Molecular bridge mediates inhibitory synapse specificity in the cortex
(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have discovered that the cell adhesion protein IgSF11 determines the layer-specific synaptic connectivity of a distinct class of cortical interneurons. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
CHEST releases expert guidelines for lung cancer screening
(American College of Chest Physicians) The American College of Chest Physicians ® released a new clinical guideline, Screening for Lung Cancer: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report containing 16 evidence-based recommendations. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New lung cancer screening course focuses on shared decision making
(American College of Chest Physicians) The American College of Chest Physicians ® and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational program focused on shared decision making in lung cancer screening to assist healthcare workers with identifying eligible patients for lung cancer screening and helping patients make a well-informed decision about whether to be screened. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
'Neuroprosthesis' restores words to man with paralysis
(University of California - San Francisco) Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a " speech neuroprosthesis " that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a screen. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Methamphetamine use drove surge in heart failure hospitalizations, costs in California
(American Heart Association) Methamphetamine-related heart failure hospitalizations rose a staggering 585% between 2008 and 2018 in California.Costs associated with methamphetamine-related hospitalizations in California jumped even higher, 840%. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Like priming a pump, cells damaged by chronic lung disease can result in severe COVID
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) The results of a study by an international scientific team co-led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest that -- like pouring water atop a wellhead before pumping -- the airway cells of patients with chronic lung diseases are " primed " for infection by the COVID-19 virus, resulting in more severe symptoms, poorer outcomes and a greater likelihood of death. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Quantum physics helps destroy cancer cells
(Kyoto University) Cancer cell death is triggered within three days when X-rays are shone onto tumor tissue containing iodine-carrying nanoparticles. The iodine releases electrons that break the tumor's DNA, leading to cell death. The findings, by scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and colleagues in Japan and the US, were published in the journal Scientific Reports. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) A new study from the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in the journal Lancet Oncology, has found an association between alcohol and a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and oral cancers. Increased risk was evident even among light to moderate drinkers (up to two drinks a day), who represented 1 in 7 of all new cancers in 2020 and more than 100,000 cases worldwide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A history of drug dependence is associated with negative mental health outcomes
(University of Toronto) New research published online in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction found that Canadians with a history of drug dependence are much less likely to have flourishing mental health and are more likely to have mental illness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
1 million prize for plastics-to-protein research awarded to Steve Techtmann, Ting Lu
(Michigan Technological University) Steve Techtmann has won the 2021 Future Insight Prize -- awarded to innovative research in health, nutrition and energy -- for his food generator concept. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Taming the Huntington's disease proteome: Mass spectrometry may provide answers
(IOS Press) This review, published in the Journal of Huntington's Disease, brings together and recaps data from major published mass spectrometry studies undertaken in HD research over the last 20 years, identifying important changes that occur in HD. The authors encourage researchers to make greater use of these studies to accelerate the development of new treatments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a child's distress
(York University) York University pain research finds what you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a child's distress. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Are silver nanoparticles a silver bullet against microbes?
(University of Pittsburgh) Antimicrobials are used to kill or slow the growth of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. They are essential to preventing and treating infections, but they also pose a global threat to public health when microorganisms develop antimicrobial resistance. A University of Pittsburgh lab studied the mechanisms behind bacterial resistance to silver nanoparticles to determine if their ubiquitous use is a solution to this challenge or if it is perhaps fueling the fire. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New research aims to improve treatments and outcomes for people with severe asthma
(Cleveland Clinic) A new phase 2 clinical trial of multiple therapies for severe asthma is underway in Northeast Ohio, with a focus on personalized therapies based on genetics, family history, lifestyle and environmental factors.The Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Network (PrecISE) study, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI), is enrolling patients at Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies& Children's Hospital. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Google trends, the COVID-19 vaccine and infertility misinformation
(American Osteopathic Association) In an era of rampant misinformation, researchers review how misinformation regarding infertility and the COVID-19 vaccine spread. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
