Labconco, a laboratory and pharmacy equipment manufacturing company with locations in Kansas City, MO and Fort Scott, KS, has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for IV Hoods (Primary Engineering Controls) with Premier, Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company and group purchasing organization (GPO). Effective July 1, 2022, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage […]

According to a recent study published in the journal Cell Reports, a diet rich in soy protein increases human Clostridioides difficile susceptibility by increasing the gut amino acids (AAs) levels and promoting the growth of Lactobacillus. Lactobacillus, in turn, digest soy protein to produce amino acids, which again facilitates C. difficile, and hence, Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). Report: Dietary-protein sources modulate host susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive eye disease affecting 600,000 people in the UK. Its sufferers include Oscar-winning actress […]

Vaccination chiefs revive plans to give chickenpox jabs on the NHS at same time as MMR shot – as more than 20 die each year Vaccine chiefs may offer all babies jabs to protect them against chickenpox More than 20 die of chickenpox each year in the UK and more are hospitalised Joint Committee on Vaccination And Immunisation could revive the […]

A new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows how rises in core body temperature may trigger the inflammatory flares in people with a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease. The recessive disorder, called mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), is caused by mutations in the gene for mevalonate kinase, an essential enzyme present in all cells in the body. Lack of […]

In the United States, suicide is the second leading cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds, eclipsed only by unintentional deaths such as from an auto accident. With lawmakers, educators and other stakeholders increasingly concerned about the deteriorating mental health of youth today—and that population’s tendency to live out so much of their lives online—the phenomenon of digital self-harm is […]

Researchers in the United States published a study in the journal PLOS Pathogens that examined the shedding of infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virions despite vaccination against it. Study: Shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 despite vaccination. Image Credit: MrSquid / Shutterstock Background The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant was first identified in March 2021 and was linked to an upsurge in the […]

Memory is one of the building blocks of the brain. It can help keep us safe — that red stove burner is hot, don’t touch it! — and forms the basis of our identities and narratives about our lives. So how does the brain store memories and retrieve them? The simplest answer is that the human brain reshapes itself with […]

Saturday Kitchen Live: Ed Balls discusses his mother's dementia We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Dementia is a disease that kills tens of thousands each year […]

Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, affects about 3% of adults and 20% of children around the world. Researchers from the Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences used a mouse model to show that cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) to be a potential treatment for atopic dermatitis with little to no side effects. Experts see CAP as having a “great deal […]