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How ultraprocessed foods affect gut microbiome and health

Researchers describe the association between the consumption of ultraprocessed foods and chronic medical conditions.

10 Aug 2022

Specific factors may affect physical and mental quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis

Quality of life is a measure of a person's level of comfort, health and happiness. For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study has found there are specific factors that may affect a person's physical and mental quality of life.

10 Aug 2022

Monoclonal antibody decreases asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents of color

A monoclonal antibody, mepolizumab, decreased asthma attacks by 27% in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents who have a form of severe asthma, are prone to asthma attacks and live in low-income urban neighborhoods, a National Institutes of Health clinical trial has found.

10 Aug 2022

Epidural lidocaine injections show promise for treating psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory, debilitating skin disorder. Although there is no cure for psoriasis, several treatment options can inhibit inflammation and relieve signs and symptoms of this disease.

10 Aug 2022

Study uncovers new prognostic marker for multiple sclerosis severity

It is essential to assess the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) in order to choose appropriate therapeutic measures, but this cannot be reliably done using existing methods.

10 Aug 2022

New CDC Vital Signs report: Few people diagnosed with hepatitis C receive timely treatment

A new CDC Vital Signs report finds that too few people diagnosed with hepatitis C are being treated, despite availability of medications capable of curing this viral infection.

10 Aug 2022

Less than half of the YouTube videos on allergic rhinitis provide useful information, study finds

Want to build a spice rack for your kitchen? Pull up a YouTube video to see how it might be done. Got allergic rhinitis (hay fever) symptoms that just won't quit? Don't do a random YouTube search because the information you find there has a good chance of being inaccurate.

10 Aug 2022

Breakthrough technology brings flexible implanted electronics one step closer toward clinical applications

Flexible implanted electronics are a step closer toward clinical applications thanks to a recent breakthrough technology developed by a research team from Griffith University and UNSW Sydney.

10 Aug 2022

How common is chronic fatigue syndrome among patients with long COVID-19?

In a new study, researchers found that myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) was common in long COVID-19.

10 Aug 2022

Chinese researchers develop a simple model to stratify lung cancer risk in female non-smokers

About 53% of lung cancers in females are not attributable to smoking worldwide and a new model presented today at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer may allow clinicians the ability to assess and stratify lung cancer risk in female non-smokers in China.

9 Aug 2022

New CDC Vital Signs report: Less than a third of people diagnosed with hepatitis C get timely treatment

Hepatitis C can cause advanced liver disease, liver cancer, and death and affects millions in the United States.

9 Aug 2022

CDC and Task Force for Global Health to co-host 11th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Task Force for Global Health will co-host in person the 11th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases August 7-10, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel in Atlanta, GA.

9 Aug 2022

BU researcher secures NIH grant to examine the impact of racism-related chronic stress on brain health

Emerging adulthood is a life period of identity exploration that is experienced by the majority of emerging adults as stressful. Black emerging adults have the added burden of racism-related chronic stress.

9 Aug 2022

Study details post-COVID-19 symptoms and conditions among children and adolescents in the US

In a new study, researchers assessed the incidence of post-COVID-19 symptoms and conditions among children and adolescents.

9 Aug 2022

After ‘a lot of doors shut in our face,’ crusading couple celebrate passage of burn pit bill

The battle was just beginning for Le Roy Torres and his wife, Rosie, when the Army captain returned to Texas in 2008, already starting to suffer from the toxic substances he'd inhaled from the 10-acre burn pit at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.

9 Aug 2022

Research projects the future mortality burden due to hot nights

Excessively hot nights caused by climate change are predicted to increase the mortality rate around the world by up to 60% by the end of the century, according to a new international study that features research from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers unravel a novel molecular target of eicosapentaenoic acid

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an essential nutrient belonging to the omega-3 group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). As the human body cannot synthesize PUFAs, dietary supplements containing EPA are required for normal physiological functions. Found abundantly in natural sources like fish, hemp oil, and linseed oil, EPA is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and cardiovascular protective activities.

9 Aug 2022

Aldosterone may increase risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease

A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published in the European Heart Journal today (Tuesday).

8 Aug 2022

Exercise program improves physical functioning among older adults with chronic kidney disease

This randomized trial recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) found that a 12- month program of in-center aerobic and resistance exercise program improved physical functioning among adults 55 years and older with CKD stages G3b-4 and a high level of medical comorbidities.

8 Aug 2022

Combination therapy regimen for cystic fibrosis is also beneficial to primary school-aged children

Cystic fibrosis remains an incurable genetic disorder which impairs lung function and significantly reduces life expectancy.

8 Aug 2022

Chronic News and Research

How ultraprocessed foods affect gut microbiome and health

Specific factors may affect physical and mental quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis

Monoclonal antibody decreases asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents of color

Epidural lidocaine injections show promise for treating psoriasis

Study uncovers new prognostic marker for multiple sclerosis severity

New CDC Vital Signs report: Few people diagnosed with hepatitis C receive timely treatment

Less than half of the YouTube videos on allergic rhinitis provide useful information, study finds

Breakthrough technology brings flexible implanted electronics one step closer toward clinical applications

How common is chronic fatigue syndrome among patients with long COVID-19?

Chinese researchers develop a simple model to stratify lung cancer risk in female non-smokers

New CDC Vital Signs report: Less than a third of people diagnosed with hepatitis C get timely treatment

CDC and Task Force for Global Health to co-host 11th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

BU researcher secures NIH grant to examine the impact of racism-related chronic stress on brain health

Study details post-COVID-19 symptoms and conditions among children and adolescents in the US

After ‘a lot of doors shut in our face,’ crusading couple celebrate passage of burn pit bill

Research projects the future mortality burden due to hot nights

Researchers unravel a novel molecular target of eicosapentaenoic acid

Aldosterone may increase risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease

Exercise program improves physical functioning among older adults with chronic kidney disease

Combination therapy regimen for cystic fibrosis is also beneficial to primary school-aged children

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