Category: 8. Health

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers employed a range of next-generation sequencing techniques, including the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencing (ATAC-seq) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to elucidate the system-wide immune responses of children in their first few weeks of life to infections. Their findings reveal that the immune responses…

Research from the University of Exeter has shown that drugs releasing small amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) could enhance health and activity in aging adult worms by improving mitochondrial integrity and muscle activity. Targeting H2S to specific cellular areas using a molecule called AP39, the study reveals potential for new therapies in healthy aging and…

The device. Credit: George Jenkinson A device has been created that could carry out clinical breast examinations (CBE). The manipulator, designed by a team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, is able to apply very specific forces over a range similar to forces used by human examiners and can…

Some common medications—including antidepressants, sleep aids and painkillers—may dull the driving skills of seniors, a new study finds. Many different medication classes have been linked to the risk of driving impairment, as anyone who has ever read the label warning “do not operate heavy machinery” might have guessed. But the new study took a particularly…

Topline The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization on Tuesday to Novavax’s new Covid vaccine designed to target the coronavirus’ dominant XBB sublineage, which is fueling a spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths across the country. Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna…

A team of researchers at the Medical University of Vienna has discovered that dormant tumor cells surviving chemotherapy can be targeted through the inhibition of a specific protein called P-glycoprotein (P-gp). This discovery opens up new possibilities for delaying relapse and is particularly relevant for aggressive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), for which there are currently…

Central Illustration. Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.07.018 A recent study based on real-world community patient data confirms the effectiveness of the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), developed by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology in 2013. The PCE is used to estimate a… Continue Reading News…

Loneliness and social isolation are on the rise in the U.S., but as we take steps to find remedies, a new study reminds us that the two are separate problems, often linked (sometimes in surprising ways) but not always, and have different potential impacts. Being socially isolated carries much greater physical health risks but loneliness…

Anxiety, adjustment disorders and ADHD are largely to blame for a sharp 26% rise in mental healthcare costs for children in the two-and-a-half years following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study out Tuesday found. Continue Reading News Source: www.forbes.com

Standing at a crosswalk, the signal changes from “don’t walk,” to “walk.” You might step out into the street straight away, or you might look both ways before you cross. In either scenario, you see the light change, you cross the street. But the context is different; in one case, you didn’t think twice. In…