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Nature Aging: Why are older people more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people?
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
Image: The results of a new study led by Michael Demetriou, MD, may pave the way for new potential therapeutic targets to restore the immune systems of older adults, thereby reducing their risk of contracting the disease .
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Allergy history may be linked to high blood pressure, increased risk of heart disease
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
Data from the National Health Interview Survey showed adults with a history of allergic disease had a higher risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, with black men at the highest risk .
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Injectable microtissue protects muscle function in sciaticotomized rats
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
In the group that received the TE-NMI, the researchers were able to electrically stimulate the nerve stump "guarded" by the TE-NMI and record the muscle response five months after the tissue was implanted .
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Can Vitamin Supplements Help Alzheimer's Patients?
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
Findings published over the past few years have shown that niacin regulates the activity of microglia, important immune cells in the brain, in mouse models of Parkinson's disease, glioblastoma and multiple sclerosis.
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There are differences between race and ethnicity when it comes to sleep time
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
"In 2018, blacks were 11 percentage points more likely than whites to report short sleep duration, the Yale-led team reported .
. We should renew our efforts to eliminate socioeconomic and health conditions, including racism, that prevent racial and ethnic minority individuals from getting adequate sleep .
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WHO expert: Young women only need one HPV injection is enough
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
A single shot of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, could provide girls and women under 21 with the equivalent of two doses of vaccine, immunization experts at the World Health Organization say .
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Exercise protects brain volume by keeping insulin and BMI levels low
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
"In contrast, the researchers found that the relationship between exercise and brain glucose metabolism was not affected by insulin or body mass index (BMI) levels .
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Researchers identify potential new treatment for metabolic syndrome
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
Ila Mishra, first author of the study and associate investigator at the Harrington Institute for Discovery and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine " Deletion of the Ptprd gene in mice reduces appetite and body weight, making the mice unresponsive to the appetite-stimulating effects of asprin.
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Exercise can release protein, lower risk of bowel cancer
Time of Update: 2022-05-28
Scientists at Newcastle University have found that physical activity can cause the cancer-fighting protein Interleukin-6 (IL-6) to be released into the bloodstream to help repair the DNA of damaged cells .
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A wearable device could enhance deep sleep
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
Sleeping Circuit RescueAs part of the "Sleep Cycle" project, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a mobile system that can be used at home and is designed to stimulate deep sleep through auditory stimulation of the brain .
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Methionine restriction may improve outcomes in children with aggressive brain cancer
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
The development of drugs that specifically target the methionine-processing machinery in brain cancer cells rather than other parts of the body could pave the way for new non-invasive treatments .
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Newly developed genetic risk score could help patients, doctors make health decisions
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
The Genoa study is currently enrolling patients in the Boston healthcare system, and researchers report results from a first of 227 patients, 11% of whom were found to have a higher polygenic risk score for atrial fibrillation, 7% for coronary artery disease, and 8 % have type 2 diabetes, and 6% have colorectal cancer .
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Female exposure to pesticides during pregnancy may affect sleep patterns in female offspring
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
Our study shows that even before children are born, they are exposed to early years pesticides, which may have lasting effects on adolescent sleep health, " said study lead author Astrid Zamora, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health .
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Should low-grade prostate cancer have a new name?
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
On Monday, April 18, 2022, a paper was published in the Journal of Clinical OncologyWhether the word "cancer" should be dropped when patients learn of these low-risk biopsies has reignited a debate .
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How to protect your knees and other critical joints
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
Before you work out, warm up the muscles you will be using, 10 minutes and 30 seconds of contractions without moving .
Doing crunches without exercising other muscles can tip your pelvis forward and cause back pain .
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4701 people were selected!
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
The 2021 Elsevier "Highly Cited Scholars in China" list is based on Scopus, the world's most authoritative citation and index database, as the statistical source of scientific research achievements of Chinese scholars, and is selected by the Shanghai Soft Science Education Information Consulting Co.
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UCLA study finds about 30% of COVID patients develop 'LONG COVID'
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
Influence "This study demonstrates the need to follow different patient groups longitudinally to understand the trajectories of COVID-19 over time, and to assess individual factors such as pre-existing comorbidities, sociodemographic factors, vaccination status and types of viral variants, How it affects the type and persistence of COVID-19 symptoms over prolonged periods of time, " said Liu Sun, PhD, assistant clinical professor of health sciences at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and medical director of the Extensivist program .
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Cell therapy slows symptoms in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
If the success of the HOPE-2 study is replicated in the upcoming multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled HOPE-3 clinical trial, intravenous cell therapy could become the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with Duchenne's advanced disease .
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Preventing mesh network from clogging blood vessels may improve stroke outcomes
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
When immune cells in the blood release sticky webs called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that further block blood vessels, brain damage can worsen even after the clot has been cleared .
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U.S. life expectancy fell by 2.26 years from 2020 to 2022
Time of Update: 2022-05-27
In the last two years of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Americans have seen a rare and significant decline in life expectancyIn the United States, many people think they have escaped the COVID-19 virus and can live peacefully with it .
