personal goals to pursue is associated with symptoms of psychological distress, new research shows. A survey of more than 200 young adults by the University of Exeter and Edith Cowan University (ECU) investigated two forms of motivational conflict. These were inter-goal conflict (when pursuing one goal makes it difficult to pursue another) and ambivalence (conflicting feelings about

Medicine, Health Care Tau Mutations May Increase Cancer… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by American Association for Cancer Research   PHILADELPHIA — Mutations to the protein tau, commonly associated with neurodegenerative disorders, may serve as a novel risk factor for cancer, according to results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. “Our study revealed that the presence of tau mutations raises the risk of developing cancer,” said Fabrizio Tagliavini, MD, scientific

Medicine, Health Care Adolescents with Hay Fever Have… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology   ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – (MAY 24, 2018) – Although allergies affect more than 50 million Americans, they are occasionally misunderstood and can be seen as a minor condition. An article published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) shows allergies can have

Medicine, Health Care Towards a Sensor You Could… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by American Association for the Advancement of Science A newly developed device could one day detect the presence of disease-driving molecules in the gut – an otherwise difficult-to-access environment – reading out these results to a cell phone in real time. In a trial demonstration in pigs, it worked to detect molecules indicative of excess bleeding. The researchers who designed this device equipped

Medicine, Health Care South Asian Americans Are at… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by American Heart Association DALLAS, May 24,2018 — South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis – the disease process that narrows arteries – than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites living in the United States, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation. The

Medicine, Health Care Hot Cars Can Hit Deadly… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Arizona State University   A lot can happen at 160 degrees Fahrenheit: Eggs fry, salmonella bacteria dies, and human skin will suffer third-degree burns. If a car is parked in the sun on a hot summer day, its dashboard can hit 160 degrees in about an hour. One hour is also about how long it can take for a young child trapped in

Medicine, Health Care Each Hour of Delay in… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Elsevier Glenview, IL, May 24, 2018 – The rising incidence of sepsis, a leading cause of in-hospital death, has prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue protocols known as care bundles to standardize and improve sepsis care. Because of a known association between elevated lactate levels and increased mortality, the guidelines mandate that lactate levels should be tested

Medicine, Health Care Revealed Mechanism Behind Citrus Canker… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Xanthomonas citri, the bacterium that causes citrus canker, a disease responsible for major damage to lemon and orange groves in worldwide scale, has a veritable arsenal of weapons to overcome constant competition with other bacterial species and ward off natural predators such as amoebae. Despite the fact that citrus canker have already

Medicine, Health Care Lack of Paid Sick Leave… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Florida Atlantic University   Research conducted by Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University has, for the first time, quantified the relationship between the lack of paid sick leave and poverty in the United States. The data indicates that, even when controlling for education, race, sex, marital status and employment, working adults without paid sick leave are three times more likely to have

Medicine, Health Care Cancer Cells Co-opt Pain-sensing ‘Wasabi… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Harvard Medical School Anyone who’s taken a bite of a sandwich with too much spicy mustard or a piece of sushi with too much wasabi can attest to the tear-inducing sensation these condiments can cause. These loud warnings to the nervous system of exposure to potentially harmful chemicals are triggered by TRPA1, a calcium channel protein sometimes referred to as the “wasabi

Medicine, Health Care New Study: ‘Alarming’ Differences in… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation   SEATTLE – While health care access and quality have improved generally over the past several years, advancements in many countries have been slow or nonexistent as compared to the previous decade, according to a new scientific study. In addition, the first-ever assessment at the state or provincial level reveals striking disparities across most nations, most prominently

Medicine, Health Care Tumor Cells Evade Death Through… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Greater knowledge of the mechanisms that contribute to the survival of tumour cells is key to vanquishing them. The study published today in the journal Cancer Cell, headed by Angel R. Nebreda, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), reveals a new protective mechanism for tumour cells in breast cancer and

Medicine, Health Care Sepsis Patients Treated And Released… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Intermountain Medical Center   National guidelines assume that all patients who’re diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will be admitted to the hospital for additional care, but new research has found that many more patients are being treated and released from the ED for outpatient follow-up than previously recognized. Despite the finding that about 16 percent of sepsis patients who are

