Medical News
Type 2 diabetes: drugs initially increase glucose production
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Medical University of Vienna) Although SGLT-2 inhibitors are central to the treatment of diabetes, their exact mode of action was hitherto unknown. A study shows that there is a direct correlation between the eliminatio...
What happens in the mouth ... doesn't stay in the mouth
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Ohio State University) The healthy human oral microbiome consists of not just clean teeth and firm gums, but also energy-efficient bacteria living in an environment rich in blood vessels that enables the organisms' cons...
An end to invasive biopsies?
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Hebrew Unievrsity researchers have found a less invasive and more accurate options for diagnoses using a simple blood test that detects DNA fragments.
Brain changed by caffeine in utero, study finds
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Rochester Medical Center) New research finds caffeine consumed during pregnancy can change important brain pathways that could lead to behavioral problems later in life. Researchers in the Del Monte Instit...
Brain protein that causes Alzheimer's also protects against the disease: USask research
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Saskatchewan) Findings from a new study on Alzheimer's disease (AD), led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), could eventually help clinicians identify people at highest risk for devel...
Cannabis reduces blood pressure in older adults, according to Ben-Gurion University researchers
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) "Older adults are the fastest growing group of medical cannabis users, yet evidence on cardiovascular safety for this population is scarce," says Dr. Ran Abuhasir...
Danger in the pigsty:
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Bacteria of the Salmonella genus and the hepatitis E virus (HEV) can infect humans and animals. In pigs, they often lead to asymptomatic (subclinical) infections. However, in h...
Death by suicide? Drug overdoses muddy waters for investigators, amplify mental health crisis
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(West Virginia University) A new West Virginia University-led injury mortality study combines most drug overdose deaths with all suicides into an expanded self-injury category. Exposing a mental health crisis that has un...
Distinctness of mental disorders traced to differences in gene readouts
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health) A new study suggests that differences in the expression of gene transcripts - readouts copied from DNA that help maintain and build our cells - may hold the key to understanding ...
Expanding understanding of the relationship between criminal insanity and psychosis
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(The University of Bergen) How and why does psychosis play a role when defining someone as criminally insane and lacking capacity for responsible action? Professor of law Linda Gröning has been given 12 million NOK from...
Food waste researcher: We must learn that brown fruit isn't bad fruit
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science) We tend to avoid choosing apples with brown spots, assuming that they taste bad. But if we are to end food waste, we'll need to upend that assumption. UCPH researcher empha...
Front-of-package product names and ingredient lists of infant and toddler food can be hard to navigate
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Elsevier) Early exposure to nutritious foods may help children develop more healthful eating habits, but package labels can make it difficult for parents to understand what they are feeding their young children, accordi...
HIV: an innovative therapeutic breakthrough to optimize the immune system
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Prompted by the need to improve conventional treatments for people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), a team from the Institut national de la r...
Half of global wastewater treated, rates in developing countries still lagging
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Utrecht University) A new study by scientists at Utrecht University and the United Nations University concludes that about half of global wastewater is treated, rather than the previous estimate of 20%. Despite this pro...
Halt cell recycling to treat cancer
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Cincinnati) Targeting and changing autophagy, otherwise known as cell recycling, has been linked to helping control or diminish certain cancers. Now, University of Cincinnati researchers have shown that co...
Hearing acrobatics
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Harvard Medical School) The sense of hearing is, quite literally, a molecular tightrope act. Turns out, it involves acrobatics as well. New research shows that a dynamic and delicate connection between two pairs of dimi...
Higher blood pressure at night than in daytime may increase Alzheimer's disease risk
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Uppsala University) Higher blood pressure at night than in daytime may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in older men. This is suggested by a new study from researchers at Uppsala University, now published in the...
Higher blood pressure over life span increases congestive heart failure risk in Black people
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Starting with early childhood, otherwise healthy Black people show signs of slightly diminished heart muscle strength and a slightly higher blood pressure than their whi...
History of vaccines offers lessons on COVID-19 for pregnant women
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) DALLAS - Feb. 8, 2021 - Pregnant women, who are at increased risk of preterm birth or pregnancy loss if they develop a severe case of COVID-19, need the best possible guidance on whether ...
Immune response to insulin could identify, help treat those at risk for Type 1 Diabetes
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that immune responses to insulin could he...
Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Birmingham) A way of using machine learning to more accurately identify patients with a mix of psychotic and depressive symptoms has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Meet the Smurfs: A bone metabolism family
EurekAlert! - 8 Feb 2021 07:00
(Osaka University) Researchers from Osaka University and Ehime University have found that protein Smurf2 can regulate a cellular pathway that affects bone metabolism. Smurf2 can mark certain messenger proteins--specifica...