Month: November 2022

Nov. 29, 2022 – Artificial intelligence could help improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical trials and drug development by overcoming some traditional human bias in these areas, but we’re not there yet, experts say. The technology could also assist doctors with data insights to make diagnosis and treatment more precise.  It starts with quality.

Looking for a diet that can help reduce dangerous visceral fat? The Green Mediterranean diet may be the one apt for the task. The Mediterranean diet (MED) has consistently been at the top of the list of healthiest diets people can engage in. In fact, it was once again number one on U.S. News &

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. “This evidence demonstrating enhanced pain sensitivity warrants changing the common belief that autistic

Nov. 29, 2022 – Deaths from heart disease and stroke among adults living in the United States have been on the decline since 2010. But the COVID-19 pandemic reversed that downward trend in 2020, new research shows.  It was as if COVID had wiped out 5 years of progress, pushing rates back to levels seen

You might want to take your vitamin D levels seriously. A new study has found low vitamin D levels are associated with premature death. Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA ) conducted the study — published in the journal Annals Of Internal Medicine – which found the severity of vitamin D deficiency was closely linked to

Findings from a Johns Hopkins Medicine research study published today in JAMA Network Open provide strong evidence that people who are pregnant and have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) can safely take the antiviral drug Paxlovid to reduce the possibility of severe disease. Based on our results, we feel that the

Did you put better nutrition on your list of  New Year’s resolutions? You can absolutely achieve that goal. But you’ll want to set yourself up for success.  The problem: “Most people have unrealistic expectations,” says Cynthia Sass, a nutritionist and author. “They decide this is the year they’re going to completely change everything about their

veryone at some point has heard of or been told about the importance of drinking at least eight glasses of water per day. A new study put this axiom to the test and found surprising results. The study, published in the journal Science, found that the quantity of daily consumption of water depends on factors such

Researchers have developed a deep learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10-year risk of death from a heart attack or stroke, stemming from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Results of the study were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Deep learning is an advanced

For most her life, Christina Suchon has lived with depression. Through the ups and downs, one thing that’s helped her  is writing in a journal. “Even if it’s just total negative, garbage nonsense that I’m scribbling on a page, it helps clear my mind and figure out what is exactly bothering me,” says Suchon, who

A new study has found that migraine has long-lasting effects on the brain that effectively change brain structure. What’s more, these changes are visible under an MRI scan. “In people with chronic migraine and episodic migraine without aura, there are significant changes in the perivascular spaces of a brain region called the centrum semiovale,” study

A large number of health-related benefits of probiotics have led to the development of a new discipline called probiogenomics, which focuses on the molecular mechanisms of probiotic activities. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the next-generation probiotics satisfy the scope of “live biotherapeutic products” (LBPs), which could be used to develop effective

Are you looking for an activity to help ease mental health issues? You might want to give recreational fishing a try. Fishing has been touted as an activity that can help reduce stress, allow one to enjoy the outdoors and also boost mood and self-esteem. That is in addition to the physical benefits of the activity. In a new

Just as bricks are key components in constructing a building, molecules known as amino acids are essential components in constructing proteins in the body. Recently, researchers in Japan investigated the role of a particular group of amino acids, known as D-amino acids, in the progression of viruses like influenza A virus (IAV) and Sars CoV-2,