Researchers know that a higher dietary inflammatory index (DII) is linked to an increased risk of inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and therefore, mortality. Would a Mediterranean diet help? A new study sought to answer this question through a randomized trial comparing the habitual diet to the Mediterranean diet (HD vs. MD, respectively) in Australian adults. Study: Adherence to a […]
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers explored the effects of prior severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection. Study: The effect of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection and relation with serological response – a prospective cohort study. Image […]
As the University of California's health system renews contracts with hundreds of outside hospitals and clinics — many with religious affiliations — some of its doctors and faculty want stronger language to ensure that physicians can perform the treatments they deem appropriate, including abortions for women or hysterectomies for transgender patients. University of California Health […]
A new study by the University of Barcelona has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. The results, published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, show that liposomes designed by researchers are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that has been used as a model inside the […]
You’ve heard the saying/warning probably a million times since you were a teenager: “Once a cheater, always a cheater.” The assumption is that a person can have many flaws and make several relationship mistakes — he or she can lie to you, say mean things in anger or even squander money without telling you about […]
Researchers developed a portable and low-cost macroscopic mapping system for all-optical cardiac electrophysiology with applications in drug development and personalized treatments. (a) Schematic of the imaging system. (b) The actual setup. Credit: Heinson, Han, and Entcheva, doi 10.1117/1.JBO.28.1.016001. The heart is an electromechanical organ whose functioning can be captured in the form of electrical voltage […]
(Reuters) -AbbVie Inc on Tuesday raised its 2025 sales forecast of its newer immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq to more than $17.5 billion as it hopes to replace the loss of revenue from its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira. The company’s previous sales outlook for Skyrizi and Rinvoq in 2025 was more than $15 billion. […]
Bivalent vaccines target omicron alongside the original strain of COVID. Credit: Lithiumphoto/Shutterstock Vaccines have played a major role in mitigating the harms of the COVID pandemic since their rollout began just over two years ago. They’re estimated to have saved tens of millions of lives across the globe. The initial crop of COVID vaccines were […]
For people who do not have health insurance through an employer or are not yet eligible for Medicare, there is still time to enroll in a plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. In most states, the clock is ticking. The open enrollment period for 2023 health plans began November 1 and ends in […]
Graphical Abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111974 In science, how you ask a question is often as important as what you ask. The lab of cell biologist Philipp Niethammer, Ph.D., of the Sloan Kettering Institute at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), studies fast-acting mechanisms of inflammation that protect our bodies against infection—but which […]
