Tag: Medicine/Health

Sport scienceCredit: © Sportcast Mediaportal The team reported on their findings and conclusions in the British Journal of Sports Medicine ...

Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test

Credit: University of East Anglia Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke ...

Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains

Findings point the way to developing a broad-spectrum flu drugCredit: Yanan Dai Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice ...

Donor-conceived adults have higher incidence of immunology diseases

Adults conceived through sperm donation reported higher frequencies of allergies, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions in a world-first ...

Genetic variation unlikely to influence COVID-19 morbidity and mortality

Credit: Ji-Won Lee A comprehensive search of genetic variation databases has revealed no significant differences across populations and ethnic groups ...

Remote neuropsychology tests for children shown effective

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Administering neuropsychology evaluations to children online in the comfort of their own homes is feasible ...

Initiative for Open Abstracts launches to promote discovery of research

A new cross-publisher initiative calls for unrestricted availability of abstracts to boost the discovery of research.Credit: I4OA The Initiative for ...

Sweet success: Heavy consumption of sugary beverages declined in the US from 2003 to 2016

The percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several ...

Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs

Gruthan Bioscience was recently awarded funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat a rare form of ...

How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment

In mice, the maternal gut microbiata regulates which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA study showsCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA ...

Researcher gets $1.95 million grant to study how gut bacteria cause decline of aging immune system

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Leszek Ignatowicz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has ...

Three genes predict success of naltrexone in alcohol dependence treatment

Variation in just three brain genes predicts how well a medication will work in treating a patient with alcohol use ...

Study uses novel MRI technique to find biomarker for parsonage-turner syndrome

HSS researchers seek to shed light on nerve disorder that can cause weakness and paralysisCredit: Hospital for Special Surgery Researchers ...

Berry good news — new compound from blueberries could treat inflammatory disorders

Scientists show how a polyphenolic compound derived from blueberry can treat inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: Tokyo University of Science Various plants ...

Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns

Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the ...

UofA lab uncovers new mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2 by antiviral drug remdesivir

Understanding how the conditionally approved COVID-19 drug works is key to improving treatments, says researcherCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, ...

Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect

Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while ...

Mancarella receives $1.5 million to study cardiac muscle deterioration causes

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 23, 2020) - Salvatore Mancarella, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Physiology in the ...

New model for district-based coronavirus forecasts

Neuroinformatics scientists at Osnabrück University and data specialists at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre provide daily analyses of infection ratesCredit: Copyright: ...

Oncotarget: A comprehensive analysis of clinical trials in pancreatic cancer