Medicine, Health Care Vast Majority of Poor, Urban… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   A study of more than 7,000 low-income, urban mothers enrolled in the Boston Birth Cohort found that fewer than 5 percent of them started folic acid supplementation and used it almost daily before pregnancy, a widely recommended public health measure designed to prevent potentially crippling birth defects. A report of the findings was published on April 19 in the

Medicine, Health Care Kessler Foundation Study Compares Neuropsychological… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 24, 2018. A recent article by Kessler Foundation researchers compared two neuropsychological tests for assessing learning in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The article, “Comparing the Open Trial – Selective Reminding Test results with the California Learning Verbal Test II in Multiple Sclerosis” was published online on April 4, 2018, in Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. This is

Medicine, Health Care Kaiser Permanente Researchers Develop New… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Kaiser Permanente   Combining data from electronic health records with results from standardized depression questionnaires better predicts suicide risk in the 90 days following either mental health specialty or primary care outpatient visits, reports a team from the Mental Health Research Network, led by Kaiser Permanente research scientists. The study, “Predicting Suicide Attempts and Suicide Death Following Outpatient Visits Using Electronic Health Records,”

Medicine, Health Care Loyola Medicine Survey Finds 16%… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Loyola University Health System   MAYWOOD, IL – A Loyola Medicine survey has found that 15.8 percent of adult burn patients screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The survey by clinical psychologist Elizabeth Simmons, PsyD, licensed clinical social worker Kelly McElligott, AM, and colleagues from Loyola Medicine’s Burn Center was presented at the annual meeting of the American Burn Association, where it

Medicine, Health Care Tiny Particles Could Help Fight… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma, and the median life expectancy for patients diagnosed with the disease is less than 15 months. MIT researchers have now devised a new drug-delivering nanoparticle that could offer a better way to treat glioblastoma.

Medicine, Health Care A Cascade of Immune Processes… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of thwarting our body’s natural systems. By looking at these systems, researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have discovered that tumor cells reprogram metabolic pathways to gain control over a type of immune cell that allows cancer growth.

Medicine, Health Care NCI Study Finds Gut Microbiome… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by National Cancer Institute Scientists have found a connection between bacteria in the gut and antitumor immune responses in the liver. Their study, published May 25 in Science, was led by researchers in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It showed that bacteria found in the gut of mice affect the liver’s antitumor immune function. The findings

Medicine, Health Care African-Americans And Latinos Are More… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities   A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely to experience serious depression than Whites, but chronic stress does not seem to explain these differences. Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Medicine, Health Care Pediatric And Law Experts Define… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Nemours WILMINGTON, DE (May 24, 2018) – Abusive head trauma (AHT), a medical diagnosis of infants and young children who suffer from inflicted intracranial and associated spinal injuries, is often misrepresented in legal proceedings of child abuse, according to a consensus statement supported by nine pediatric and radiology international organizations published in Pediatric Radiology. The statement outlines consensus of evidence-based medical opinion

Medicine, Health Care Telemedicine Helps Improve Participation in… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Nemours   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 24, 2018) – Videos and creative uses of other visuals provide a novel way to obtain informed consent during clinical trials to improve participants’ understanding and retention of trial information, according to a study by Nemours Children’s Health System presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Annual Conference. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Nemours piloted

Medicine, Health Care Portland State Study Measures Free-base… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Portland State University Researchers at Portland State University have developed methods for measuring levels of free-base nicotine in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) liquids and vapor, the levels of which are associated with harshness upon inhalation of e-cigarette vapors and tobacco smoke. The study presents the results of analyses of 11 commercially available flavors of e-cigarette liquids from brands including Element, The Mad Alchemist,

Medicine, Health Care Past Use of Disinfectants And… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by PLOS Data from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for disinfectant and personal protective equipment, informing future outbreaks, according to a study published May 24, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michaela Mallow of International Medical Corps in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues. In response to the 2014 outbreak, International Medical Corps

Medicine, Health Care Cyclist/Motorist Crashes Worse at Stop/Give… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Queensland University of Technology Cyclists are being more seriously hurt in crashes with motor vehicles at intersections with ‘Stop’ or ‘Give-way’ signs than at intersections with traffic signals or without any signage, a QUT study has found. Rabbani Rash-ha Wahi, from QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), analysed 13 years of Queensland police crash records to investigate

