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Study reveals synergistic impact of estrogen and intestinal dysbiosis on pulmonary fibrosis

In a recent study published in Cells, researchers evaluated idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) pathophysiological differences by sex and intestinal microbiome.

1 Mar 2023

Promising alternative strategy for islet transplantation in people with type 1 diabetes

In people with type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing β cells that control blood glucose levels and are part of a group of cells in the pancreas called pancreatic islets.

1 Mar 2023

New imaging method could help make better decisions on personalized cancer treatment

Decisions on cancer treatment could become better tailored to individual patients with the adoption of a new imaging method being developed by University of Michigan researchers that maps the chemical makeup of a patient’s tumor.

1 Mar 2023

Breaking apart certain proteins may offer a pathway to treat Alzheimer's diease

Certain diseases, including Alzheimer's, are currently considered "undruggable" because traditional small molecule drugs can't interfere with the proteins responsible for the illnesses.

1 Mar 2023

New screening tool can efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults

A self-administered screening tool, developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers, can effectively and efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults.

1 Mar 2023

Chemotherapy affects the cellular landscape of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

Chemotherapy affects the ability of a patient's immune system to attack pancreatic tumors, a new study shows.

1 Mar 2023

Taking vitamin D associated with living dementia-free for longer time

Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study.

1 Mar 2023

Just 75 weekly minutes of physical activity can reduce the risks of early death and disease

One in 10 early deaths could have been prevented if everyone had met just half the recommended weekly target of 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity, indicates the largest pooled data analysis of its kind, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

1 Mar 2023

Childhood adiposity associated with increased risk of recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) is the first study to show that childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes.

28 Feb 2023

PARK2 duplication or microdeletion and neurological diseases

In a recent study published in the Genes journal, researchers assessed the impact of PARK2 duplication or microdeletion on neurological diseases such as Parkinson's.

28 Feb 2023

Largest genomic study focuses on the prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytomas

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor, with an incidence of three to eight cases per million population per year.

28 Feb 2023

Mercy Medical Center and UMMC offer a Liver Transplant Clinic to help transplant patients

The Center for Liver and Hepatobiliary Diseases at Mercy in conjunction with the University of Maryland Medical Center offers a Liver Transplant Clinic to help patients through the liver transplant process.

28 Feb 2023

Research shows how obesity affects testing and treatment of heart disease

Being overweight impacts your heart health in more ways than you might think. A new JACC review paper from Mayo Clinic outlines how obesity affects the common tests used to diagnose heart disease and impacts treatments.

28 Feb 2023

25% of COVID-19 patients have lasting reduction in lung function

In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet SSRN* server, researchers evaluated the impairment of pulmonary function in individuals suffering from post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PASC) or long coronavirus disease (long COVID) symptoms after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections.

28 Feb 2023

Three intestinal bacteria associated with dementia with Lewy bodies discovered

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), one of the most common forms of dementia, has no cure. Previous studies suggested that gut bacteria, the microorganisms that live in the human digestive tract, play a role in Parkinson's disease, another neurodegenerative disorder, but the bacteria involved in DLB had not been identified.

28 Feb 2023

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Study reveals synergistic impact of estrogen and intestinal dysbiosis on pulmonary fibrosis

Promising alternative strategy for islet transplantation in people with type 1 diabetes

New imaging method could help make better decisions on personalized cancer treatment

Breaking apart certain proteins may offer a pathway to treat Alzheimer's diease

New screening tool can efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults

Chemotherapy affects the cellular landscape of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

Taking vitamin D associated with living dementia-free for longer time

Just 75 weekly minutes of physical activity can reduce the risks of early death and disease

Childhood adiposity associated with increased risk of recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes

PARK2 duplication or microdeletion and neurological diseases

Largest genomic study focuses on the prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytomas

Mercy Medical Center and UMMC offer a Liver Transplant Clinic to help transplant patients

Research shows how obesity affects testing and treatment of heart disease

25% of COVID-19 patients have lasting reduction in lung function

Three intestinal bacteria associated with dementia with Lewy bodies discovered

New insight on the uptick in colorectal cancer diagnoses and deaths among younger people

New funding to accelerate development of potential anti-cancer compound into the clinic

Jersey Shore University Medical Center celebrates the opening of new Pulmonary Hypertension Center

Mass spectrometry-based identification of COVID-19 biomarkers

Study links precarious work with increases in BMI

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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