My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
A 2024 Nutrients study found that curcumin significantly improved depression scores in obese patients with type 2 diabetes over 12 months. Key outcomes included higher serotonin levels, reduced inflammation, enhanced…
ATLANTA — Three corporate landlords control nearly 11 percent of the single-family homes available for rent in metro Atlanta’s core counties, according to a new analysis led by Taylor Shelton,…
One of the primary chlorine disinfectants currently being used to clean hospital scrubs and surfaces does not kill off the most common cause of antibiotic associated sickness in healthcare settings…
Forget walking 10,000 steps a day. Taking at least 50 steps climbing stairs each day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease, according to a new study from Tulane…
Peer-reviewed / Modelling study / People New analysis indicates exposure to lead might have caused 5.5 million adult deaths from cardiovascular disease and the loss of 765 million IQ points…
It’s an idea that has finally gained scientific consensus: Dogs can be a faster, more precise, less expensive — not to mention friendlier — method of detecting COVID-19 than even…
New drugs are often used not only for one disease (first approved indication) but also for other diseases (supplemental indications). But a study published by The BMJ today finds that less…
IHME/Mass General Brigham study finds rates highest for Black population; largest increase seen in American Indian and Alaskan Native populationsHigh rates of maternal mortality found in northern Mountain states and…
More than 80% of New Yorkers who inject drugs test positive for the opioid fentanyl, despite only 18% reporting using it intentionally, according to a new study by researchers at…
People often assume that the products they use every day are safe. Now a new study by Silent Spring Institute and University of California, Berkeley exposes how much people come into contact…
A new Cochrane Review led by an Upstate Medical University professor has found that, compared with standard antibiotic treatment, stool transplantation can increase the number of people recovering from Clostridioides…
**Note: the release below is from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen, 15-18 April). Please credit the conference if you use this story** In the highly…
New research has debunked the idea that there is an “obesity paradox”, whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be less likely to end…
After 6 months of disrupted schooling during COVID-19, German students scored substantially lower on intelligence tests than comparative earlier cohorts, with the gap persisting after 16 months ### Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281779 Article Title: Students’ intelligence…
University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counselling or…
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…
A University of Queensland-led study has found that as well as ground vibrations, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound. Dr Christina Zdenek from UQ’s School of Biological Sciences, in collaboration…
1. Vitamin D supplementation may lower diabetes risk for the more than 10 million adults with prediabetes Patients should weigh the benefits and harms of vitamin D supplementation with their…
The Inflation Reduction Act established a tax credit to kickstart hydrogen production in the U.S. But without careful implementation, the credit could backfire by inadvertently increasing nationwide carbon pollution. Since…
BU commentary: Vitamin D supplementation was found to improve more than 1.5 fold survival of cancers of the digestive tract including colorectal cancer in patients with a cancer fighting immune system
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)—For more than 100 years, it has been believed that sunlight and vitamin D deficiency were associated with the risk for many deadly cancers including…
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