Medicine, Health Care Don’t Force Women to Risk… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Queensland University of Technology Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic who has says abortion can be decriminalised without society and governments making a moral judgement. Dr Andrew McGee, a researcher in medical law and ethics with the QUT Law School, said there were two major grounds for decriminalisation

Medicine, Health Care South Asian-Americans at Higher Risk… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Rush University Medical Center   CHICAGO) – South Asians living in the United States are more likely to die of heart conditions caused by atherosclerosis, such as heart attacks and strokes, than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. Clinical experts at Rush University Medical Center reported this finding in a new scientific statement they co-authored that is being published in the

Medicine, Health Care Children And Adolescents in High-risk… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Springer Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to violence, aggression and crime as adults, irrespective of an underlying mental illness. This is according to a new study in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, which is published by Springer Nature. Thirty-two researchers contributed to the interdisciplinary work which was led by

Medicine, Health Care By Forming Clots in Tumors,… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center   CHAPEL HILL – University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found that by helping to form clots within tumors, immune cells that flock to a particular type of lung cancer are actually building a foundation for the tumor to spread within the body. In the journal Nature Communications, researchers report for a particular subset

Medicine, Health Care New Blood Test to Detect… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University College London A quick and robust blood test that can detect liver damage before symptoms appear has been designed and verified using clinical samples by a team from UCL and University of Massachusetts. The researchers say the test could address a huge need for early detection of liver disease as it distinguishes between samples taken from healthy individuals and those with

Medicine, Health Care Cell Damage Caused by the… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Córdoba Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used to fight illnesses caused by insects. Later, it was proven to not only kill off the species it targeted, but also wreaked havoc on the environment, on human beings and on other species in the ecosystem. In spite of

Medicine, Health Care Early Lactate Measurements Appear to… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Chicago Medical Center   On October 1, 2015, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a bundle of recommendations defining optimal treatment of patients suffering from sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection that causes more than 250,000 deaths each year in the United States. These recommendations, the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1), require

Medicine, Health Care Hot Cars Can Hit Life-threatening… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of California – San Diego Six children have died from being left in hot cars in the United States so far this year, according to the web site noheatstroke.org, a program supported by the National Safety Council. That number will rise with looming summer temperatures. On average, 37 children in the U.S. die each year due to complications of hyperthermia —

Medicine, Health Care Risk of Preterm Birth Reliably… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of California – San Francisco   Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a test to predict a woman’s risk of preterm birth when she is between 15 and 20 weeks pregnant, which may enable doctors to treat them early and thereby prevent severe complications later in the pregnancy. Preterm birth is the leading cause of death for children under five in

Medicine, Health Care Study Shows In-home Therapy Effective… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of California – Irvine   In-home rehabilitation, using a telehealth system and supervised by licensed occupational/physical therapists, is an effective means of improving arm motor status in stroke survivors, according to findings presented by University of California, Irvine neurologist Steven C. Cramer, MD, at the recent 2018 European Stroke Organisation Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. “Motor deficits are a major contributor to post-stroke

Medicine, Health Care Using Facebook to Help Young… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of California – San Francisco   A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found that smokers are 2.5 times more likely to quit after three months with the Facebook-based treatment than if they were referred to an online quit-smoking program. It is the first study to test the effectiveness of

Medicine, Health Care Bid to Beat Obesity Focuses… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Edinburgh   A new technique to study fat stores in the body could aid efforts to find treatments to tackle obesity. The approach focuses on energy-burning tissues found deep inside the body – called brown fat – that help to keep us warm when temperatures drop. Experts are aiming to find it this calorie-burning power can be harnessed to stop weight

Medicine, Health Care UMass Amherst Chemists, Team Develop… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Massachusetts at Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at University College London (UCL), U.K., announce today that they have developed a “quick and robust” blood test that can detect liver damage before symptoms appear, offering what they hope is a significant advance in early detection of liver disease. Details appear in

