Cart is empty Exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are some of the ways in which we can keep our blood vessels flexible, enabling them to retain the ability to pump blood around the body. This is not only important for the body, but also for the brain. A new study suggests that a healthy heart may help prevent Alzheimer’s—and this gives hope for new treatments.
Enteric-coated aspirin found as effective, but not safer, than regular aspirin
Research led by the Ochsner Medical Center, Louisiana, has found no significant differences in effectiveness or safety outcomes between enteric-coated and uncoated aspirin in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Tumor-destroying sound waves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of sound waves to break down tumors—a technique called histotripsy—in humans for liver treatment.
Interpreting large-scale medical datasets: Generative model enables multi-scale representations of cells and samples
The increasing amount of data recorded in medical research can only lead to scientific breakthroughs and essential therapies for patients if interpreted and analyzed correctly. Computer scientists at Helmholtz Munich developed a generative model named scPoli (single-cell population level integration), that performs data integration of high-quality large-scale datasets of single cells to create valuable single-cell reference maps of the human body, so-called single-cell atlases, for medical research.
Cage smugglers
OUT of the many forces that distort the economy, smuggling is right there on the top along with corruption.
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Two-year-old Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
A two-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the health ministry said Monday night, the second death recorded in the country in two days.
A mother mouse needs a diverse gut microbiome to form a healthy placenta
The bacteria found naturally in the digestive tract do a lot more than help digest food.
Clinical trial demonstrates benefits of solriamfetol for adults with ADHD
Although several medications are approved to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some individuals experience limited benefits from the drugs or develop side effects from their use.
Cytomegalovirus encodes protein to achieve balance between anti-apoptosis and immune evasion
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a β-herpesvirus that infects most of the world’s population and poses a serious threat to human health. The constant exposure of HCMV to the innate immune system makes this virus evolve a rich arsenal of immune evasion strategies.
ANNUAL COTTON PRODUCTION IN ZAMBIA DROPS BY 90 PERCENT
By PRINCE MABUMBA
ZAMBIA’S Cotton production is estimated to have dropped by 90 percent in the last 10 years following frustrationS by farmers.
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