Industry-sponsored research funding has fallen by more than 20% from 2014 to 2022, according to a new analysis. “Despite the growing partnerships and networks between rheumatologists, the public sector, and the healthcare industry to optimize research funding allocations, the declining trend in industry-sponsored research payments is a concerning sign for all rheumatologists,” writes study author Anju Murayama, an undergraduate medical […]

A relatively small intervention could have a huge impact on a damaging condition that stalks children in the developing world. A new Stanford-led study shows that adding zinc to farmland soil can help prevent childhood stunting, a condition due to chronic undernutrition that is associated with poor brain development and long-lasting harmful consequences, such as reduced school performance and increased […]

During the pandemic, there had been concerns from health care professionals that the restrictions placed on daily life would lead to a disruption in breastfeeding. But our new research shows that the number of women who continued to exclusively breastfeed for six months increased. And in fact, women were 40% more likely to exclusively breastfeed for six months during COVID […]

Baby fever is going around, and Adele’s got it bad! The signs are all there: she wants a baby, she’s making baby name lists, and she isn’t afraid to tell the world! During her Las Vegas residency, the “Hello” singer told a pregnant fan that she is collecting baby names on her phone. “I really want to be a mom […]

Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a type of gut bacteria that might help improve insulin resistance, and thus protect against the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The study, published August 30 in the journal Nature, involved genetic and metabolic analysis of human fecal microbiomes and […]

British Heart Foundation: Understanding blood clots Blood clotting is an essential function in the body to prevent excessive bleeding when we get injured. However, clots which don’t dissolve by themselves have the potential to become dangerous and life-threatning. This is because they can travel around the body, blocking blood supply to some of the vital organs. For example, one of […]

COPENHAGEN — Giving patients with Parkinson’s disease and constipation a probiotic for 3 months improved not only their gut microbiome but also nonmotor symptoms such as sleep, fatigue, and constipation, results of a new randomized trial show. Participants taking the probiotic also saw a reduced delay in “time to on” of treatment with levodopa, thus reducing the delay until effectiveness […]

Global Access Diagnostics (GADx), a social enterprise and leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, today announced it has expanded the applications of its low-cost, rapid diagnostic test, BotrytisAlert. Harnessing GADx’s expertise in lateral flow technology, the test has shown to detect and measure the fungal crop pathogen Botrytis across several critical points in wine production; in the […]

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A trailblazing study conducted by researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla., has made significant strides with a novel technique for treating anorexia nervosa (AN), an eating disorder characterized by low body weight, body image abnormalities, and anxiety. The study, “The impact of floatation therapy on body image and anxiety in anorexia nervosa: a randomized […]