Medicine, Health Care Study Finds Black Americans Face… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Iowa   Better educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the gap of cardiovascular health behaviors–including smoking, physical activity, and diet quality–between black and white Americans, according to a new study led by a University of Iowa researcher. The study, headed by Kara Whitaker, assistant professor in the UI’s Department of Health and Human Physiology, examined 30 years

Medicine, Health Care Origami Inspires New Tech for… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Massachusetts Lowell   LOWELL, Mass. – Origami – the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and figures – dates back to the sixth century. At UMass Lowell, it is inspiring researchers as they develop a 21st century solution to the shortage of tissue and organ donors. Gulden Camci-Unal, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, and her team of student researchers

Medicine, Health Care A System of Check And… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Vienna Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) give rise to blood and immune cells of the body, and are therefore essential for our survival. The group of Manuela Baccarini at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, has now shown how intracellular signalling can safeguard this delicate balance between activation

Psychology Why We Won’t Get to… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by American Psychological Association   WASHINGTON – If humanity hopes to make it to Mars anytime soon, we need to understand not just technology, but the psychological dynamic of a small group of astronauts trapped in a confined space for months with no escape, according to a paper published in American Psychologist, the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association. “Teamwork and collaboration are critical components

Psychology How Other People Affect Our… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Anglia Ruskin University Have you ever felt the urge to cross the road or move seats on a train after a conversation taking place nearby suddenly becomes aggressive? Well, for the first time a scientific study has shown how the size of your interpersonal space changes depending on the tone and content of other people’s conversations. The research, carried out by academics from Anglia

Psychology The Secret to Honing Kids’… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by Michigan State University   If parents want to help their children develop language and literacy at a young age, reading bedtime stories together isn’t the only key to success. Research from Michigan State University found that a child’s ability to self-regulate is a critical element in childhood language and literacy development, and that the earlier they can hone these skills, the faster language and literacy

Psychology Short Bursts of Intense Exercise… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of British Columbia Okanagan campus   While we know high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is time-efficient and good for our health, researchers are still curious to determine if less active users are willing to do it. In fact, limited research has examined exactly how inactive people perceive HIIT–which consists of multiple short bouts of intense exercise, says Matthew Stork, a PhD candidate in the school

Psychology UTSA Researcher Studies Math Achievement… Published: May 24, 2018.Released by University of Texas at San Antonio   A researcher at The University of Texas at San Antonio has co-authored a study examining important cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for Hispanic high school students. Guan Saw, assistant professor of educational psychology in the UTSA College of Education and Human Development (COEHD), worked alongside Chi-Ning Chang, doctoral student from

Medicine, Health Care Virtual Visits for Follow-up Hypertension… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital Virtual follow-up visits for patients with hypertension appeared to be just as effective as in-person office visits in helping maintain blood pressure control. In a study conducted among patients at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), investigators found no significant difference in outcomes – including the need for specialty visits or inpatient hospitalization – between

Medicine, Health Care Tuberculosis: Pharmacists Develop New Substance… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise worldwide. This is becoming a problem for infectious diseases like tuberculosis as there are only a few active substances available to combat such diseases. Pharmacists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now found a way to increase the efficacy of a common tuberculosis agent while, at the same time, reducing resistance to it.

Medicine, Health Care International Tree Nut Council Study… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Motion PR   DAVIS, CA, May 23, 2018 – One of the largest studies to date on nuts and diabetes was published today in Diabetologia*, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). The study shows that approximately two ounces of nuts a day, as a replacement for carbohydrate foods, can improve glycemic control and blood lipids in those

Medicine, Health Care Whey Protein Supplements And Exercise… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It’s known that men benefit from whey protein supplements and exercise, and for what is believed to be the first time, the same can be said for women, according to a large study review by Purdue University nutrition experts. “There is a public perception that whey protein supplementation will lead to bulkiness in women, and these

Medicine, Health Care Surgery Involving Ultrasound Energy Found… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Queen Mary University of London An operation that targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to the results of a clinical trial led in the UK by Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust, and supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The results

Medicine, Health Care The Lancet: Global Healthcare Access… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by The Lancet   Healthcare access and quality improved globally from 2000-2016 due in part to large gains seen in many low and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, according to the latest data from the Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet. Despite this, some countries saw progress slow or stall over this time. The authors say that their

