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Do probiotics enhance sports performance?

Researchers found that probiotics may enhance endurance, recovery, and immune function in athletes, but the evidence for strength and power performance remains limited.

17 Feb 2025

Sweat fails to match blood in tracking inflammation after heart attacks

Researchers found that while sweat biomarkers remain stable, plasma biomarkers show significant inflammatory changes after a heart attack, highlighting the limitations of sweat analysis for tracking recovery.

17 Feb 2025

Peristaltic pumping motion found to trigger amyloid formation

Researchers from Osaka University find that peristaltic pump action and high shear flow forces promote amyloid nucleation.

17 Feb 2025

Internal body clock influences eating habits of obese teens

Researchers found that teens with obesity ate more later in the day than their peers of healthy weight, and that their eating behaviors were strongly influenced by their internal body clock.

17 Feb 2025

Fewer than 20% of women screened for cardiovascular risk after pregnancy complications

Less than one in five patients are tested for cardiovascular risk factors following pregnancy-related hypertension or diabetes, according to a new study published in the "Go Red for Women" issue of Circulation.

17 Feb 2025

Rare enterovirus strain in Spain raises alarms over potential outbreaks

Scientists in Spain detected Enterovirus C105 (EV-C105), a rare virus linked to respiratory and possible neurological illness in children, highlighting the emergence of a genetically distinct viral strain.

17 Feb 2025

Lecanemab and donanemab slow Alzheimer’s decline, but is the benefit worth the cost?

Study finds that disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s, lecanemab and donanemab, can extend independence in daily activities by up to 13 months, though their clinical relevance remains debated.

17 Feb 2025

Diabetes fuels antibiotic resistance, worsening infections and treatment challenges

A new study reveals that diabetes significantly accelerates the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, highlighting a major public health concern.

17 Feb 2025

Chronic stress rewires the brain, dulling sound perception

Repeated stress disrupts auditory processing, making sounds seem quieter over time, as shown in a new study on mice.

17 Feb 2025

Children with ARFID at higher risk for long-term health conditions

Children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) have an elevated risk of developing psychiatric and physical conditions, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in JAMA Pediatrics reports.

17 Feb 2025

Study reveals surge in sports betting and gambling addiction help seeking

A new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers from the University of California San Diego Qualcomm Institute and School of Medicine, reveals a dramatic increase in sports betting and gambling addiction help-seeking since the landmark Murphy v. NCAA Supreme Court decision in 2018 paved the way for states to legalize sports betting.

17 Feb 2025

Pancreatic cancer reprograms nerve cells to fuel growth

Pancreatic cancer is fueled by connections to the nervous system. This is reported by scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) in their current publication in Nature.

17 Feb 2025

AI tool speeds up patient screening for heart failure trials

Artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly screen patients for clinical trial enrollment, according to a new study published in JAMA and led by Mass General Brigham researchers.

17 Feb 2025

Study links sucrase defects to increased IBS risk and severe symptoms

Sucrase-isomaltase (SI) is an intestinal enzyme critical for the digestion of dietary carbohydrates, particularly sucrose and starch.

17 Feb 2025

Innovative photodynamic therapy targets melanoma with light-activated dyes

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers, with over 300,000 new cases reported worldwide each year. In Europe, the number of diagnoses has been rising rapidly.

17 Feb 2025

Study shows how pituitary macrophages impact hormone regulation

Finnish researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in the future, macrophage cells could be used to treat endocrine disorders that can lead, for example, to infertility.

17 Feb 2025