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Edible flowers bloom with health benefits

Rss Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 00:25
Study analyzes the bioactive compounds, antioxidant activities, and aroma profiles of four edible flowers, contributing to their nutritional and health value understanding.

Research explores the health benefits of resistant starch in plant-based diets

Rss Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 00:02
Review evaluates the role of resistant starch in promoting health and its retention through food processing methods, highlighting the gap in current dietary intake and the potential for improving global health through enhanced resistant starch consumption in plant-based foods.

Rising antimicrobial resistance in STIs: A call for global action

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:47
Review delves into the rising challenge of antimicrobial resistance in sexually transmitted infections, underscoring the need for innovative treatments and the critical role of global surveillance in managing diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis.

Long genes linked to faster biological aging

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:17
What causes our body to age? Four complementary studies, including one from Northwestern Medicine, have come to the same conclusion: long genes.

Can you spot the difference? Study explores the appeal of AI-generated vs. real food images

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:14
Study in Food Quality and Preference explores the distinguishability and appeal of AI-generated versus real food images, revealing insights into consumer perceptions and the influence of image disclosure on appeal.

Study sheds new light on the link between women's menstrual cycles, emotions, and sleep patterns

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:06
Women experience disruptions in their sleep patterns and report heightened feelings of anger in the days leading up to their period, according to new research.

Chicago's children face widespread lead exposure in drinking water

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 22:52
Study in JAMA Pediatrics reveals widespread lead exposure through drinking water among Chicago's children under six, with disparities in exposure and testing rates highlighting the need for targeted public health interventions.

Study explores how the brain creates a cohesive sense of body position and movement

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 19:06
How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body parts? The sense is known as proprioception, and it is something like a "sixth sense", allowing us to move freely without constantly watching our limbs.

Researchers discover the lungs communicate directly with the brain to induce sickness symptoms

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:45
University of Calgary researchers have discovered the lungs communicate directly with the brain when there is an infection.

Smoking linked to increased abdominal fat

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:28
The worry of gaining weight is a common excuse for smokers not to quit.

Weill Cornell Medicine receives $1.65 million grant for groundbreaking RNA research

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:50
A team led by Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.65 million grant for RNA research under a biotechnology-development program run by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Researchers identify mechanism behind COVID-19 related brain fog

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:43
Among the many confounding symptoms in patients recovering from a COVID-19 infection are memory loss and difficulty learning.

Ideal cardiovascular health in young adults slashes risk of heart, stroke, and kidney disease

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:35
An analysis of health data for nearly 4 million young adults in Korea found that those who had ideal cardiovascular health had about a 65% lower risk of developing heart disease, stroke or kidney disease later in life compared to people with low heart health scores, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention│Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024, March 18- 21, in Chicago.

Study highlights global fertility decline and its implications for the future

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:27
The world is approaching a low-fertility future. Although by 2100 more than 97% of countries and territories will have fertility rates below what is necessary to sustain population size over time, comparatively high fertility rates in numerous low-income countries, predominantly in western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa, will continue to drive population increases in these locations throughout the century.

US and UK experience high levels of working-age mortality compared to high-income countries

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:18
A new study by researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) and Princeton University reveals that US working-age adults are dying at higher rates than their peers in high-income countries; the UK is also falling behind.

Low-dose boost of radiotherapy keeps young breast cancer patients recurrence-free

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 17:01
The vast majority of young patients given a low-dose boost of radiotherapy to the site where their breast cancer was removed in addition to whole breast radiotherapy, remained free of local recurrence after ten years, according to results of the 'Young boost trial' presented at the 14th European Breast Cancer Conference.

Innovative study on asthma inflammation funded by NIH/NIAID grant

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 16:48
In a significant stride for respiratory medicine, Lundquist Institute (TLI) investigator Nicholas Jendzjowsky, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID).

Prenatal topiramate exposure not associated with increased autism risk among children

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 16:43
Topiramate—an antiseizure medication prescribed to treat epilepsy as well as migraines and bipolar disorder—does not appear to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children exposed to it prenatally, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Study challenges previously held views on brain preservation in archaeology

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 16:32
Soft tissue preservation in the geological record is relatively rare, and, except where deliberate intervention halts the process of decay (like embalming or freezing), the survival of entire organs is particularly unusual.

Social isolation may accelerate biological aging and raise mortality risk

Rss Feed - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 16:16
A new study from Mayo Clinic finds that socially isolated people are more likely to show signs of being biologically older than their age and more likely to die from a variety of causes.

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