In a first, the study published in the journal Emerging Microbes and Infections demonstrated the team's patented therapeutic candidate, an HIV-virus-like-particle (HLP), is 100 times more effective than other candidate HIV cure therapeutics for people living with chronic HIV on combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). If successful in clinical trials, HLP could be used by … [Read more...]
Researchers Discover a New Role for a Protein that helps form Memories
The protein normally performs necessary housekeeping in the brain's hippocampus by working as part of a larger protein complex called the proteasome to destroy other proteins. But researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' School of Animal Sciences recently noticed this protein, called RPT6, behaving in a previously undetected way. "We found that RPT6 is … [Read more...]
Survey Participants Who were Controlling Their Type 2 Diabetes ate Fewer Sugary Foods and Snacked Less Overall than Participants Without Diabetes and Those Whose Blood Sugar Levels Indicated They Were Prediabetic.
"Diabetes education looks like it's working, but we might need to bump education back to people who are at risk for diabetes and even to people with normal blood glucose levels to start improving dietary behaviors before people develop chronic disease," Taylor said. The study was published recently in PLOS Global Public Health. Researchers analyzed data from 23,708 U.S. … [Read more...]
US Adults Eat a Meal’s Worth of Calories of Snacks in a Day
Snacks constitute almost a quarter of a day's calories in U.S. adults and account for about one-third of daily added sugar, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzing data from surveys of over 20,000 people found that Americans averaged about 400 to 500 calories in snacks a day - often more than what they consumed at breakfast - that offered little nutritional … [Read more...]
Study Reveals Shyness Could Impact Young Children’s Performance on Language Tests
A recent study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and a student she mentored at Oklahoma State University suggests shyness can influence a child's performance in language assessments, depending on the level of social interaction required to complete the test. Shy children tend to be reserved in everyday life, including communicating with others. The study concludes that the … [Read more...]
Maternal Obesity Predicts Heart Disease Risk Better Than Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes have recently been associated with a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. But a new Northwestern Medicine study has found obesity before or during pregnancy is the actual root cause of future cardiovascular disease. Prior to this study, scientists were unsure which factor -- obesity or … [Read more...]
Cold Weather may Pose Challenges to Treating High Blood Pressure
According to the American Heart Association's 2023 Statistical Update, nearly half of adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. Previous research found that blood pressure varies with the seasons of the year. Most of this variation is in systolic blood pressure -- the top number in a blood pressure reading that gauges the pressure in/against blood vessels during heartbeats. … [Read more...]
Prescription For Fruits, Vegetables Linked to Better Heart Health, Food Security
Produce prescription programs enable doctors to prescribe fruits and vegetables in addition to medications. Patients receive electronic cards or vouchers to access free or discounted produce of their choice at retail grocery or farmers' markets, explained study lead author Kurt Hager, Ph.D., M.S., an instructor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, … [Read more...]
Performing Exercise later in the day can result in better control of blood sugar levels
An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities -- and their timing -- are extremely good for people's health. The study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, provides a comprehensive but straightforward summary of the benefits of exercise on controlling … [Read more...]
A quick and inexpensive test for osteoporosis risk
As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact. Although early detection could help physicians intervene as soon as possible -- when treatment might offer the greatest benefit -- this type of detection is not yet possible with current osteoporosis diagnostic tests. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central … [Read more...]
Women Twice as Likely to Be Re-hospitalized After Heart Attack
Women under 55 are twice as likely as men to be hospitalized again within a year after a heart attack, the National Institutes of Health reported this week. The NIH said in a news release that the disparity is likely the result of higher rates of obesity, heart failure, depression and other risk factors among women. The study was paid for by the National Heart, Lung, and … [Read more...]
Women Who’ve had Breast Cancer can Safely Pause Treatment for Pregnancy
For women who’ve had breast cancer and would like to have a child, taking a break from a common treatment to try for a pregnancy appears safe in the short term. A clinical trial studied the effect of temporarily halting hormone therapy, also called endocrine therapy, which reduces the risk that breast cancer will return. After about three years, the incidence of recurring or … [Read more...]
Scientists Redefine Obesity with Discovery of Two Major Subtypes
A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Metabolism, offer a more nuanced understanding of obesity than current definitions and may one day inform … [Read more...]
Losing Weight Through Exercise
Why physical activity entices you to eat more - and how to fight it Worldwide 39 percent of the adults were overweight in 2016, according to statistics of the World Health Organization. In the US the prevalence of obesity was 42.4 percent in 2017/2018, according to a survey of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Concurrently millions of people want to lose … [Read more...]
For older adults, more physical activity could mean longer, healthier lives
Two studies demonstrate that older adults may be able to live longer, healthier lives by increasing physical activity that doesn't have to be strenuous to be effective, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2020. The EPI Scientific Sessions, March 3-6 … [Read more...]
There’s proof body shaming can be majorly detrimental to women’s health
Many, many women dread going to the doctor's office, knowing they'll be weighed and then potentially criticized for their appearance — and that's affecting their healthcare. While doctors are obviously supposed to tell their patients when they're making unhealthy decisions, which includes discussing weight gain, much of the conversation surrounding weight can be … [Read more...]
Gigi Hadid’s Journal Signing At V Magazine
New York, NY, June 10th, 2017 – Last night, fans descended upon 11 Mercer Street to meet Gigi Hadid and have her sign copies of The Gigi Journal (her photo diary for V MAGAZINE ISSUE 107), while friends of the supermodel enjoyed Casa Dragones and VDKA6100 cocktails at the V offices with partners Maybelline and Lumee. Splurge on all the photographs below: Selected guests … [Read more...]
Natural Metabolite can Suppress Inflammation
An international group of scientists from US, Canada, Germany and Russia has revealed a substance produced in humans that can suppress the pro-inflammatory activity of macrophages -- specific cells of immune system. The substance known as itaconate is released in large quantities by macrophages themselves, but until now its role remained poorly studied. Now scientists have … [Read more...]