More than 5,000 people are diagnosed annually with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a fatal, neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, gradually robbing people of the ability to speak, move, eat and breathe. To date, only a handful of drugs exist to moderately slow its progression. There is no cure. But CU Boulder researchers have […]
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Pre-term and low birthweight infants have fewer fractures in childhood than full-term and normal-weight newborns, according to a new a study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. The register-based cohort study from Finland utilized the nationwide Medical Birth Register, the Care Register for Health Care, and data provided by Statistics Finland. The analysis included data on […]
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A blood biomarker that measures astrocyte reactivity may help determine who, among cognitively unimpaired older adults with amyloid-beta, will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD), new research suggests. Investigators tested the blood of 1000 cognitively healthy individuals with, and without, amyloid-beta pathology and found that only those with a combination of amyloid-beta burden and abnormal astrocyte activation subsequently progressed […]
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Foodborne illness outbreaks most commonly involve norovirus, according to research published in the June 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Erin D. Moritz, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues summarized environmental health data collected during foodborne illness outbreak investigations and reported to the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System […]
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Cancer patients ‘should be prescribed YOGA to stop disease spreading’ Two sessions a week reduced inflammation, which encourages cancer growth The ‘gentle’ form of the exercise can also help lessen the severity of cancer Doctors should prescribe yoga to cancer patients to help stop it spreading or returning, new research suggests. Two sessions a week was found to ‘significantly reduce […]
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Radiation therapy might not be necessary in treating some forms of rectal cancer and lymphoma, sparing patients from the toxic treatment, a pair of new clinical trials shows. One trial found that rectal cancer patients whose tumors shrink in response to chemotherapy can safely skip the radiation therapy that’s normally provided prior to surgery, researchers reported at the American Society […]
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Multiple treatment transitions in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) for nonmedical reasons are associated with increased neurological harm, including relapse risk and disease progression, new research shows. “For the first time, clomiphene erectile dysfunction we were able to quantify clinical outcomes associated with treatment transitions in people with NMOSD. Our data highlight that aspects outside of therapeutic efficacy […]
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Researchers at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, have developed a new ovarian cancer screening technique. In a paper, “Profiling the metabolome of uterine fluid for early detection of ovarian cancer,” published in Cell Reports Medicine, the research team details the markers and methods used to develop the test. The researchers collected uterine […]
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Pizza…for breakfast? Absolutely! There’s never a wrong time of day to eat bread and cheese, and these new Aldi pizzas are made specifically for breakfast time. Made with eggs, sausage, and even a biscuit crust, you’ll soon be craving pizza for dinner, lunch, and for breakfast, and the best part about these pizzas is that they’re both under $5 per […]
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The link between quality control during protein synthesis in cells and neurological disorders has been made clear for the first time by RIKEN researchers. This discovery could help to develop new treatments for such cognitive disorders. Complex molecular factories inside cells, ribosomes convert genetic code into protein molecules. This protein synthesis proceeds in fits and starts, and sometimes it grinds […]
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