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Long COVID cannot be treated as a single condition, study says

Long COVID is not a single condition, and should not be treated as such, according to new data collected in nationwide study released May 31 in the Open Forum of Infectious Diseases.

29 Jun 2023

Water fasting's metabolic benefits may be short-lived

Water fasts - where people consume nothing but water for several days - might help you lose weight, but it's unclear how long you'll keep it off, according to research from the University of Illinois Chicago.

29 Jun 2023

McMaster research opens new possibilities to help people maintain weight loss after dieting

Researchers led by McMaster University professor Gregory Steinberg and postdoctoral research fellow Dongdong Wang have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting.

29 Jun 2023

Study provides a comprehensive summary of benefits of exercise for people with Type 2 diabetes

An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities – and their timing – are extremely good for people's health.

28 Jun 2023

Experts call for accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults

Experts have identified a public health need as well as strategic opportunities for the accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults - and present new research on this topic in a supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences inspired by a March 2022 workshop convened by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

28 Jun 2023

World's largest map of breast tissue provides an unprecedented understanding of mammary biology

A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, University of California, Irvine and Baylor College of Medicine has created the world's largest and most comprehensive map of normal breast tissue, providing an unprecedented understanding of mammary biology that may help identify therapeutic targets for diseases such as breast cancer.

28 Jun 2023

New nanoparticle could improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle - an extremely tiny biodegradable container - that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

28 Jun 2023

Is there an association between muscle-building supplements and DNA damage in resistance training practitioners?

A recent study investigated whether muscle-building supplements are associated with DNA damage in individuals practicing resistance training.

27 Jun 2023

Novel biomaterials approach reveals how mechanical forces shape T cell fate

The successful campaign of adoptive T cell therapies, a type of immunotherapy in which immune T cells are collected from a patient, enhanced outside of the body, and reinfused back into the same patient, especially against blood cancers is well under way.

26 Jun 2023

UA researcher develops new method to monitor frailty symptoms

A layperson might think of "frail" as simply a synonym for "weak" or "fragile." But in the medical field, frailty is a specific term, meaning – due to factors including inflammation and hormone shifts – a patient has a lack of physiological reserve, or a reduced ability to tolerate stress.

23 Jun 2023

BMI under fire as AMA calls for new approach to address weight

Body mass index as a standard measure of healthy or unhealthy weight, is once again being called into question with the American Medical Association recommending physicians deemphasize BMI in patient care and employ other ways to address weight.

23 Jun 2023

Beware the chair: sedentary habits harm bones, contribute to higher body fat, study reveals

Researchers compared the associations of sedentary and physical activities with factors such as body fat.

23 Jun 2023

First successful Phase 2 trial uses cutting-edge RNA CAR-T therapy to treat autoimmunity

Cartesian Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering cell therapies for autoimmune diseases, announced today the publication of a landmark paper in The Lancet Neurology.

22 Jun 2023

Scientists uncover molecular mechanism contributing to defective heart development in Down syndrome

Infants born with Down syndrome, the genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21, or trisomy 21, are highly predisposed to congenital heart defects.

21 Jun 2023

Eating foods high in omega-3 fatty acids may lead to slower physical decline in people with ALS

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who eat more foods high in certain omega-3 fatty acids like flaxseed oil, walnuts, canola oil and pumpkin seeds may have a slower physical decline from the disease and may have a slightly extended survival.

21 Jun 2023

Muscle News and Research

Long COVID cannot be treated as a single condition, study says

Water fasting's metabolic benefits may be short-lived

McMaster research opens new possibilities to help people maintain weight loss after dieting

Study provides a comprehensive summary of benefits of exercise for people with Type 2 diabetes

Experts call for accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults

World's largest map of breast tissue provides an unprecedented understanding of mammary biology

New nanoparticle could improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines

Is there an association between muscle-building supplements and DNA damage in resistance training practitioners?

Novel biomaterials approach reveals how mechanical forces shape T cell fate

UA researcher develops new method to monitor frailty symptoms

BMI under fire as AMA calls for new approach to address weight

Beware the chair: sedentary habits harm bones, contribute to higher body fat, study reveals

First successful Phase 2 trial uses cutting-edge RNA CAR-T therapy to treat autoimmunity

Scientists uncover molecular mechanism contributing to defective heart development in Down syndrome

Eating foods high in omega-3 fatty acids may lead to slower physical decline in people with ALS

Repurposed drug effective at inhibiting a protein kinase linked to cardiac arrhythmias

Xylazine can exacerbate the life-threatening effects of opioids, rat study shows

Vagus nerve dysfunction has a central pathogenic role in the pathophysiology of the post-COVID condition

Uncovering the hidden genetic connections behind COVID-19 and comorbidities

Cardiac MRI is a safe and valuable tool to help evaluate patients with acute chest pain

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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