Nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, can inhibit aggressive cell transformations during wound healing and may be key to the development of therapies to treat fibrotic eye diseases that impair vision, according to a new Mount Sinai study published on Thursday, April 2, in Stem Cell Reports. The findings apply to a condition in which […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting daily routines around the world. Overwhelmed hospitals, desolate schools, ghostly towns and self-isolation echo a campy horror flick, but an all too real one. Companies are laying people off by the thousands, the service industry is teetering on the brink of collapse, and socialist ideas suddenly don’t sound so bad […]
Personalized blood biopsies, which scan patient blood samples for genetic traces of cancer, could potentially provide an earlier warning of metastatic cancer before it is picked up through standard monitoring. Researchers in the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have increased the sensitivity of […]
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have made a potentially exciting discovery by jumping into the abyss of the dark side of the genome. Once dismissed as “junk DNA,” roughly 75 percent of the human genome do not code for proteins. But these dark regions of the genome are far from junk—instead, they may hold […]
People who spent their childhood or early adulthood in the Stroke Belt are more likely to develop cognitive impairment later in life, even if they have moved away, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020—Feb. 19-21 in Los Angeles, a world premier meeting for researchers and […]
Tall, slim girls are more likely to develop endometriosis – a common condition that can cause infertility, study warns Endometriosis, which affects 10% of women, makes it harder to get pregnant The study was based on research on more than 170,000 girls aged seven to 13 Researchers suspect the endometriosis is linked to higher levels […]
The ketogenic diet, popular among athletes seeking a performance edge and people hoping to lose weight, may harm bone health in the long term. Australian research has found that athletes on the keto diet showed impaired markers of bone health, possibly due to inflammation caused by low intake of carbohydrates. The ketogenic diet may not […]
Putrescine, the compound responsible for perhaps the foulest odor in nature—the smell of decomposing flesh—may also be a remedy for atherosclerosis and other chronic inflammatory diseases, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. This unusual discovery stems from an investigation into the body’s process for removing dead cells […]
The proof that positive thinking may help you heal faster: Rebecca Wallersteiner tells how she went to a string of parties without knowing she had fractured her hip and credits her optimistic outlook Rebecca Wallersteiner didn’t realise her hip injury was so severe following fall Consultant orthopaedic surgeon said she had fractured neck of her […]
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Heart problems are often associated with older people. But every year about 1 in 110 children in the United States are born with congenital heart disease, which include a variety of defects ranging from holes in the heart to malformed or missing valves and chambers. These […]
