It was a medical mystery: When University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists induced a particular genetic mutation in mouse eggs, the resulting embryos would all die in the womb within a week. And yet, people with the same troublesome gene are thriving. “This gene is clearly very deleterious—the mice did not even develop a heartbeat, let alone survive to […]

Juvenile fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by a chronic pain affecting the whole body. It also causes fatigue as well as sleep and mood disorders. It affects children and adolescents —mainly girls— worldwide and it appears during a critical period of the brain development. Analyzing the brain changes that occur in the first stages of juvenile fibromyalgia could help to […]

New research in mice for the first time draws a definitive causal connection between changes in the gut microbiome to behavioral and cognitive changes in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. The study, published today in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, suggests new avenues involving the use of probiotics to treat and potentially forestall symptoms of dementia associated with […]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – When Muzaffer Kayasan first caught COVID-19, he thought he was destined to die since he was already suffering from leukemia. Fourteen months and 78 straight positive tests later, he is still alive – and still battling to shake off the infection. Kayasan, 56, has Turkey’s longest recorded continuous COVID-19 infection, doctors say, possibly due to a weakened […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for February 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. People who have a vitamin D deficiency are more likely to have a severe or fatal case of COVID-19, researchers said.  In a retrospective study published in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists from Galilee Medical Center and Bar Ilan University in […]

The CDC will soon update its COVID-19 guidance — including masking recommendations — as cases continue to drop, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, said Wednesday. “As we consider future metrics, which will be updated soon, we recognize the importance of not just cases … but critically, medically severe disease that leads to hospitalizations,” Walensky said at a White House […]

Diane Kruger just made everyone question their sense of time with this new, adorable video of her and Norman Reedus’ daughter. On Feb 5, Kruger posted a Boomerang of her daughter, 3, with the caption, “Let’s gooooooooo.” A post shared by Diane Kruger (@dianekruger) In the video, we see Kruger and Reedus’ baby girl looking like she’s about to drop […]

(HealthDay)—Use of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) is associated with improvements in reversible risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among patients with the highest levels of baseline risk, according to a study published online Feb. 4 in JAMA Network Open. Rachel Gold, Ph.D., from Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon, and colleagues evaluated the impact of a CDSS targeting CVD risk […]

A specific group of fungi residing in the intestines can protect against intestinal injury and influence social behavior, according to new preclinical research by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings extend a growing body of work identifying a “gut-immunity-brain axis,” a signaling system that may have a wide range of effects on physiology in both health and disease, influenced […]

Sweden’s public health agency on Monday recommended a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 80, those in nursing homes and those receiving at-home care. The agency said the jab should be taken four months after the previous dose, at the earliest. “The spread of COVID-19 is still intense in Sweden. An increasing number of […]