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School-based wellness initiative associated with reduction in average student BMI

Health impacts students' ability to learn. Leaders at MUSC's Boeing Center for Children's Wellness (MUSC BCCW) believe that lessons on healthy living can be part of every student's school experience.

28 Feb 2023

Lifetime experiences of discrimination linked to increased risk of dementia

According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, people who experience discrimination during their lifetimes have an increased risk of dementia.

28 Feb 2023

Protective parenting could set your kids up for a healthier life in adulthood

Being a protective parent could set your kids up for a healthier life as an adult, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

28 Feb 2023

Weight loss in obese subjects could reverse type 2 diabetes progression

A new paper explains a model of diabetes that centers on the role of obesity in glucose dysregulation.

28 Feb 2023

An overview of the anti-inflammatory effects of nuts

Researchers summarize existing literature on the effects of consuming nuts on biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress.

28 Feb 2023

Tiny worm enables scientists to explore the theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut

A tiny worm called the C. elegans is enabling scientists to explore the emerging theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut.

28 Feb 2023

Researchers reveal how early-life stress can disrupt operation of the brain's reward circuit

A new brain connection discovered by University of California, Irvine researchers can explain how early-life stress and adversity trigger disrupted operation of the brain's reward circuit, offering a new therapeutic target for treating mental illness.

27 Feb 2023

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Nobody likes waiting for services, whether it's a long line at the grocery store or an extra half-hour in a doctor's waiting room.

27 Feb 2023

Using sweat to diagnosis disease: soft microfluidic analysis systems assess health status

Researchers explored microfluidic systems with a skin interface in assessing chemical exposure and health status.

27 Feb 2023

Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them

There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.

27 Feb 2023

TTUHSC El Paso collaborates with Doctors of the World USA to launch the Border Health Program

The large influx of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the El Paso area has also resulted in a spike of medical emergencies.

25 Feb 2023

Study shows the beneficial effect of verapamil in children with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes

Published in JAMA, a University of Minnesota led study shows that verapamil, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart conditions, can have a beneficial effect on the pancreas in children with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D).

24 Feb 2023

Digital cognitive behavioral therapy reduces blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes

People with Type 2 diabetes who were given a smartphone app that delivers personalized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) saw significantly greater reductions in their blood sugar and less need for higher doses of diabetes medications at six months compared with those who only received standard diabetes care and a control app, in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

24 Feb 2023

Exploring the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of butyrate

In a recent study published in the journal Fermentation, researchers reviewed studies examining the role of butyrate in inflammatory responses, immunological properties, and diseases related to the immune system such as atopic dermatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), psoriasis, and cancer.

24 Feb 2023

New community-integrated intermediary care model to help older people in Thailand

Countries around the world are preparing health system responses to address the challenge of population ageing in the 21st century; this novel, cost-effective, scalable model can be applied to resource-limited regions to help deal with this.

24 Feb 2023

Study suggests fermentation as a sustainable and easily applicable biotechnology to overcome the legume flour technological and sensory drawbacks

Researchers used Mediterranean black chickpea flour in the form of a semi-liquid dough fermented with the bacteria Lactiplantibacillus plantarum to develop fortified semolina pasta with improved nutritional quality.

24 Feb 2023

Apolipoprotein E4 promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers characterize the effects of neuronal apolipoprotein E4 on Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathology.

23 Feb 2023

NQO2 gene as a novel potential target in Parkinson’s disease

A new study under review at the journal Scientific Reports and currently available on the Research Square* preprint server aimed to analyze the toxic effects of 6OHDA along with a related role of NQO2 in murine and human astrocytes.

23 Feb 2023

Study of adult e-cigarette users' attempts and experiences of quitting

Many e-cigarette (vape) users intend to quit, but there are few evidence-based interventions to help them do so. Due to this lack of interventions for e-cigarette cessation, researchers in the United States studied how and why users attempt to quit independently. The study, published in the journal Environmental Research and Public Health, analyzed both barriers and facilitators to quitting e-cigarettes.

23 Feb 2023

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

According to a new, nationwide study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), millions of people in the United States continued to miss critical cancer screening tests during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Feb 2023

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School-based wellness initiative associated with reduction in average student BMI

Lifetime experiences of discrimination linked to increased risk of dementia

Protective parenting could set your kids up for a healthier life in adulthood

Weight loss in obese subjects could reverse type 2 diabetes progression

An overview of the anti-inflammatory effects of nuts

Tiny worm enables scientists to explore the theory that Parkinson's disease starts in the gut

Researchers reveal how early-life stress can disrupt operation of the brain's reward circuit

Inequities in waiting for services: Black Americans and lower income people wait longer

Using sweat to diagnosis disease: soft microfluidic analysis systems assess health status

Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them

TTUHSC El Paso collaborates with Doctors of the World USA to launch the Border Health Program

Study shows the beneficial effect of verapamil in children with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes

Digital cognitive behavioral therapy reduces blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes

Exploring the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of butyrate

New community-integrated intermediary care model to help older people in Thailand

Study suggests fermentation as a sustainable and easily applicable biotechnology to overcome the legume flour technological and sensory drawbacks

Apolipoprotein E4 promotes the development of Alzheimer’s disease

NQO2 gene as a novel potential target in Parkinson’s disease

Study of adult e-cigarette users' attempts and experiences of quitting

Study: Millions of Americans continued to miss cancer screening tests during the second year of pandemic

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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