Retired Army Col. Farrell Patrick, 91, wears a Mynd Immersive virtual reality headset at John Knox Village, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Pompano Beach, Fla. John Knox Village was one of 17 senior communities around the country that participated in a recently published Stanford University study that found that large …
Read More »Drug repairs systems that remove Alzheimer’s-causing waste from the brain, study shows
Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1172/JCI171468 A team of Rutgers undergraduates has shown that an experimental drug known as Yoda1 may help drain cranial waste plus neurotoxins that cause Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. “The brain’s lymphatic system is one of the hottest research …
Read More »New study unveils dynamics of sexual racism among young sexual minority black men
Ryan Wade. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Racialized Sexual Discrimination (RSD), commonly known as “sexual racism,” remains a significant challenge for young sexual minority Black men (YSMBM). Despite growing awareness, there remains a significant gap in understanding how RSD intersects with individuals’ sexual positioning roles. Published in The Journal …
Read More »Largest COVID vaccine study yet evaluates adverse events of special interest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long COVID symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global vaccine safety study to date. The rare events—identified early in the pandemic—included a higher risk …
Read More »Behind the wheel: Navigating driving with epilepsy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Jessica Veach didn’t wait long enough at the stop sign. “You got too excited,” the instructor told her, writing a large “X” over her driving test. Veach, who was retaking the test after having epilepsy surgery, failed because of her rolling stop. She cried afterward. “I’m …
Read More »Researchers combine modern equipment for increased precision in body composition analysis
Female (top) and male (bottom) test set examples of model inputs and prediction comparisons. Two views of a participant 3D scan standardized to the T-pose, the actual DXA scan, the Pseudo-DXA model predicted scan, and the error map comparing the actual DXA to the Pseudo-DXA. Error maps represent percent error …
Read More »Ask a doc: ‘What causes hiccups, and how can I get rid of them?’
Most of us get the hiccups from time to time. While they can be annoying, they generally go away on their own before too long. But sometimes a stubborn case of the hiccups can go on for minutes or even up to an hour. If you’re at work or in …
Read More »Remission of Cushing’s disease associated with higher risk of developing autoimmune disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study of more than 250 persons undergoing surgical therapy for Cushing’s disease (CD) or nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) found that patients who achieved remission of CD were more likely than those with surgically treated NFPAs to develop new-onset autoimmune disease within three years after remission. …
Read More »Largest-ever COVID vaccine study links shot to small increase in heart and brain conditions
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Read More »Analysis identifies more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variations
Timeline and process overview. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02796-z An analysis of genomic data from nearly 250,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program has identified more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variations, nearly 4 million of which have potential health consequences. The …
Read More »Neural network model identifies distinct brain organization patterns in women and men
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study by Stanford Medicine investigators unveils a new artificial intelligence model that was more than 90% successful at determining whether scans of brain activity came from a woman or a man. The findings, published Feb. 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of …
Read More »Women may realize health benefits of regular exercise more than men
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women who exercise regularly have a significantly lower risk of an early death or fatal cardiovascular event than men who exercise regularly, even when women put in less effort, according to a new study. The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, …
Read More »Medical experts find 275 million new genetic variants in study which explains why some are more prone to disease
A study that analyzed the genetic code of a quarter of a million U.S. volunteers found more than 275 million entirely new variants that may help explain why some groups are more prone to disease than others, researchers reported on Monday. The whole genome sequencing data from a wide range …
Read More »Study finds women more likely than men to suffer from long COVID
Unadjusted relationship between BMI and Long COVID by sex. Credit: International Journal of Obesity (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01477-8 A new study by Western researchers has drawn a link between higher body mass index (BMI) in women and the likelihood of long COVID, but did not find the same link in men. …
Read More »Sleep expert on why people should prioritize sleep quality over quantity
When it comes to maintaining heart health, it’s not just how long you sleep — it’s how well you sleep that matters equally, if not more, said Dr. Shelby Harris, a behavioral sleep psychologist and clinical associate professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Poor quality sleep really can influence …
Read More »There’s a strong current of pandemic revisionism in the mainstream media, and it’s dangerous
Credit: CC0 Public Domain There is no clearer marker that we are now in the “after” phase of the pandemic, than the proliferation of public inquiries, reports on lessons learned and post hoc analyses. To reassess and agonize over how reasonable lockdown was is now a near-constant in the media, …
Read More »New approaches to live-track the production of different types of blood cells in mice
Credit: Dr. Iwo Kucinski, University of Cambridge Scientists have found a way to monitor in real time how bone marrow stem cells produce the different types of cells in the blood—a process called hematopoiesis. After creating a new mouse model to capture real-time cell behavior and the associated gene expression …
Read More »Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain
Multi-attribute information choice task for humans and monkeys. a,b, Choice procedure during the multi-attribute information choice tasks for humans (a) and monkeys. c, Examples showing offers that differ in several attributes, including expected reward (E[r]), uncertainty (Unc[r]) and informativeness (Info versus Noinfo). d, Info offers granted access to informative cues …
Read More »Pickleball-related fractures up significantly in older adults
As pickleball has gained in popularity, associated fractures have skyrocketed 90-fold since 2002, according to a study presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 12 to 16 in San Francisco. Yasmine S. Ghattas, from University of Central Florida in Orlando, and …
Read More »Study finds prevalence of long COVID varies geographically in the United States
There is geographic variation in the prevalence of long COVID in the United States, according to research published in the Feb. 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Nicole D. Ford, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data …
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