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Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

A new study explores how acute stressors affected mice in terms of their immune responses in specific regions of the brain.

2 Jun 2022

Substances touted to improve athletic performance and high fat diet fuel pancreatic cancer’s development

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have found a cell nuclear receptor activated by high fat diets and synthetic substances in unregulated athletic performance enhancers fuels the progression of precancerous pancreas lesions into pancreatic cancer.

1 Jun 2022

Study untangles the link between malnutrition and sarcopenia in end-stage kidney disease patients

End-stage kidney disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) often struggle with malnutrition and sarcopenia, a form of musculoskeletal atrophy that amplifies mortality.

1 Jun 2022

Antibiotics ravage motivation and endurance in athletes

New research demonstrates that by killing essential gut bacteria, antibiotics ravage athletes' motivation and endurance.

1 Jun 2022

UCI-led study identifies sex-specific circuits of muscle signaling to other tissues

A new University of California, Irvine-led study identifies sex-specific circuits of muscle signaling to other tissues and that the organs and processes muscle impacts are markedly different between males and females.

31 May 2022

Aging does not influence liver renewal, research shows

The liver has a unique ability to regenerate after damage. However, it was unknown whether this ability decreases as we age.

31 May 2022

People lifting weights for aesthetic reasons run the risk of bigorexia

New research from The University of Queensland has found people lifting weights for aesthetic reasons run the risk of developing muscle dysmorphia.

31 May 2022

Study aims to analyze Alzheimer's patients' ability to process contextual information from the face

In recent years Alzheimer's disease has been on the rise throughout the world and is rarely diagnosed at an early stage when it can still be effectively controlled.

31 May 2022

The immunogenicity and safety of the adjuvanted recombinant protein vaccine Sanofi/GSK-D614 or -B.1.351 administered as a heterologous booster dose

Researchers assessed the safety and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccines.

31 May 2022

Got long covid? Medical expertise is vital, and seniors should prepare to go slow

Older adults who have survived covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain, and difficulty with memory and concentration — problems linked to long covid.

31 May 2022

Study reveals COVID-19's collateral damage on global cardiovascular services

A major study has revealed the "global collateral damage" caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 May 2022

Scientists identify core factors that may put Long QT patients at higher risk of sudden cardiac death

Less than 1 percent of the population has been diagnosed with Long QT syndrome – a rare heart condition that can cause chaotic, sometimes fatal, heart rhythms.

27 May 2022

Complete Anatomy: Aiming for Education Equality with the World’s Most Advanced Full Female Anatomy Model

In this interview, News Medical speak to Irene Walsh, the director of Product, Design & Content, and 3D4Medical at Elsevier, and Professor Claire Smith, Head of Anatomy at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, about the real-world applications of the Complete Anatomy female model, the most advanced full female anatomy model in the world.

27 May 2022

Sarcopenic obesity independently associated with an increased prevalence of dementia

Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass. This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated based on the patients' body mass index (BMI) and handgrip strength.

26 May 2022

Northwestern University scientists unveil a smart, bioresorbable transient pacemaker

Last summer, Northwestern University scientists introduced the first-ever transient pacemaker — a fully implantable, wireless device that harmlessly dissolves in the body after it's no longer needed.

26 May 2022

New evidence confirms that enterovirus D68 causes acute flaccid myelitis

A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that enterovirus D68 directly infects spinal cord neurons and that a corresponding robust immune response is present – a direct causation to the polio-like paralyzing illness, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).

26 May 2022

Muscle News and Research

Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

Substances touted to improve athletic performance and high fat diet fuel pancreatic cancer’s development

Study untangles the link between malnutrition and sarcopenia in end-stage kidney disease patients

Antibiotics ravage motivation and endurance in athletes

UCI-led study identifies sex-specific circuits of muscle signaling to other tissues

Aging does not influence liver renewal, research shows

People lifting weights for aesthetic reasons run the risk of bigorexia

Study aims to analyze Alzheimer's patients' ability to process contextual information from the face

The immunogenicity and safety of the adjuvanted recombinant protein vaccine Sanofi/GSK-D614 or -B.1.351 administered as a heterologous booster dose

Got long covid? Medical expertise is vital, and seniors should prepare to go slow

Study reveals COVID-19's collateral damage on global cardiovascular services

Scientists identify core factors that may put Long QT patients at higher risk of sudden cardiac death

Complete Anatomy: Aiming for Education Equality with the World’s Most Advanced Full Female Anatomy Model

Sarcopenic obesity independently associated with an increased prevalence of dementia

Northwestern University scientists unveil a smart, bioresorbable transient pacemaker

New evidence confirms that enterovirus D68 causes acute flaccid myelitis

New biomarker may enable rapid, inexpensive diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Study describes the symptom profiles of the main variants of SARS-CoV-2

The incidence of post-COVID conditions among patients who had received a previous COVID-19 diagnosis

The frequency, nature, determinants, and impact of long-COVID in Scotland

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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