Like many first responders, law-enforcement investigators and detectives often struggle with sleep. Late-night shifts, stress, and the 24-hour nature of crime can throw off biological clocks and cut sleep cycles short. Along with the negative health implications, new research published in Scientific Reports indicates officers who are fatigued have a harder time collecting information that could bring justice to victims. […]
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Immunoglobulin G antibodies (IgB) play an important role as drivers of inflammation in infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. However, if the same immunoglobulin antibodies from the blood plasma of healthy donors are cleansed and injected into a patient’s bloodstream, they exhibit anti-inflammatory effects and have a positive effect on the immune system. The cause of this was unknown to a […]
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A new research perspective titled “Using cancer proteomics data to identify gene candidates for therapeutic targeting” has been published in Oncotarget. Gene-level associations obtained from mass-spectrometry-based cancer proteomics datasets represent a resource for identifying gene candidates for functional studies. In their new research perspective, researchers Diana Monsivais, Sydney E. Parks, Darshan S. Chandrashekar, Sooryanarayana Varambally, and Chad J. Creighton from […]
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May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to honor and pay homage to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders that have contributed to the history and culture of the United States. It’s important for everyone to celebrate this month and educate children about this immigrant group and its rich history of culture and heritage. And as […]
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Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, the investment arm of the New York-based health system, on Tuesday launched Optain, a company that aims to use AI-backed retinal imaging to catch early signs of disease. The partners also provided an initial seed investment of $12 million. Though the startup is new to the U.S. market, Aegis and Northwell said the tech can […]
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. When it’s time to break our fast, we always dream of pouring ourselves a big cup of coffee, serving it along with a thick slice of some sort of tasty breakfast treat. Most of the time we just end […]
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Hay fever: Dr Chris Steele shares advice on avoiding pollen “Approximately 70 percent of the immune system is located within the gut,” said Barnes. While the cells in the digestive tract “have an extremely important role in being able to absorb nutrients efficiently”, the cells also help to block out allergens. Barnes advised hay fever sufferers to consume “fermented foods, […]
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Sleep plays an important role in our overall health, including our cognitive abilities, such as memory. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have found deep sleep may help protect against memory loss in older people with a high amount of beta-amyloid in the brain. Beta-amyloid is one of the main proteins currently considered to be a main driving factor […]
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Up to 40% of rare diseases show facial alterations that enable researchers to identify some pathologies, and they can even help establish an early diagnosis. Historically, the visual evaluation and use of some classic anthropometric measurements—diameter of the head, etc.—have enabled early diagnosis in rare diseases. With the most sophisticated and automated techniques, based on artificial intelligence (AI), it is […]
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Michael Vera walked into a bedroom of a residential drug treatment program in Los Angeles in March to find its occupant slumped over on his bed and struggling to breathe, a homemade straw on the floor beside him and tinfoil with what appeared to be drug residue under his body. The 35-year-old overdose victim had been out of custody less […]
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