Medical News
How to get the upper body of a burrowing frog
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Florida Museum of Natural History) If you want shredded pecs, you should train like a burrowing frog. Though famously round, these diggers are the unsung bodybuilders of the frog world.
Ultraviolet B exposure expands proenkephalin+ regulatory T cells with a healing function
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Nagoya City University) Skin exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) induces expansion of regulatory T (Treg) cells with immunosuppressive activity. Here researchers found that UVB-expanded skin Treg (UVB-skin Treg) cells had a...
IntraOp and Ohio State announce collaboration in FLASH
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(MediaSource) Pre-clinical testing has demonstrated that FLASH radiotherapy has a number of biological benefits and an improved therapeutic index by producing a protective effect for normal tissue. This technology repres...
Blood pressure-lowering is even more beneficial than previously thought
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Blood pressure medication can prevent heart attacks and strokes - even in people with normal blood pressure. That's the finding of late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session t...
Brain estrogen is key to brain protection when oxygen is low
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) When the brain isn't getting enough oxygen, estrogen produced by neurons in both males and females hyperactivates another brain cell type called astrocytes to step up th...
Cancer cells take over blood vessels to spread
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University researchers observed a key step in how cancer cells may spread from a primary tumor to a distant site within...
Educational mailing fails to improve medication use in patients with atrial fibrillation
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Prevention drugs, according to results of the IMPACT-AFib trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk of stro...
Effective cancer immunotherapy further linked to regulating a cell 'suicide' gene
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a gene responsible for turning off a cell's natural "suicide" signals may also be the culprit in making breast cancer and melanoma c...
Elderly people protected against respiratory infections by BCG vaccine
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Radboud University Medical Center) The BCG vaccine has a broad, stimulating effect on the immune system. This gives it an effective preventive action against various infections - possibly also against COVID-19. New stud...
First randomised trial backs safety of common heart drugs in COVID-19 patients
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Heart patients hospitalised with COVID-19 can safely continue taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), according to the BRACE CORONA...
First treatment identified for fainting
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Fainting affects one in two people during their lifetime. Those with recurrent episodes are often afraid to socialise or go to work. Today researchers report the first effective therapy. ...
From virtual to reality! Virtual training improves physical and cognitive functions
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Tohoku University) Researchers at the Smart-Aging Research Center (IDAC) at Tohoku University have developed an innovative training protocol that, utilizing immersive virtual reality (IVR), leads to real physical and co...
Growth hormone plays key role in early puberty, breast cancer risk
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Girls who enter puberty early in life--as measured by early breast development and age of first menstrual period--have a longer window of susceptibility to breast cancer. T...
Improving pandemic mental health across Colorado
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Colorado State University) A new nearly $800,000 grant from SAMHSA is helping psychologists and researchers support those battling suicidality in Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic
Keeping the beat - it's all in your brain
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(McGill University) How do people coordinate their actions with the sounds they hear? This basic ability, which allows people to cross the street safely while hearing oncoming traffic, dance to new music or perform team ...
Legal performance-enhancing substances associated with future problematic alcohol use
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(University of Toronto) A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that young adults aged 18-26 who used legal performance-enhancing substances were significantly more likely to report several problematic alco...
Minimal SARS-CoV-2 diversity suggests a global vaccine is feasible
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) Genetic analysis of sequences from more than 27,000 individuals infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 reveals that the virus has mutated minimally since December 2019...
Misfiring brain cells may cause swallowing woes in children with developmental disorders
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Virginia Tech) Misfiring brain cells that control key parts of the mouth and tongue may be creating swallowing difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, according to neuroscientists with Virginia Tech ...
Mobile e-shredding may pose risks for workers: bu study
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health study published in Annals of Work Exposure and Health is the first to evaluate the exposures faced by workers in mobile e-shredding, ...
Mount Sinai Health System hospitals get quality achievement awards -- Stroke & Cardiac Care
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Recognition from American Heart Association highlights exemplary treatment for stroke, heart failure, and heart attack patients.
NAMS releases the 2020 Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Position Statement
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) announces publication of its 2020 Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) Position Statement. The new recommendations reflect th...
New York and California may have already achieved herd immunity -- Ben-Gurion U. researcher
EurekAlert! - 1 Sep 2020 06:00
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Prof. Last of the BGU Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, presented these finding virtually at the Artificial Intelligence and the Coronav...