Preventing ‘chemo brain’ with antioxidants targeting the spinal fluid
Up to three quarters of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy suffer from “chemo brain” — a long-term side effect that makes it harder to remember things, maintain attention, and learn new…
Adults don’t get better at recognizing masked faces as time goes on, new study finds
TORONTO, September 13, 2022 – More than two years after the start of the pandemic, adults still have difficulty recognizing people when their face is obscured by a mask, found a…
‘Years of life lost’ to unintentional drug overdose in adolescents spikes during pandemic
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a 113% increase in the “Years of Life Lost” among adolescents and young people in the United States due…
Exercise hormone halts Parkinson’s disease symptoms in mouse study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise…
Spirulina may be a powerful Memory Treatment
The 12-week supplementation with SM70EE was shown to be valid and safe. Therefore, the significant findings of this study suggest that SM70EE supplementation in patients with MCI with memory disorders…
Study finds antibiotics may make melanoma worse, by depleting the gut microbiome
The following information is embargoed until September 10 at 11:15 AM CDT Austin, Texas, USA (September 10, 2022) — The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an…
COVID-19 drugs persist in wastewater, may pose risk to aquatic organisms
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Certain drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients — including remdesivir, dexamethasone and antibiotics for associated bacterial infections — persist through wastewater treatment and may occur in…
Study shows that respirator masks used by doctors during COVID might increase the risk of airway complications in patients
Personal protective equipment (PPE) was rarely out of the news throughout the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. However new research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that…
Manuka honey could help to clear deadly drug-resistant lung infection – research
A potential new treatment combining natural manuka honey with a widely used drug has been developed by scientists at Aston University to treat a potentially lethal lung infection and greatly…
Why does fasting reduce seizures?
Calorie restriction has long been associated with reduced seizures in epilepsy. New research from Boston Children’s Hospital helps explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and could lead the…
Vitamin D deficiency in melanoma patients associated with worse overall survival, new study finds
(7 September 2022, Milan, Italy) Vitamin D levels affect overall survival for melanoma (skin cancer) patients, a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress has shown.1…
Researchers have identified antibodies that may make coronavirus vaccines unnecessary
Tel Aviv University researchers have isolated two antibodies that neutralize all known strains of COVID-19 – including Omicron – with up to 95% efficiency.The researchers: Targeted treatment with antibodies and…
Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection increases risk of long COVID
Boston, MA— Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to researchers at Harvard T.H.…
Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides increase serotonin in the brain and ameliorate depression
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2022.02.032 Announcing a new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. Morinda officinalis oligosaccharides (MOO) is an oral drug approved in China for the treatment of depression in China. The authors of this article…
A new study has concluded that: There is no clear evidence that COVID-19 was transmitted from bats
According to the researchers, this correlation between the COVID-19 breakout and bats, which was not based on sufficient compelling scientific proof, caused unnecessary stress and confusion worldwide. Bats have a…
Fish oil and vitamin D supplements in pregnancy lower the risk of croup in babies and young children
Babies and children under three years old are less likely to develop croup if their mothers took fish oil and vitamin D supplements during pregnancy, according to new results from…
Lupus, Memory Loss and Cancer Breakthroughs
Lupus, Memory Loss, and Cancer Breakthroughs
Mobile phone app accurately detects COVID-19 infection in people’s voices with the help of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect COVID-19 infection in people’s voices by means of a mobile phone app, according to research to be presented on Monday at the…
Study suggests massive vaccination could be one of the explanations for driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution and lowering its genetic diversity
This article is forms part of a special issue on "research on prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases" https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/biosafety-and-health/vol/4/issue/4. This study uncovers the evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and epidemiological characteristics…
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