Medical News
Are Ultra-Processed Foods a Silent Killer?
Discover - 9 Jul 2021 21:00
Frozen meals and fast foods have become popular meal options around the world. But overconsumption of these highly processed foods can pose serious health risks.
ACR/Vasculitis Foundation release three new guidelines for treatment of vasculitis
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR), in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation (VF), released three new guidelines for the treatment and management of systemic vasculitis.
Anti-tumor agent from the intestine
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Würzburg) Certain metabolites of bacteria from the intestine make immune cells more aggressive as a new study conducted by scientists from german universities in Würzburg and Marburg reveals. The finding...
Corona gets us tired
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon) How a pandemic progresses in a country is largely determined by social, political and psychological processes. Predicting these socio-dynamics seems hardly possible until today; thus making it ...
Dying cells protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Institut Pasteur) To enable tissue renewal, human tissues constantly eliminate millions of cells, without jeopardizing tissue integrity, form and connectivity. The mechanisms involved in maintaining this integrity remai...
For pediatric patients with Crohn's disease, factors associated with statural growth differ by sex
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Weill Cornell Medicine) Growth impairment, a common complication of Crohn's disease in children, occurs more often in males than females, but the reasons are unclear. Now, a physician-scientist from Weill Cornell Medici...
Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 emerged from someone living with advanced HIV who could not clear SARS-CoV-2 until their HIV infection was suppressed with effective antiretroviral therapy
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) A presentation at this year's European Congress on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year, will discuss how failure...
Immune cells assemble - boosting the effects of chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Queen Mary University of London) A new study from Queen Mary University of London has demonstrated that immune cells can be stimulated to assemble into special structures within pancreatic cancer such that, at least in ...
Major revamp of SNAP could eliminate food insecurity in the US
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Food insecurity is a major problem in the US, and it worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog...
Neonatal meningitis: the immaturity of microbiota and epithelial barriers implicated
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Institut Pasteur) In a mouse model, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Inserm, Université de Paris and Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP) demonstrated that the immaturity of both the gut m...
New guidance for mental health
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Flinders University) In spite of many clinical options, people with mental health problems including eating disorders often do not access professional help within the crucial first 12 months - in part because of lack of...
New project aims to help early detection of cancer by identifying high risk areas
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Lancaster University) The Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University has brought together a taskforce of experts for a major investigation into the prevalence of cancer in the region, to help improve early detecti...
Normal brain growth curves for children developed childhood brain disorders, infections and injuries
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Penn State) In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor's visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, establishe...
Reduced vs. standard CT dose for lung nodules in children, young adults with cancer
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology, among the 78 patients with cancer who underwent standard-dose chest CT and reduced-dose chest CT in the same imaging encounter, the re...
Sensitivity of the Delta variant to sera from convalescent and vaccinated individuals
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Institut Pasteur) Scientists from the Institut Pasteur (CNRS joint unit), in collaboration with Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou (AP-HP), Orleans Regional Hospital and Strasbourg University Hospital, demonstrated that ...
Study model explores impact of police action on population health
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Washington) The authors of a new UW-led study write that because law enforcement directly interacts with a large number of people, "policing may be a conspicuous yet not-well understood driver of populatio...
Study of antibodies produced in saliva after Pfizer COVID vaccine shows both importance of second vaccine dose and updating vaccines to combat new variants of concern
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) shows the importance of receiving the se...
Tetanus toxin fragment may treat depression, Parkinson's disease and ALS
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona describe the mechanism through which a non-toxic derivative of the tetanus neurotoxin (Hc-TeTx) may serve to treat depression and n...
The giant panda's mystery revealed
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Turku) Although the giant panda is in practice a herbivore, its masticatory system functions differently from the other herbivores. Through the processes of natural selection, the giant panda's dietary pre...
The incidence of COVID-19 in a Brazilian regional soccer league is one of the highest
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Researchers analyzed almost 30,000 RT-PCR tests on swabs from 4,269 players in 2020: 11.7% turned out positive. The rate was the same as among front-line health wor...
Turn off the blue light!
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from University of Tsukuba have found that exposure to specific types of light before sleep can have variable effects on energy metabolism during sleep. Specifically, participants who ...
UCPH researchers prove powerhouse malfunction as the major cause of Parkinson's Disease
EurekAlert! - 9 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The major cause of Parkinson's Disease is a dysregulation of immune genes central for fighting against viruses, a new study reveals. Researchers fro...