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A blueprint for personality change: Key mechanisms and stability forces

3 hours 23 min ago
Review explores the four main components—preconditions, triggers, reinforcers, and integrators—that facilitate personality change, alongside forces that maintain stability and prevent significant alterations in personality.

Genetic key to milder COVID: Certain genes slash severity and death risk in older men

3 hours 39 min ago
Study found that certain genetic variants in the IL1RN gene significantly reduce COVID-19-related inflammation and mortality in patients, with notable improvements observed in older men carrying specific single-nucleotide variants.

Study sheds new light on the heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:58
A landmark study by the German Diabetes Center (DDZ), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, sheds new light on the heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes.

Discovering the on-switch for rare genetic inflammatory diseases

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:54
University of Queensland researchers have discovered how the 'on-switch' for the body's inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.

Artichoke's health secret, traditional remedy to modern marvel

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:48
Study highlights the artichoke's nutritional benefits and its potential to improve cardiovascular health, exhibit neuroprotective effects, and offer antimicrobial properties, emphasizing its value beyond dietary use.

Unmet social needs negatively impact quality of life of dementia patients and caregivers

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:48
People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected, according to experts at UC San Francisco and Harvard, who made the recommendations after finding that both groups experienced declines in social well-being as the disease progressed.

Study uncovers how APOBEC enzymes drive cancer mutations

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:41
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered the key role that the APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B enzymes play in driving cancer mutations by modifying the DNA in tumor genomes, offering potential new targets for intervention strategies.

Early sips to adult slips: How sweet drinks in childhood fatten future

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 23:34
Early life sweet drink consumption is significantly linked to greater adiposity and less healthy dietary patterns in adulthood, highlighting the need for targeted dietary interventions for young children.

Ownership-based text messages boost COVID booster uptake

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 22:42
New research published in Nature Human Behavior suggests that text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster.

Study reveals why COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 22:34
Researchers at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases investigating the antibody response following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

8-hour time-restricted eating schedule may increase heart disease mortality

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 22:29
An analysis of over 20,000 U.S. adults found that people who limited their eating across less than 8 hours per day, a time-restricted eating plan, were more likely to die from cardiovascular disease compared to people who ate across 12-16 hours per day, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention│Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024, March 18- 21, in Chicago.

Researchers study newborn piglets to better understand the progression of influenza

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 22:24
Although prevention and treatment strategies are available for influenza, they are not sufficient for vulnerable populations such as young children and newborns.

COVID-19 knocks down scoring skills in footballers, study shows

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 21:13
Study investigates the technical performance of football attackers post-COVID-19, revealing significant changes in key performance indicators and suggesting a quick recovery to pre-pandemic levels, with elite players experiencing less impact.

Study highlights cannabis use linked to mental health risks in youth

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 18:25
Review in Epidemiologia examines the negative mental health impacts of cannabis use among young people in Australia and the US, revealing increased risks of depression, anxiety, suicide, psychosis, and cannabis use disorders.

Study reveals daily food environment exposure shapes fast food habits

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 18:01
Study investigates the influence of daily exposure to various food environments on dietary choices, focusing on fast food outlet visits and revealing that proximity to fast food during daily activities significantly impacts consumption patterns.

Study shows how heteroresistance can act as a precursor to antibiotic resistance

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 15:59
A new study shows how heteroresistance, a transient resistance common in many bacteria, can act as a precursor to the development of antibiotic resistance.

Kallistatin expression increases after weight loss, study reveals

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 15:52
After weight loss, people with overweight and obesity express more of the protein Kallistatin* in subcutaneous white adipose tissue.

Study reveals the inner workings of gene mutations linked to ultra-rare syndrome

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 15:43
A team from the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has completed an exciting new study that reveals the inner workings of gene mutations that result in an ultra-rare syndrome with fewer than 100 reported cases since its first description in the early 1960s.

New fluid biomarker may one day detect ALS and FTD before symptoms appear

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 15:39
Two progressively degenerative diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD, recently in the news with the diagnoses of actor Bruce Willis and talk show host Wendy Williams), are linked by more than the fact that they both damage nerve cells critical to normal functioning -; the former affecting nerves in the brain and spinal cord leading to loss of movement, the latter eroding the brain regions controlling personality, behavior and language.

Mouse models shed light on the effects of metformin use during pregnancy on offspring

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 15:34
With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently.

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