Two recently published studies by UW Medicine researchers indicate that clinicians should offer non-pharmaceutical help for pain, fatigue, depression, or anxiety at the time of diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis, rather than wait. The first study, published in the April 2022 edition of the Multiple Sclerosis Journal, noted that clinically-significant levels of pain, fatigue and depression, as well as […]

A gene variant in the natural immune system influences the risk for blood clots in the lungs of severely ill COVID-19 patients. This has been documented in a new study by researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet that has now been published in Nature Immunology. “With this study, we are a step closer in explaining why COVID-19 patients have […]

With close to 50 face transplants carried out in 11 countries around the world to date, a new report addresses the urgent need to set a standard of care to ensure the procedure is ethical and as safe and effective as possible for patients. The report, led by the University of York and King’s College Policy Institute, is designed as […]

Bottom Line: Acute stress can be detrimental to fighting off infection, especially COVID-19, and increases the chance of dying in mouse models. This study is the first to show how specific regions in the brain control the body's cellular immune response while under acute stress and infected with COVID-19 or influenza. More specifically, it demonstrated that acute stress prompts neurons […]

A recent study out of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna paves the way to a deeper insight into the complexity of the human brain, one of the largest and most sophisticated organs in the human body. The study—which develops a mathematical and computational framework for analyzing neural activity in C. elegans, a tiny worm that has been used as […]

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) found the majority of older adults want to stay in their own home as they age. However, given the natural decline in health that comes with aging, some older adults may have to move into a nursing home or assisted-living facility to receive more intensive levels of care. To help older adults live […]

Olfactory receptors, present on the surface of sensory neurons in the nasal cavity, recognize odorant molecules and relay this information to the brain. How do these neurons manage to detect a large variability of signals and adapt to different levels of stimulation? A joint team from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva […]

As of May 29, 2022, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 525 million worldwide and caused over 6.2 million deaths. SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause a variety of symptoms, which can include multisystem organ failure and death in a subset of patients. Study: Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and COVID-19 severity: a prospective cohort study. Image Credit: Lemberg […]

Monkeypox: Dr Chris outlines the main symptoms 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 Monkeypox – a rare viral infection that’s found in Africa – is spreading […]

Tom Hanks delivers ceremonial first pitch at baseball game 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 The actor, 65, first opened up about his Type 2 diabetes […]