Researchers analyzed the effects of a Mediterranean diet on cognitive impairment among patients with MS. They found that closer adherence to the Mediterranean diet was linked to a lower risk of cognitive impairment. Further studies are needed to confirm the results. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune condition that affects the brain and central nervous system. Symptoms include fatigue, […]

High blood pressure disorders during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of thinking problems later in life, according to a study published in the March 1, 2023, online issue of Neurology. Researchers found that those with these disorders had a higher risk of cognitive problems in later life than those who did not have high blood pressure during pregnancy. […]

E-scooter riders are likely to sustain more serious injuries, particularly those of the head, than cyclists after a road traffic collision, finds an audit of recent trauma care in England and Wales, and published online in the journal Injury Prevention. Their findings prompt the researchers to call for additional legislation and tighter regulation of e-scooter rentals to boost the safety […]

Breath analysis seems promising for COVID-19 detection, according to a study published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open. Ruchi Sharma, Ph.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined the diagnostic accuracies of breath analysis for detecting patients with COVID-19 during periods of delta and omicron prevalence between April 2021 and May 2022. A total of […]

Vulnerability to upper respiratory viruses such as flu and the common cold may help explain significant racial and ethnic disparities among children suffering from asthma, according to a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Lead author Darlene Bhavnani, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of population health at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas […]

A self-administered screening tool, developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers, can effectively and efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults. A new study found that the simple test taken on a tablet computer before an annual physical is conducive to use in a primary care setting for detecting mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's disease, and other related dementias. Results were published […]

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain’s protective layers—the meninges—and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly fatal disease. The research, conducted in mice and published March 1 in Nature, shows that bacteria exploit nerve cells in the meninges to suppress the immune response and […]

An international team led by researchers from MacCallum Cancer Center in Melbourne, Australia, examined 391 tumor tissues from about 270 multisite autopsy samples collected from 15 individuals with end-stage high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC). All of the provided autopsy samples came from patients who had initially responded to their cancer treatment therapies but had become resistant to them in relapse. […]

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