Cart is empty Scientists at UCLA’s Olympic Analytical Laboratory turned their sophisticated analytical capabilities for testing athlete samples for performance-enhancing drugs to research examining the U.S. meat supply as part of a study led by Texas Tech. The study was designed to investigate concerns that residues of growth promoters used in meat production could potentially cause athletes to test positive.
Machine learning uncovers social risk clusters linked to suicide across the US
Using machine learning technology, a new study has identified three distinct profiles describing social and economic factors that are associated with a higher risk of suicide. Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons led the research that showed suicide rates vary significantly across the three clusters and that the patterns differ geographically across the United States.
Social, cultural and economic status can affect risk of receiving risky medication
People with low wealth and income have up to 85% higher risk of receiving risky medication compared to the most affluent Danes. This is shown by a comprehensive national study led by researchers from Aarhus University, published in the journal PLOS Medicine.
Let-7 gene is a key guardian of healthy lungs that keeps pulmonary fibrosis in check, study finds
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is involved in lung repair and in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a common and severe class of adult lung diseases linked to respiratory failure.
Migraine drug can also help with symptoms that occur before the actual headache begins
A drug to treat migraine, ubrogepant, is also found to reduce common non-headache symptoms that occur in the hours preceding a migraine headache, according to the results of a large phase three clinical trial published in Nature Medicine. The findings suggest that ubrogepant may be the first acute treatment for the symptoms that occur before migraine, which have a considerable impact on daily function.
Older adults with active social circles report better health, study finds
A new study sheds light on the powerful connection between social networks and health in later life and reveals a surprising path for improving health equity among older adults.
Promising results after CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia and lymphoma
Swedish cancer patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy show better survival rates and fewer side effects than seen in previous studies. This is shown in a new compilation of Swedish treatment results conducted by researchers in the SWECARNET network.
US funding cuts have crippled our HIV work. What’s being lost?
The Trump administration’s cuts to funding for scientific research have left many scientists reeling and very worried. At the National Institutes of Health in the US, which has an annual budget of US$47 billion to support medical research both in the US and around the world, nearly 800 grants have been terminated. The administration is considering cutting the overall budget of the National Institutes of Health by 40%.
Forgotten cell clusters may hold key to diabetic neuropathy pain
A phenomenon largely ignored since its discovery 100 years ago appears to be a crucial component of diabetic pain, according to new research from The University of Texas at Dallas’s Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS).
How obstructive sleep apnea affects memory and brain function
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), commonly associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, also plays a significant but less recognized role in memory decline, according to a new review published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.