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Dementia patients living alone at risk for medical problems, self-neglect

An estimated 1 in 4 older Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone and is at risk of practices like unsafe driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications and failing to attend medical appointments.

18 Aug 2023

Meat and dairy industry lobbies to stifle competition from alternative meat products

The summertime barbecue – an American tradition synonymous with celebrating freedom – may be tainted by a decidedly unfree market.

18 Aug 2023

New genes linked to breast cancer risk identified

A large-scale international collaborative study lead by Professor Jacques Simard from Université Laval and Professor Douglas Easton at the University of Cambridge, UK, has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to identify women at increased risk.

18 Aug 2023

Big data and machine learning can help combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock

A new study suggests that using big data and machine learning in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in livestock production methods could help inform interventions and offer protections against germs that are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

18 Aug 2023

Noelin1-3 proteins essential for learning and memory formation in the mammalian brain

A German-American research team headed by Prof. Dr. Bernd Fakler from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg demonstrated the major influence of Noelin1-3 proteins on learning and memory formation in the mammalian brain.

18 Aug 2023

Scientists discover potential cause of genetic mutations linked to Huntington's disease

Scientists have discovered an additional potential cause of the genetic mutations that result in rare conditions such as Huntington's disease (HD).

18 Aug 2023

COVID-19 pandemic does not lead to significant changes in Americans' political attitudes

There is a traditional understanding that if someone experiences a threatening event, their attitudes and beliefs will change. Some scholars predict that a threat will cause someone to become more conservative on a variety of issues or that they will become more extreme in their attitudes.

18 Aug 2023

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Cleveland Clinic London is the first hospital in London to successfully perform a total knee replacement procedure with the assistance of an augmented reality-based surgical platform that was designed with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

18 Aug 2023

Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

The Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act resulted in a 19% annual increase in Medicaid-insured cancer patients participating in publicly funded clinical trials, according to researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center and Columbia University.

18 Aug 2023

Gut microbiome may play a role in DNA methylation during weight loss

"Should I be taking a probiotic?" is a question that Maggie Stanislawski, PhD, assistant professor in the University of Colorado Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), gets asked often.

18 Aug 2023

Scientists urge vaccination funding as Ghana and Nigeria grapple with anthrax outbreaks

As Ghana and Nigeria grapple with outbreaks of anthrax, scientists say governments must prioritize funds for vaccination to prevent a re-emergence of the disease across West Africa.

18 Aug 2023

DDNS technique could reduce the time to detect polio, study shows

A new study, 'Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study', published today (17 August 2023) in Nature Microbiology, proves that using DDNS to detect polio outbreaks can save public health authorities crucial time and money.

18 Aug 2023

A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

America's pharmaceutical giants are suing this summer to block the federal government's first effort at drug price regulation.

18 Aug 2023

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip.

18 Aug 2023

Can your screen time affect your bowel movements?

The causal relationship between leisure screen time and irritable bowel syndrome.

18 Aug 2023

Regulation of cytotoxic T-cell differentiation and exhaustion by mTOR signaling

Researchers describe molecular signalling regulated by mTOR among memory and exhausted cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocytes.

18 Aug 2023

New study untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19

Smell loss became the cardinal symptom of COVID-19 early in the pandemic and has ignited research on how smell and taste function. An international study led by the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR) and the Monell Chemical Senses Center has untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19, demonstrating in a large and diverse group of more than 10,000 people that taste, independent of smell, is also greatly impacted by COVID. The team recently published their findings in Chemical Senses.

18 Aug 2023

Immune cells present in people months before influenza infection, finds study

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists, in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) Limited, found that immune cells present in people months before influenza (flu) infection could more accurately predict if an individual would develop symptoms than current methods which primarily rely on antibody levels.

18 Aug 2023

New findings could develop effective vaccines or treatments for chikungunya fever

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that the virus responsible for chikungunya fever can spread directly from cell to cell - perhaps solving the longstanding mystery of how the virus, now emerging as a major health threat, can manage to escape antibodies circulating in the bloodstream.

18 Aug 2023

Platelets quell the inflammation of an aging brain and body: Study finds

Platelets are behind the cognitive benefits of young blood, exercise and the longevity hormone klotho

18 Aug 2023

Research News and Research

Dementia patients living alone at risk for medical problems, self-neglect

Meat and dairy industry lobbies to stifle competition from alternative meat products

New genes linked to breast cancer risk identified

Big data and machine learning can help combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock

Noelin1-3 proteins essential for learning and memory formation in the mammalian brain

Scientists discover potential cause of genetic mutations linked to Huntington's disease

COVID-19 pandemic does not lead to significant changes in Americans' political attitudes

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Medicaid expansion increases cancer clinical trial participation

Gut microbiome may play a role in DNA methylation during weight loss

Scientists urge vaccination funding as Ghana and Nigeria grapple with anthrax outbreaks

DDNS technique could reduce the time to detect polio, study shows

A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

A new Medicare proposal would cover training for family caregivers

Can your screen time affect your bowel movements?

Regulation of cytotoxic T-cell differentiation and exhaustion by mTOR signaling

New study untied taste from smell in people with COVID-19

Immune cells present in people months before influenza infection, finds study

New findings could develop effective vaccines or treatments for chikungunya fever

Platelets quell the inflammation of an aging brain and body: Study finds

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