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Switching to greener asthma inhalers would reduce carbon footprint

Environmentalists now have a new cause to take up – the metered dose inhalers (MDIs) used by asthmatic patients to control their airway spasm.

31 Oct 2019

Exploring motivational factors for endurance running

Endurance running is often seen as a welcome escape from everyday life. But extraordinary experiences, such as running ultra-marathons, are not untouched by the competitive nature of contemporary consumer culture, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden argues.

30 Oct 2019

Researchers discover cause of new inherited form of pancreatitis

What began as a 51-year-old mystery comes down to a single gene, as researchers from the University of Chicago and University of California, San Francisco discovered the cause of a new inherited form of pancreatitis.

29 Oct 2019

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that severely restrict limb function.

29 Oct 2019

NSU study points to another potential connection between sleep and overall good health

As if you didn't already have enough to worry about to keep you up at night, a new study indicates that poor sleep can negatively affect your gut microbiome, which can, in turn, lead to additional health issues.

29 Oct 2019

Farmworkers face daunting health risks in California’s wildfires

Farm laborers in yellow safety vests walked through neatly arranged rows of grapes Friday, harvesting the last of the deep purple bundles that hung from the vines, even as the sky behind them was dark with soot.

29 Oct 2019

Washington State law on behavioral care balances parental rights, teens’ autonomy

When Ben Packard met with the 16-year-old girl a little over a year ago, she was a patient at Seattle Children's Hospital, where she'd been admitted after trying to kill herself. Her parents were distraught.

24 Oct 2019

Acetate derived from alcohol metabolism directly influences epigenetic regulation in the brain

Triggers in everyday life such as running into a former drinking buddy, walking by a once-familiar bar, and attending social gatherings can all cause recovering alcoholics to "fall off the wagon."

24 Oct 2019

Anti-arthritis drug can stop tuberculosis bacillus from infecting blood stem cells

Immunologist Johan Van Weyenbergh (KU Leuven) and his Belgian-Brazilian colleagues have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect and hijack blood stem cells.

23 Oct 2019

Compression garments can ease lymphedema. Covering costs? Not so easy.

Every morning, Britta Vander Linden dons compression stockings, a cumbersome process she calls "putting on my legs."

23 Oct 2019

Performance-enhancing with ... potatoes!

Athletes who are training need to go through grueling endurance tests. One proven strategy to boost their performance during such tests is to eat carbohydrates as race fuels. Now, an interesting study published on October 20, 2019, in the Journal of Applied Physiology reports that athletes in training could get their energy just as well from a mound of pureed potato, rather than spending money on commercial carbohydrate pastes that don’t do the job any better.

21 Oct 2019

Study shows how mouse X and Y chromosomes compete with each other to control sex of offspring

The molecular function of genes in mice has a major influence on the sex of their offspring, according to a new discovery that reveals more about the impact of genes on animal fertility.

21 Oct 2019

Fasting may increase motivation for exercise by surging "hunger hormone" ghrelin

Researchers have found that when mice are provided with limited access to food, the levels of food and satiety hormone ghrelin rises. This causes increase in motivation to exercise. This may translate to more exercise motivation for humans on intermittent fasting say the researchers.

21 Oct 2019

New portable exosuit to improve running and walking performance

While walking may not seem like a burden for most people, for others, this simple task can often feel exhausting.

21 Oct 2019

Parents of adults with epilepsy face wide array of issues with very little support

Barbara Kalinoski takes charge of things. She's been chair of the school board. President of the Laurentian Lakes Chapter of the North Country Trail Association. Director of the Northwest Regional Library. President of the Minnesota Library Association.

21 Oct 2019

New NIH BRAIN Initiative awards accelerate the pace of neuroscience research

Scientists have been developing astounding new tools for exploring neural circuits that underlie brain function throughout the first five years of the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.

18 Oct 2019

Stratasys to present latest developments in 3D printing at COMPAMED 2019

This year’s COMPAMED (Düsseldorf, 18-21 November) will see 3D printing leader,Stratasys, presenting the latest developments in 3D printing for a range of applications to enhance the design and development of medical devices on its booth (Hall 8b, Stand N02).

From Stratasys 18 Oct 2019

Study reveals reason for increased cardiovascular risk among football players in the U.S.

Research has shown that while elite athletes overall are at decreased risk of death from cardiovascular problems, a certain group of athletes -- football linemen in the United States -- actually have higher risk than the general population than other elite athletes.

16 Oct 2019

Type of activity may have effect on brain's response to aging

Running and lifting weights might be a crucial step in helping your body delay the effects of aging, but those exercises may be only part of the story.

16 Oct 2019

Stony Brook-led study reveals how proteome collapse process drives cell death and aging

Cells undergo natural aging and death, processes that impact a multitude of cellular factors. A new Stony Brook University-led study, to be published in PNAS, provides a biophysical model that reveals how damage accumulates in the shapes of cellular proteins with age and is a trigger to death.

16 Oct 2019

Running News and Research

Switching to greener asthma inhalers would reduce carbon footprint

Exploring motivational factors for endurance running

Researchers discover cause of new inherited form of pancreatitis

Bortezomib drug helps re-balance disrupted muscle growth, prevent contractures

NSU study points to another potential connection between sleep and overall good health

Farmworkers face daunting health risks in California’s wildfires

Washington State law on behavioral care balances parental rights, teens’ autonomy

Acetate derived from alcohol metabolism directly influences epigenetic regulation in the brain

Anti-arthritis drug can stop tuberculosis bacillus from infecting blood stem cells

Compression garments can ease lymphedema. Covering costs? Not so easy.

Performance-enhancing with ... potatoes!

Study shows how mouse X and Y chromosomes compete with each other to control sex of offspring

Fasting may increase motivation for exercise by surging "hunger hormone" ghrelin

New portable exosuit to improve running and walking performance

Parents of adults with epilepsy face wide array of issues with very little support

New NIH BRAIN Initiative awards accelerate the pace of neuroscience research

Stratasys to present latest developments in 3D printing at COMPAMED 2019

Study reveals reason for increased cardiovascular risk among football players in the U.S.

Type of activity may have effect on brain's response to aging

Stony Brook-led study reveals how proteome collapse process drives cell death and aging

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