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"Imagine it’s construction season in Michigan. Normally, it might take you 10 to 15 minutes to get from point A to point B. "But when there is construction, it slows you down, now taking 15 to 20 minutes. And if the highway is closed, it might take you even longer." Irving Vega is describing what [...]
Regular exercise is good for us. Or so we keep being told. We know that being physically active helps manage weight, strengthens bones and muscles, keeps the brain active, improves mental health and mood, and reduces the risk of developing certain diseases. However, it seems that in some cases, exercise could actually be detrimental to [...]
A six-month study of healthy older men is the latest to support the positive benefits of taking multivitamin and multimineral supplements on key nutrition biomarkers. The research led by Oregon State University's Tory Hagen and Alexander Michels has also shown that the changes in nutrition status could have direct connections to cellular function, measured by the [...]
Multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has teamed up with 'young' Chinese biotech Cholesgen to develop new drugs to target high cholesterol and related metabolic diseases. The three-year collaboration will see Shanghai-based Cholesgen receive an initial payment and a pre-defined license package for each qualified drug candidate nominated by UK-headquartered AstraZeneca to progress into clinical development. The [...]
Suffering from an inflammatory bowel condition such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, could increase the risk of having a stroke in later life, according to a new study. Research published in the online journal Neurology suggests that those with inflammatory bowel disease are 13% more likely to have a stroke up to 25 years [...]
An oral robotic pill could soon provide an alternative to painful injections in treating osteoporosis and other chronic diseases. Teriparatide (PTH 1-34) has for decades been a proven and effective medication for rebuilding brittle bones characteristic of osteoporosis. But the drug, which was launched by Eli Lilly under the brand name Forteo, has to be [...]
The initial four patients have been enrolled in a first-of-its-kind trial to test a treatment for so-called 'brain tsunamis' often suffered by heart attack and stroke victims. The phenomenon - officially called spreading depolarisations (SD) - can see brain cells die for weeks following head trauma. This is because damaging seizure-like electrical waves can spread [...]
Visually impaired iPhone users can now download two new free apps developed to give them more autonomy in their everyday lives. Created by a team based at the University of Michigan, VizLens is essentially a screen reader that employs a person's smartphone camera to allow them to understand and operate a variety of interfaces in [...]
Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are restricting patients' access to hip replacement surgery, researchers claim. A study by the University of Bristol published in BMC Medicine criticises the rules put in place more than a decade ago by NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across England to [...]
Human papillomavirus (HPV) related throat and mouth cancers could soon be among the most common forms of the disease in adults between the ages of 45 and 65. Experts in the United States are becoming increasingly concerned about the rapidly rising rates of middle throat cancer, known medically as oropharyngeal cancer. If the trend continues [...]
