Researchers have found evidence that a natural fruit extract is capable of dissolving calcium oxalate crystals, the most common component of human kidney stones. This finding could lead to the first advance in the treatment of calcium oxalate stones in 30 years. Jeffrey Rimer, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Houston, was lead author of … [Read more...]
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Ever Thought Why You’re Stiff In The Morning?
New research published online in The FASEB Journal, describes a protein created by the body's "biological clock" that actively represses inflammatory pathways within the affected limbs during the night. This protein, called CRYPTOCHROME, has proven anti-inflammatory effects in cultured cells and presents new opportunities for the development of drugs that may be used to treat … [Read more...]
Break Through in HIV Cure Research
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma. Some infections, such as HIV, cannot be cured with antiviral therapy because the virus effectively hides from the immune system. An international team of … [Read more...]
Pokémon Go: An “Innovative Solution” To Obesity & Diabetes
Leading diabetes researchers believe smartphone craze Pokémon Go could be an "innovative solution" to rising obesity levels and chronic disease. Millions of people around the world have started to play Pokémon Go, a virtual reality treasure hunt where players must walk to places within the real world and catch, train and battle monsters which appear on their mobile phone … [Read more...]
Gaming + Exercise With Pokémon Go
Real-life positive health consequences of playing Pokémon Go -- a new GPS-based augmented reality game -- are happening across the nation. According to Matt Hoffman, DNP, clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Nursing, this quest to "catch 'em all" is great news for public health. I will travel across the land, searching far and wide Players, … [Read more...]
The Dark-Side of Artificial Light
Along with eating right and exercising, people should consider adding another healthy habit to their list: turning out the lights. That's according to a new study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology showing many negative health consequences for mice kept under conditions of constant light for a period of months. "Our study shows that the environmental … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Can Help In Learning
Cinnamon is a delicious addition to toast, coffee and breakfast rolls. Eating the tasty household spice also might improve learning ability, according to new study results published online in the July issue of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. The study by neurological scientists at Rush University Medical Center found that feeding cinnamon to laboratory mice … [Read more...]
Selfie Elbow: The New Selfie Disaster
Be warned if you are an avid selfie-taker since capturing that perfect selfie can put you at risk of developing "selfie elbow" which is slowly becoming a real medical condition, says a report. Like tennis elbow or golfer's elbow, an addiction to selfie-taking can cause a pain in your primary pic-snapping elbow, a media report said on Monday. In a recent case, … [Read more...]
Inhalable Ibuprofen on the Horizon
Ibuprofen: You can buy it at any drug store, and it will help with that stabbing headache or sprained ankle. One of the ways it does so is by reducing inflammation, and it is this property that may also help patients with cystic fibrosis. Research has found that ibuprofen, when taken at high doses, helps slow the progression of lung function decline in people with … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Artificial Pancreas to be available by 2018
The artificial pancreas -- a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes and then automatically adjusts levels of insulin entering the body -- is likely to be available by 2018, conclude authors of a paper inDiabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). Issues such as speed of action of the forms of insulin used, … [Read more...]
E-wheelchair: It Must Weigh Less
Whilst the advantages of a wheelchair with auxiliary drive are self-evident, they do not always outweigh the disadvantages. The weight of the construction can pose a physical burden on a certain group of wheelchair users, according to research from the University of Twente in The Netherlands. Mobility researcher Marieke Kloosterman investigated the effects of the … [Read more...]
Nanomachines to diagnose illness: Iowa State University Study
Nanomachines are the future of diagnosing and treating illness and disease. Henderson, a professor of genetics, development and cell biology at Iowa State University, along with his former graduate student Divita Mathur, studies how to build nanomachines that may have real-world medical applications someday soon. He and Mathur recently published an article in the peer-reviewed … [Read more...]
Has breast MRI been performed upside down?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been used as an effective tool for cancer evaluation and has been found to be highly sensitive in detecting breast tumors, but there is no evidence that pre-operative MRI translates into improved outcomes following breast conserving surgery. Traditionally, patients who are scheduled to undergo breast-conserving lumpectomy for breast cancer … [Read more...]
West Nile Virus leads to Memory loss
Every year as mosquito season arrives, so does West Nile virus, causing fever in thousands of people nationwide and life-threatening brain infections in an unlucky few. About half the people who survive that infection -- West Nile encephalitis -- are left with permanent neurological deficits such as memory loss. New research shows that these long-term neurological … [Read more...]
Broccoli: Superfood With Multiple Health Benefits
Love it or hate it, broccoli is touted as a superfood, offering an array of health benefits. And it's about to get even more super. University of Illinois researchers have identified candidate genes controlling the accumulation of phenolic compounds in broccoli. Consumption of phenolic compounds, including certain flavonoids, is associated with a lower risk of coronary … [Read more...]
Diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease: A new link revealed
Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, and vice versa, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. This is also the first study of its kind to show that Alzheimer's disease can lead to diabetes, as opposed to diabetes occurring first as was previously thought. The study reports that Alzheimer's Disease and type 2 … [Read more...]
Infidelity perceptions differ among men and women
New research published in Sexual & Relationship Therapy has uncovered the different ways in which men and women perceive infidelity. Infidelity can lead to relationship dissatisfaction and breakdown, though in some cases the problems may be caused by the different ways in which individuals define infidelity. The authors, based in the USA, sought to better … [Read more...]
Chronic Pain: Researchers explore epigenetic influences
Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, disabling and expensive public health crises in the United States. It affects more than 100 million Americans, with annual costs estimated at $635 billion, says a report from the American Pain Society. Despite the enormous societal impact of chronic pain, present treatment options are limited to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory … [Read more...]
Eliminating blood test may increase availability of donor hearts
A blood test that leads to the rejection of donor hearts may be unnecessary in predicting whether a heart transplant will succeed or fail, according to new research in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. "Heart transplantation is an incredible therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure, but there are only 2,000-2,400 transplants … [Read more...]
‘Aspirin-Guide’ app for clinicians helps personalize decisions
Low dose aspirin is recommended by clinicians as a preventive measure for patients who have already had a heart attack or stroke, but the risk of taking low-dose aspirin to prevent or delay a first heart attack or stroke is less clear, as the benefit for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) must be balanced with the increased risk of gastrointestinal or other … [Read more...]
Exercise four hours later to boost your memory!
A new study suggests an intriguing strategy to boost memory for what you've just learned: hit the gym four hours later. The findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology show that physical exercise after learning improves memory and memory traces, but only if the workout is done in a specific time window and not immediately after learning. "It shows that … [Read more...]
High blood sugar, Lower risk of brain tumor
In a surprising twist, benign brain tumors that have previously been tied to obesity and diabetes are less likely to emerge in those with high blood sugar, new research has found. The discovery could shed light on the development of meningiomas, tumors arising from the brain and spinal cord that are usually not cancerous but that can require risky surgery and affect a … [Read more...]
Are Long-term opioids best pain management option?
In a small study looking at pain assessments in adults with sickle cell disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins says overall, those treated long-term with opioids often fared worse in measures of pain, fatigue and curtailed daily activities than those not on long-term opioids. "We need to be careful and skeptical about giving increasing doses of opioids to patients with … [Read more...]
E-cigarettes: Gateway or roadblock to cigarette smoking?
A new study from the UK Centre for Substance Use Research, being presented at the Global Forum on Nicotine, shows e-cigarettes are playing an important role in reducing the likelihood of young people smoking, in many cases acting as a 'roadblock' to combustible tobacco. In detailed qualitative interviews with young people aged 16 to 25 across Scotland and England, the … [Read more...]
Finally a way to stop Zika virus!
Scientists potentially have found a way to disrupt Zika and similar viruses from spreading in the body. A team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a single gene pathway that is vital for Zika and other flaviviruses to spread infection between cells. Further, they showed that shutting down a single gene in this pathway -- in both human … [Read more...]
Cocaine Addiction affects the power to change behavior
People who are addicted to cocaine are particularly prone to developing habits that render their behaviour resistant to change, regardless of the potentially devastating consequences, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The findings may have important implications for the treatment of cocaine addiction as they help explain why such individuals take … [Read more...]
Blueberries’ health benefits are enumerable
Consumers know some of the benefits blueberries provide, but they're less aware of the advantages of reverting aging, improving vision and memory, a new University of Florida study shows. Shuyang Qu, a doctoral student in agricultural education and communication at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, led the study. Joining Qu were Joy … [Read more...]
Zika’s potential threat to world blood supply deserves study and action
Blood safety researchers say it is highly likely that the mosquito-borne Zika virus can be transmitted through blood transfusions and are calling for an evidence-based approach to protecting the blood supply from the threat of Zika virus according to a commentary in the journal Transfusion. The researchers say among several possible steps that could be taken to mitigate … [Read more...]
Global switch to new polio vaccine strategy released
A groundbreaking study shows that a single injectable dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) along with bivalent oral polio vaccine could protect up to 90 percent of children from polio and strengthen community protection against the disease. The research, published in the latest edition of The Lancet, provides the evidence behind the worldwide switch to a new polio vaccine … [Read more...]
Experimental antibiotic treats deadly MRSA infection: Rutgers University Study
A new experimental antibiotic developed by a team of scientists at Rutgers University successfully treats the deadly MRSA infection and restores the efficacy of a commonly prescribed antibiotic that has become ineffective against MRSA. In research published in the July issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Rutgers scientists say that the combination of their newly … [Read more...]
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