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Sugars and microbiome in mother’s milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection

28.11.2018 Health Problems

Using a multidisciplinary approach, an international team of researchers from several institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, reveals that complex interactions between sugars and the microbiome in human milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection. Reported in the journal Nature Communications, this study provides new understanding of rotavirus infections in newborns and identifies maternal components that could improve the performance of live, […]

Treating COPD patients for anxiety using CBT reduces hospital visits and is cost-effective

23.11.2018 Health Problems

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by respiratory nurses is cost-effective and reduces anxiety symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, according to research published in ERJ Open Research. COPD is a long-term condition that causes inflammation in the lungs, narrowing of the airways and damaged lung tissue, making breathing difficult. Anxiety often occurs alongside COPD and can mean that […]

Exercise, diet and wellness apps are powerful learning resources for young people, study finds

10.11.2018 Health Problems

Research undertaken at the University of Birmingham has found that young people are able to judge which health related apps are relevant to their age and bodies, are able to source appropriate digital content as well as dismiss app content that might be harmful to them. The research published today (Wednesday 7th November 2018) in the journal Learning, Media and […]

Doctor and dad duo design new ‘cancer maps’ to aid diagnosis

09.11.2018 Health Problems

A GP has joined forces with his dad to invent a new online mind-mapping tool for doctors that aims to help GPs speed up cancer diagnosis. Dr. Ben Noble, a GP at the Woodbrook practice in Loughborough and one of Cancer Research UK’s 16 GP Leads across the country, teamed up with his dad Patrick Noble, a retired computer programmer, […]

Key molecule responsible for learning and memory discovered

06.11.2018 Health Problems

Unlike old dogs, old adults can indeed learn new tricks thanks to a protein molecule called netrin. Netrin is known to help set up the healthy nervous system in an infant’s developing brain by directing brain cells to make appropriate connections with other brain cells. New research conducted by scientists at The Neuro has found that netrin in the adult […]

Complication of broken heart syndrome associated with both short- and long-term risk of death

05.11.2018 Health Problems

When patients with broken heart syndrome survive a life-threatening complication that renders the heart suddenly unable to pump enough blood, they remain at greater risk of death for years afterwards, according to research to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2018. The study will also be simultaneously published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. […]

Potential markers identified for early detection and prevention of liver cancer

31.10.2018 Health Problems

Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, claiming 700,000 lives each year. Most cases are discovered too late for a cure—but now a study offers hope of early detection, and targets for new treatments. Published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, the results show a dramatic increase in expression of sugar-burning ‘glycolytic’ enzymes in precancerous […]

Ground-breaking discovery finds new link between autoimmune diseases and a gut bacterium

29.10.2018 Health Problems

Could microbes in our guts be sending out the wrong message? Queen’s University Belfast researchers have, for the first time, found a specific microbe in the gut that pumps out protein molecules that mimic a human protein, causing the human defence system to turn on its own cells by mistake. The culprit in this case is called Bacteroides fragilis, a […]

Researchers find bacteria residing in guts of mice come from mother and remain nearly constant over many generations

27.10.2018 Health Problems

A team of researchers at the University of California has found that bacteria residing in the guts of mice are mainly obtained from their mothers and their microbiome makeup remains nearly the same over many generations. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their experiments with house mice and what they learned. Prior research has shown […]

Head and neck cancer survivors at increased risk of suicide

26.10.2018 Health Problems

Despite improved survival rates among cancer patients, the risk of death by suicide remains high, especially among those treated for head and neck cancers. The findings, by Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, PH.D., MPH, assistant professor of otolaryngology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and faculty member at the Saint Louis University Cancer Center, were published in the latest issue of […]

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