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What is the effect of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight?

Researchers examined the effect of serum levels of 20 amino acids in a mother during pregnancy on offspring birthweight in a two-sample summary data Mendelian randomization framework.

27 Feb 2023

Are home-packed lunches nutritionally inferior to in-school lunches?

A new study in Nutrients aimed to analyze the consumption of home-packed lunches among 3rd-grade elementary children.

27 Feb 2023

Study supports the concept of atherosclerosis as a T-cell autoimmune disease targeting the arterial wall

Researchers assessed T-cell tolerance checkpoints observed in atherosclerosis.

27 Feb 2023

Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them

There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.

27 Feb 2023

California explores private insurance for immigrants lacking legal status. But is it affordable?

A doctor found cysts in Lilia Becerril's right breast five years ago, but the 51-year-old lacks health insurance. She said she can't afford the imaging to find out if they're cancerous.

27 Feb 2023

After capping the price of insulin, Colorado sets its sights on EpiPens

Almost four years after becoming the first state to cap insulin prices, Colorado may limit what consumers pay for epinephrine autoinjectors, also known as EpiPens, which treat serious allergic reactions.

27 Feb 2023

High-dose ivermectin does not reduce COVID-19 symptom duration among mild-to-moderate outpatients

Researchers evaluate the efficacy of ivermectin in a maximum dosage of 600 μg/kg/day over six days in treating early mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

27 Feb 2023

Study shows COVID-19 rates were likely forty-times higher than CDC estimates during BA.4/BA.5 dominant period in the U.S.

Researchers evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and the incidence of long COVID during BA.4/BA.5 dominant period.

27 Feb 2023

Rebounding of COVID-19 symptoms and viral load are common among untreated COVID-19 patients

Researchers characterize COVID-19 symptom and viral load rebounds among untreated individuals with mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection.

27 Feb 2023

Cannabis users have higher complexity of co-existing conditions

As legislation in multiple states eases former restrictions around medical and recreational cannabis in the United States, an increasing proportion of the population reports use of the drug. Between 2016 and 2018, more than 22 percent of Massachusetts residents reported any prior cannabis use for medical or recreational reasons. However, little is known about cannabis use in patients who undergo surgery or interventional procedures, where cannabis use has important additional clinical implications.

27 Feb 2023

Study findings contradict prevailing wisdom on obesity and mortality risk

Excess weight or obesity boosts risk of death by anywhere from 22% to 91% - significantly more than previously believed - while the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overestimated, according to new CU Boulder research.

27 Feb 2023

Determining the role of the epigenetic enzyme, HDAC5, in an animal model

Substance use disorder (SUD) is an extremely difficult disorder to overcome, and many individuals with SUD return to regular use after repeated attempts to quit.

27 Feb 2023

High throughput device isolates and classifies metabolically active CTCs

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new device that can detect and analyze cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress.

27 Feb 2023

Experts develop commercial formulation Campto for colorectal cancer

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. The compound 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin (SN38) is a broad-spectrum antitumor agent whose applications are greatly limited by its poor solubility. Therefore, irinotecan, the hydrophilic derived prodrug of SN38, has been developed as the commercial formulation Campto® for colorectal cancer.

25 Feb 2023

Novel software tool helps analyze animal behaviors

A team from the University of Michigan has developed a new software tool to help researchers across the life sciences more efficiently analyze animal behaviors.

25 Feb 2023

TTUHSC El Paso collaborates with Doctors of the World USA to launch the Border Health Program

The large influx of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the El Paso area has also resulted in a spike of medical emergencies.

25 Feb 2023

Viable treatment option for patients with advanced cervical cancer

A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study suggests a new radiopharmaceutical compound may be a viable treatment option for patients with advanced cervical cancer.

25 Feb 2023

Cedars-Sinai addresses life-threatening aorta condition

Her husband and their five children call Rosa Wernher "the Energizer bunny" because she is always on the go. For decades, not even her genetically inherited Marfan syndrome could keep her off her feet to prevent her from oil painting or from gliding down a ski slope--until it did.

25 Feb 2023

Simplifying the analysis of social contacts using novel computational method

How society organizes affects different phenomena, from the transmission of information to the spread of contagious diseases. The more links we establish with each other via social and transportation networks, the more spread is favored. To study the dynamics of complex systems, such as society, we can infer these networks – in which nodes, representing individuals, connect through lines – from real-world data. However, these networks are usually large, dense, and cumbersome to manipulate.

25 Feb 2023

Virus encounter educates human immune system, says study

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Liège on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (or ILC2s) shows that the functional reprogramming of these cells following their exposure to viruses allows our body to react differently to exposure to certain respiratory allergens. This study is published in Science Immunology.

25 Feb 2023