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Researchers identify genetic component involved in development of familial sarcoidosis

Working with their colleagues from the University of Lyon, researchers from MedUni Vienna's Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics have discovered mutations in genes that regulate the metabolic sensor mTOR in patients with familial sarcoidosis.

8 May 2019

Experts find previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira

Experts from MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital have identified a previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira.

8 May 2019

Study examines effectiveness of mobile phone-based intervention to slow weight regain

A scalable, mobile phone-based intervention designed to slow weight regain after an initial weight loss had no significant effect on participants’ weight, according to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Falko Sniehotta from Newcastle University, UK and colleagues.

8 May 2019

A plan to cover immigrants would divert public health dollars

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to provide health coverage to low-income young adults who are in the country illegally, but his plan would siphon public health dollars from several counties battling surging rates of sexually transmitted diseases and, in some cases, measles outbreaks.

8 May 2019

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University with colleagues from Great Britain Germany, China, and Switzerland have proposed a new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to the damaged areas of the blood vessels.

8 May 2019

Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

It was early morning in an operating theater at Providence Hospital in Portland, Ore. A middle-aged woman lay on the operating table, wrapped in blankets. Surgeons were about to cut out a cancerous growth in her stomach.

8 May 2019

Cell's cytoskeleton aids in energy transfer and information processing within neurons, study finds

Dysfunctions and malformations in the scaffold of a cell are thought to contribute to heart muscle weakness, neurodegenerative disease and even deafness.

8 May 2019

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, antibodies or other therapies to aged cells.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 8 May 2019

Blocking protein-digesting enzyme may help improve metabolic health

Blocking the action of an enzyme involved in protein digestion may improve metabolic health, according to a new study published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology--Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

8 May 2019

Study finds no developmental differences in children conceived via ART

Parents with children conceived via IVF, IUI or using infertility medication can rest assured that treatment has no impact on childhood development.

8 May 2019

Computer game can train players to eat less sugar

More than half of American adults consume excess added sugars, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

8 May 2019

Bioimpedance device better than tape measure for assessing lymphedema risk in women

Bioimpedance spectroscopy is better than a tape measure for assessing a woman's risk for developing lymphedema, painful swelling in the arm after breast cancer surgery, according to interim results of a study led by Sheila Ridner, PhD, RN, Martha Ingram Professor and director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

8 May 2019

Communicating food benefits to kids in a way they can relate to make them eat healthier

Communicating food benefits to children that they can relate to may get them to eat healthier. That's according to a study published today in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior by Washington State University and Florida State University scientists.

8 May 2019

Security cameras installed in nursing homes may do more harm than good

For many people who care for aging parents, one solution is a safe, responsible nursing home. But an increasingly common means of ensuring that safety -- security cameras installed by relatives -- may do more harm than good, says Clara Berridge, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Washington.

8 May 2019

Research News and Research

Researchers identify genetic component involved in development of familial sarcoidosis

Experts find previously unknown bacterial strain of the genus Leptospira

Study examines effectiveness of mobile phone-based intervention to slow weight regain

A plan to cover immigrants would divert public health dollars

Scientists propose new way of delivering anti-thrombosis drugs to damaged blood vessels

Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

Cell's cytoskeleton aids in energy transfer and information processing within neurons, study finds

Human iPSCs make more tiny 'cargo packets' to deliver cellular aging therapies

Blocking protein-digesting enzyme may help improve metabolic health

Study finds no developmental differences in children conceived via ART

Computer game can train players to eat less sugar

Bioimpedance device better than tape measure for assessing lymphedema risk in women

Communicating food benefits to kids in a way they can relate to make them eat healthier

Security cameras installed in nursing homes may do more harm than good

Researchers create ‘mini-guts’ to explore how gut epithelium respond to gluten in celiac patients

Biophysicists study structure of KR2 rhodopsin under physiological conditions

Study reveals contract mechanism that allow Coca-Cola to ‘quash’ health research

Drug industry patents go under Senate Judiciary Committee’s microscope

Groundbreaking research could lead to a simple, inexpensive test for Ebola virus

Cornell scientists discover new 'jumping' superbug gene

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