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Cellular antennae play key role in muscle-to-fat transformation

Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for fat cells. This process quickens when we injure a muscle, and an extreme form of this process is also seen in muscle-wasting diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

13 Jul 2017

Medicare’s financial outlook slightly improved, trustees say

The Trump administration said Thursday that the financial outlook for Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund improved in the past year due to health costs rising more slowly than expected and predictions that enrollees will use hospital services less often.

13 Jul 2017

Scientists find greater cortical thickness in the brains of elderly female yoga practitioners

Scientists in Brazil have imaged elderly female yoga practitioners' brains and found they have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, in brain areas associated with cognitive functions like attention and memory.

13 Jul 2017

Targeting immune cells could lead to new treatments for pulmonary fibrosis

Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a unique population of immune cells plays a key role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and showed that targeting such cells could lead to new treatments for the disease.

13 Jul 2017

Nursing homes move into the insurance business

Around the country, a handful of nursing home companies have begun selling their own private Medicare insurance policies, pledging close coordination and promising to give clinicians more authority to decide what treatments they will cover for each patient.

13 Jul 2017

Diagnostic signature uses artificial intelligence to detect long-term concussion

Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred.

12 Jul 2017

AI and deep learning can help visualize human bias in complex systems

Since 2015 artificially-intelligent systems surpassed human accuracy in many tasks including image recognition, voice recognition, autonomous driving and strategy games such as GO. Early experiments such as Beauty.

11 Jul 2017

Researchers get closer to finding out how cells and their nucleus grow at constant ratio

Over a century since scientists first observed that cells and their nucleus grow at a constant ratio to each other, we are now closer to finding out how.

11 Jul 2017

Scientists develop new method to accurately determine functional age of cells

Sure, you know how old you are, but what about your cells? Are they the same age? Are they older, younger? Why does it matter?

11 Jul 2017

Older adults receive more caregiver support at the end of life

Dying adults in the United States have 2.5 people assisting them, on average, according to a new study. Yet those caring for adults at the end-of-life, especially spouses, are likely to report that they have no one assisting them and no time for themselves.

11 Jul 2017

Research provides new insight into biology of premature birth

Research carried out by the University of Kent with doctors on the neonatal unit at the William Harvey Hospital and Brunel University have provided further insight into the biology of premature birth, with findings that may have implications for treating premature babies.

11 Jul 2017

Natural compound found in strawberries may help prevent age-related diseases

Salk scientists have found further evidence that a natural compound in strawberries reduces cognitive deficits and inflammation associated with aging in mice.

11 Jul 2017

Collagen found to regulate epidermal proliferation in juvenile and aged skin

Type XVII collagen (COL17) is found to regulate the proliferation of epidermal cells and therefore the thickness of juvenile and aged skin, suggesting COL17 can potentially be used for future anti-aging strategies.

11 Jul 2017

Researchers aim to examine respiratory effects of body weight in preteens

Do overweight children have more breathing limitations, intolerance for exercise, and breathlessness when exercising than normal weight children, leading to possible misdiagnosis for conditions such as asthma?

10 Jul 2017

Reduced mastication impairs memory and learning functions, research reveals

Recently, frequency of mastication has dramatically decreased along with changes in dietary habits. Masticatory stimulation has influence on the development of the central nervous system as well as the growth of maxillofacial tissue in children.

10 Jul 2017

Medtech, biotech and pharmaceuticals in Australia

Australia is an acknowledged world leader in the medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical (MTP) sector due to its vibrant ecosystem of start-ups and established companies and thriving research environment.

10 Jul 2017

New inflammatory biomarkers may pave way for pre-hospital or pitch-side test to detect brain injury

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified inflammatory biomarkers which indicate whether the brain has suffered injury.

10 Jul 2017

Psychosocial factors play major role in well-being of older people, study says

"Ageing itself is not inevitably associated with a decline in mood and quality of life," says Prof. Karl-Heinz Ladwig, summarizing the results.

7 Jul 2017

Increasing diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa has potential to reverse health gains of recent years

As sub-Saharan African countries struggle to cope with the current burden of diabetes, new estimates suggest that costs associated with the disease could more than double and may reach up to US$59.3 billion per year by 2030 if type 2 diabetes cases continue to increase.

7 Jul 2017

Study predicts dementia in over 1.2 million people in England and Wales by 2040

A study by an international team of researchers from University College London and the University of Liverpool published in The BMJ predicts that dementia will affect more than 1.2 million people in England and Wales by 2040.

6 Jul 2017