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Benefits of physical, mental activity on thinking may vary for men and women, study suggests

Studies have shown that physical and mental activity help preserve thinking skills and delay dementia. A new study suggests that these benefits may vary for men and women.

20 Jul 2022

Supplementing diet with amino acid taurine could be a viable nutritional strategy to combat aging

When our cells process the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat every day in order to survive, they generate potentially toxic by-products popularly known as "free radicals".

20 Jul 2022

Research highlights the impact of social determinants of health on hypertension control

A research article published this month in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlights the significant impact of social determinants of health on patients' ability to sustain control of hypertension.

20 Jul 2022

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic.

20 Jul 2022

Antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome, preclinical study finds

In a new study, researchers at Cedars-Sinai found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, could have implications for using the drugs in humans to treat or prevent bacterial infection.

20 Jul 2022

How the Omicron variant shifted the biology of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers discuss significant antigenic changes within the spike protein of new SARS-CoV-2 VOCs like the Omicron variant.

20 Jul 2022

Charged nanoparticles combined with a vaccine effective in eliminating melanoma tumors in mice

Cancers in humans have all sorts of ways to survive and thrive: Cells and tumors alike engage in devious means to deflect, deceive, and evade detection by our bodies’ immune systems.

20 Jul 2022

Stopping 'budding' viruses in their tracks

Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah virus, mumps, Newcastle disease and canine distemper.

20 Jul 2022

Scientists find a promising new combination therapy for certain types of lung tumors

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found that using immunotherapy alongside a drug that blocks a common gene mutation in lung cancer could be a promising new combination therapy for certain types of lung tumors.

20 Jul 2022

Study details geographical variation in health spending across the U.S.

A new study by researchers at Yale, Stanford, and Dartmouth provides the first nationwide, small-area analysis of the variation in spending by the three main funders of health care in the United States: Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers.

20 Jul 2022

Study assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on viral next-generation sequencing data

A new study compares and assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on actual viral next-generation sequencing data.

20 Jul 2022

Researchers develop new protocol for using robotic pets with older dementia patients

You might think it was a typical therapy session at a long-term care facility. In a quiet room, a therapist sets down a pet carrier, brings out a cat, and sets it on a resident's lap.

20 Jul 2022

New evidence-based training program to improve serious illness conversations for cancer patients

Patients with advanced cancer want and need to partner with their care team to make treatment decisions that reflect their own values and align with what matters most.

20 Jul 2022

COVID-19 infection in late pregnancy associated with higher rates of preterm birth

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, but only for women infected in their final trimester, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE.

20 Jul 2022

Hollings researcher awarded grant to continue research into mechanisms behind medulloblastoma relapse

When MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Jezabel R. Blanco, Ph.D., began studying neurosciences, first as a graduate student and later as a postdoctoral fellow, her research was focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying brain disease, both in the context of neurodegeneration and cancer, but mostly from a basic research angle.

20 Jul 2022

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

In a new study, researchers assessed the prevalence of orthopoxviruses among the general populations of Bolivia, France, Laos, and Mali.

20 Jul 2022

Nanotherapeutic compound may help treat inflammation, brain injury in patients with severe COVID-19

An anti-inflammatory compound may have the potential to treat systemic inflammation and brain injury in patients with severe COVID-19 and significantly reduce their chances of death, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions.

20 Jul 2022

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Having high blood pressure more than doubled a person's risk for hospitalization from an Omicron-variant COVID-19 infection - even despite full vaccination including a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, in an analysis of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles between December 2021 and April 2022, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

20 Jul 2022

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

Racial discrimination increases the risk for physical and mental illnesses, and Black women suffer from diseases at significantly higher rates than White women.

20 Jul 2022

Brain stimulation can improve the age-related impairment in learning new motor skills

Even though we don't think about it, every movement we make in our daily life essentially consists of a sequence of smaller actions in a specific order.

20 Jul 2022

Research News and Research

Benefits of physical, mental activity on thinking may vary for men and women, study suggests

Supplementing diet with amino acid taurine could be a viable nutritional strategy to combat aging

Research highlights the impact of social determinants of health on hypertension control

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

Antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome, preclinical study finds

How the Omicron variant shifted the biology of SARS-CoV-2

Charged nanoparticles combined with a vaccine effective in eliminating melanoma tumors in mice

Stopping 'budding' viruses in their tracks

Scientists find a promising new combination therapy for certain types of lung tumors

Study details geographical variation in health spending across the U.S.

Study assesses eight de novo genome assembly software tools on viral next-generation sequencing data

Researchers develop new protocol for using robotic pets with older dementia patients

New evidence-based training program to improve serious illness conversations for cancer patients

COVID-19 infection in late pregnancy associated with higher rates of preterm birth

Hollings researcher awarded grant to continue research into mechanisms behind medulloblastoma relapse

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

Nanotherapeutic compound may help treat inflammation, brain injury in patients with severe COVID-19

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

Brain stimulation can improve the age-related impairment in learning new motor skills

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