Category: Health News

Motivation/pleasure deficits, not expression impairments, contribute to social dysfunction in schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia is a complex neurodevelopmental and brain disorder associated with a wide range of psychopathology affecting cognition, emotion and thinking processes. Although diagnosis of schizophrenia is mainly based on positive symptoms like hallucination and delusion, the ultimate functional outcome of patients with schizophrenia is mainly determined by negative symptoms such as anhedonia, amotivation and expressive

Single bacteriophage used to treat immunocompromised patient with antibiotic resistant infection

A team of researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California San Diego used a single bacteriophage to treat an immunocompromised patient with an antibiotic-resistant infection. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes how they found the right bacteriophage for the patient and

What Role Does Biochemistry Play in Marine Biology?

Introduction Cyanobacteria Toxins Reactive Oxygen Species Coral Bleaching How Biochemistry Can Aid the Future References  Further Reading Although the subjects of marine biology and biochemistry do not seem to be an obvious pairing, there are a lot of overlaps. The biochemical processes that specialized organisms have developed to live in niche marine environments are a

The Biochemistry of Human Milk

Introduction Lipids Carbohydrates Protein Conclusion References Further Reading Human milk is a complex and unique fluid tissue that provides nourishment to neonates. The complicated nature of human breast milk differentiates it from all other mammalian milk and there is much that still needs to be uncovered. Human breast milk. Image Credit: Nor Gal/Shutterstock.com The understanding

Fruit flies synchronize the movements of their heads and bodies to stabilize their vision and fly

Fruit flies synchronize the movements of their heads and bodies to stabilize their vision and fly effectively, according to Penn State researchers who utilized virtual-reality flight simulators. The finding appears to hold true in primates and other animals, the researchers say, indicating that animals evolved to move their eyes and bodies independently to conserve energy

Decentralizing PrEP Offers a Roadmap for Retention

Good solutions have great roadmaps.  For HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the road map might just be that of contraceptive care. Once an onerous process, over time contraceptive care exploded into a range of options across a broad landscape in terms of approach and accessibility. How then do organizations help vulnerable patients navigate their PrEP journeys

Noninvasive Esophageal Cancer Screening May Reach More Patients

A rise in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) cases and deaths showcases a need for noninvasive screening methods that can be performed by nonendoscopists, such as nurses or technicians, according to a presentation at the 2022 AGA Tech Summit that reviewed the new approaches. AGA’s annual innovation summit is sponsored by the AGA Center for GI Innovation

GPs vote AGAINST closing doors at 5pm following fury over plans

‘How on earth would this help?’ GPs vote AGAINST surgeries closing at 5pm following fury over radical plan but demand ‘safe working limits’ for ‘intolerable’ £100,000-a-year jobs Some GPs argued reducing surgeries hours to boost recruitment and retention Controversial motion was defeated with just under two-thirds voting against  But a motion demanding ‘safer working limits’ for ‘inhumane’ workloads

mRNA boosters enhance neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3

A study recently published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe has described that all three sublineages of the omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibit similar host cell entry efficiency and are neutralized equally by antibodies generated in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) booster vaccination. However, these sublineages exhibit