Medicine, Health Care Robotically Controlled Digital Microscope Provides… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine   (New York – May 23, 2018) The Department of Neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Health System is one of the first hospitals in the country to use Modus V™, a hands-free, robotically controlled digital microscope that provides advanced visualization in the operating room. The system features a robotic arm with a high-definition

Medicine, Health Care New Advances in Understanding And… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Tohoku University Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have investigated an intellectual disorder (ATR-X) syndrome to reveal its cause, mechanism and a potential therapeutic strategy to decrease associated cognitive impairment. “Disease related neurodevelopmental disorders are rare and there is still a lack of therapy to treat the various syndromes,” said Professor Kohji Fukunaga at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Studies, who led

Medicine, Health Care Study: Strenuous Exercise in Adolescence… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new study has identified several key factors in postmenopausal women that are associated with height loss, a common occurrence in this age group that is known to increase the risk for death and disease. One factor goes back to what study participants may — or may not — have done when they were just teenagers.

Medicine, Health Care Fatty Liver Disease Research Set… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Edinburgh Scientists have developed a lab-based system for studying the most common type of liver disease, paving the way for research into new therapies. The team has devised a way to probe Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, which affects up to one in three people, using cells in a dish. Researchers will be able to use the new tool to investigate

Medicine, Health Care Rehabilitating Lactate: from Poison to… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of California – Berkeley George Brooks has been trying to reshape thinking about lactate – in the lab, the clinic and on the training field – for more than 40 years, and finally, it seems, people are listening. Lactate, it’s becoming clear, is not a poison, it’s the antidote. In a recent article in the journal Cell Metabolism, Brooks, a professor

Medicine, Health Care University of Guelph Study Uncovers… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Guelph   A new University of Guelph study has discovered why exposure to pesticides increases some people’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Previous studies have found an association between two commonly used agrochemicals (paraquat and maneb) and Parkinson’s disease. Now U of G professor Scott Ryan has determined that low-level exposure to the pesticides disrupts cells in a way that mimics

Medicine, Health Care American ‘Prepping’ Culture Influenced by… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Kent   The culture of preparing for disasters in the USA is usually portrayed as a delusional response to the belief in the imminent long-term collapse of society due to irrational fears of foreign invasions, the conspiratorial plans of New World Orders or a religious apocalypse. However, new research at the University of Kent has found most ‘preppers’ are influenced in

Medicine, Health Care Penn Researchers Identify Source of… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the first place and ultimately may lead to improved targeted therapies. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified the source of the inflammatory cytokine

Psychology BU: Religious Refusal Laws Harm… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by Boston University School of Medicine   Since the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, opponents have shifted their focus to whether individuals can deny services to same-sex couples, from issuing marriage licenses to baking wedding cakes. When the Supreme Court gives its ruling on Masterpiece Cakeshop v. the Colorado Civil Rights Commission this summer, it could have widespread implications for the 12 states with

Medicine, Health Care Team Approach to Support Families… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences   SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2018 – Families of critically ill hospital patients report higher satisfaction with clinician communication and a better perception of patient-centered care when the care team uses a low-cost strategy involving intensive emotional support and frequent meetings, according to the results of a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine randomized trial

Medicine, Health Care New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Southern California   According to the World Health Organization, over 216 million people were infected with malaria in 2016, and 445,000 individuals died from the disease. The key to solving this health crisis is early-stage diagnosis when malaria therapeutics are most effective. A new prototype for a portable instrument capable early-stage malaria detection has been developed by a team of researchers

Medicine, Health Care Social Media Posts May Signal… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Southern California A USC-led study of violent protest has found that moral rhetoric on Twitter may signal whether a protest will turn violent. The researchers also found that people are more likely to endorse violence when they moralize the issue that they are protesting — and when they believe that others in their social network moralize that issue, too. “Extreme

Medicine, Health Care Rapamycin Lotion Reduces Facial Tumors… Published: May 23, 2018.Released by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   Addressing a critical issue for people with a genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), doctors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) reported that a skin cream containing rapamycin significantly reduced the disfiguring facial tumors affecting more than 90 percent of people with the condition. Findings of the multicenter,