Internet search trends may immediately capture how society seeks information related to reproductive health care, according to new research from Indiana University researchers. The study, published today in JAMA Health Forum, analyzed internet searches for abortion- and contraception-related terms following the June 24, 2022, ruling by the United States Supreme Court on Dobbs v. Jackson
SAN DIEGO – Emerging biomarkers and treatments offer more options to diagnose and manage Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias, but high costs and potentially serious complications mean using them with caution, said a presenter at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. Dementia prevalence is increasing as the proportion of the U.S. population older
In a recent study published in PLOS Medicine, researchers developed a novel method for objective assessment of the effect Mediterranean Diet on type II diabetes (T2D), which used composite nutritional biomarkers. Study: A nutritional biomarker score of the Mediterranean diet and incident type 2 diabetes: Integrated analysis of data from the MedLey randomised controlled trial and
‘He was found slumped in the driver’s seat, with the engine still running,’ says Jill Sims, 55. ‘A passer-by phoned for help, but nothing could be done.’ Jill’s husband of 27 years, Dave, had been heading to meet his three sons, Nathanial, 25, Josh, 24, and Anthony, 22, in March 2022. But the dad-of-three never
Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for infants, as it consists of bioactive factors and essential nutrients that support the growth, development, and health of the baby. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a complex group of glycans, are abundantly found in human milk and have health-promoting factors. A recent Nutrients journal study investigated the link
Cancer symptoms are not always the easiest to spot, ticking off every sign from the list. This means that knowing what to look for is key. One sign, pointing to the deadly condition, could crop up during night-time, according to a doctor. Dr Deborah Lee, from Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, said: “Many cancer symptoms may
The recent approval of the first oral fecal-derived microbiota therapy to prevent the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection in patients was welcome news for physicians who’ve struggled under the weight of having too few treatment options for the prevention of C. diff recurrence. The product, developed by Massachusetts-based Seres Therapeutics and marketed as Vowst, was approved by
Neuroscientists have uncovered how exploratory actions enable animals to learn their spatial environment more efficiently. Their findings could help build better AI agents that can learn faster and require less experience. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL found the instinctual exploratory runs that animals carry out are not
When Glenn Janssen decided to file a claim for disability benefits with the Veterans Affairs Department last year, he dreaded the prospect of dealing with federal bureaucracy and paperwork. Janssen, 57, lives in Portugal with his wife and has worked as a government contractor since leaving the Army in 2004. The Gulf War-era and Louisiana
A new study has found that migraine attacks experienced by cisgender women during menstruation may be the result of an increase in the peptide CGRP, which has been linked to migraines. This increase corresponded in the study to a reduction in estrogen that occurs during menstruation. The study did not find an increase in CGRP
Research led by Maynooth University and published today in the journal Science Signaling has found that the protein MYC is essential for MAIT cell growth, proliferation, metabolism and function. The latest findings are of critical importance to the study of MAIT cells and the development of metabolic disease such as obesity. A team of researchers
Results from the NRG Oncology RTOG 0631 clinical trial comparing stereotactic vs. conventional radiotherapy for localized vertebral metastases of the spine did not meet its primary endpoint. Data from the study suggests that radiosurgery was not considered superior in terms of pain responses at 3 months following treatment, and even displayed worse pain response, than
Two recent papers from researchers in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Cancer Center have advanced the understanding of treatment-resistant pediatric tumors, both in assessing a novel treatment and in characterizing the role of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) in these refractory tumors. The first paper, published recently in the journal Cancer, provided data from
Brain tumour: Cancer Research UK on 'different types' in 2017 Clare Danswan, now 37, from Swindon, Wiltshire, was told she had epilepsy when she started experiencing a change in her movements as a child. After three years of back and forth with doctors, Clare eventually received a shocking diagnosis of a brain tumour when she
Pregnancy announcements are the best. We could lose hours on TikTok watching women show their partners positive pregnancy tests or revealing the news in another creative way. And who could forget some of the iconic ways celebrities have announced their news, like Keke Palmer’s Saturday Night Live surprise, or the tear-jerking reveals, like Chrissy Teigen’s
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