Public Release: 28-Aug-2018 Survey reveals gaps in use and awareness of important nutritional information European Society of Cardiology An Irish survey of 200 men and women examines awareness, understanding, and use of food labels in preventing lifestyle-related disease in… Read More ›
Counter Intuitive – Medical
Bribing bacteria to play nicely is good for everyone
Public Release: 9-Aug-2018 Salk scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections, eliminating the need for antibiotics Salk Institute Caption Salk scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections, eliminating the need for antibiotics. From left: (front) Yujung… Read More ›
Why being left-handed matters for mental health treatment
Public Release: 18-Jun-2018 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – Treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of the population, according to a radical new model of emotion in the brain…. Read More ›
Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease
Public Release: 21-May-2018 Having an egg a day could reduce risk of stroke by 26 percent BMJ People who consume an egg a day could significantly reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases compared with eating no eggs, suggests a study… Read More ›
Cancer comes back all jacked up on stem cells
Public Release: 19-Mar-2018 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus IMAGE: Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD, and University of Colorado Cancer Center colleagues analyze three tumor samples collected over time from a single patient to show how cancer evolves to resist… Read More ›
Is your stress changing my brain?
Public Release: 8-Mar-2018 University of Calgary researchers discover stress isn’t just contagious; it alters the brain on a cellular level University of Calgary In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Jaideep Bains, PhD, and his team at the Cumming… Read More ›
US cancer treatment guidelines ‘often based on weak evidence’
Public Release: 7-Mar-2018 Findings question the underlying evidence for current guidelines BMJ Cancer treatment guidelines produced by the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) are often based on low quality evidence or no evidence at all, finds a study… Read More ›
High total cholesterol in late old age may be marker of protective factor
Public Release: 5-Mar-2018 Risk of cognitive decline reduced for people 85 and older with high cholesterol High total cholesterol in late old age may be marker of protective factor The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine … Read More ›
Ibuprofen in the first three months of pregnancy may harm future fertility of baby girls
Public Release: 1-Feb-2018 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Caption This is ovarian tissue that has been exposed to ibuprofen for seven days. The big brown cells are dying germ cells and the smaller brown cells are also… Read More ›
Our mitochondria are optimized to run at 122 degrees Fahrenheit ?
Public Release: 25-Jan-2018 Do our mitochondria run at 50 degrees C? PLOS Windows Live Blog Caption Left: Mitochondria of human cells illuminated by the thermo-sensitive probe. Four human cells, each with its nucleus (N) and its numerous hot filamentous mitochondria… Read More ›
Cycling does not damage men’s sexual or urinary functions
Public Release: 11-Jan-2018 New study in The Journal of Urology® finds that cardiovascular benefits of recreational or intense cycling outweigh the risks of negatively impacting sexual or urinary health Elsevier New York, Jan. 11, 2018 – Cycling is increasingly… Read More ›
Malnutrition frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated among hospital patients
Public Release: 9-Jan-2018 More than 40 years on, the skeleton is still rattling in the hospital closet. Healthcare professionals present the latest studies on adult and pediatric malnutrition in US hospitals in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition… Read More ›
1500 years ago Life Expectancy was about 70 not 40
Public Release: 3-Jan-2018 Redefining knowledge of elderly people throughout history Australian National University An archaeologist from The Australian National University (ANU) is set to redefine what we know about elderly people in cultures throughout history, and dispel the myth that… Read More ›
Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population
Public Release: 8-Nov-2017 But range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes in Sweden BMJ Primary care consultations last less than 5 minutes for half the world’s population, but range from 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes… Read More ›
Caffeine consumption may help kidney disease patients live longer
Public Release: 3-Nov-2017 American Society of Nephrology Highlights In patients with chronic kidney disease, there was a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine consumption and early death. Results from the analysis will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2017 October… Read More ›
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
Public Release: 30-Oct-2017 Egg-based production causes virus to target bird cells, making vaccine less effective Scripps Research Institute IMAGE: The L194P egg-adaptive mutation dramatically increases the motility of the major epitope on the hemagglutinin of influenza H3 viruses…. Read More ›
Inflammation trains the skin to heal faster
Public Release: 18-Oct-2017 Rockefeller University IMAGE: Stem cells (green) migrate into a three-day-old wound to repair it. Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development/The Rockefeller University Scars may fade, but the skin remembers. New research from The Rockefeller… Read More ›
Even open-label placebos work — if they are explained
Public Release: 26-Sep-2017 University of Basel For some medical complaints, open-label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones. As psychologists from the University of Basel and Harvard Medical School report in the journal Pain, the accompanying rationale plays… Read More ›
Sleep deprivation is an effective anti-depressant for nearly half of depressed patients
Public Release: 19-Sep-2017 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Sleep deprivation — typically administered in controlled, inpatient settings — rapidly reduces symptoms of depression in roughly half of depression patients, according the first meta-analysis on the subject… Read More ›
CBD may protect against psychiatric risk from high-THC cannabis strains
Public Release: 6-Sep-2017 IU neuroscientists find cannabidiol reduces symptoms such as impaired memory in adolescent mice simultaneously exposed to THC Indiana University IMAGE: A model of the cannabidiol molecule, a non-psychoactive ingrediant in cannabis. Credit: Ben Mills BLOOMINGTON, Ind…. Read More ›
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