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Researchers to evaluate benefits of diet interventions in older adults with $2.1 million NIH grant

Maintaining a healthy weight during the golden years is a priority for many older adults. While previous research has shown that cutting calories can lower disease risk factors, it's unclear whether it can have a long-term positive impact on disease and disability.

12 Jan 2023

Study sheds light on fall-risk factors facing older adults in community-living environments

With falls causing millions of injuries in older adults each year, it is an increasingly important public health concern.

12 Jan 2023

RNAs may be a promising biomarker and therapeutic target for ischemic stroke

RUDN doctors analyzed the latest research on the use of RNA for the treatment and diagnosis of ischemic stroke.

10 Jan 2023

Researchers demonstrate the role of Klotho protein in the formation of osteoarthritis

Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered a new mechanism that links age-related cartilage tissue stiffening with the repression of a key protein associated with longevity.

10 Jan 2023

How to improve American students' math skills

In the past two decades, researchers have made great strides in uncovering how children learn math, but little of that new knowledge has trickled down to teachers, according to a new book on math education.

9 Jan 2023

California Senate’s new health chair to prioritize mental health and homelessness

California state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat who was instrumental in passing Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature mental health care legislation last year, has been appointed to lead the Senate's influential health committee, a change that promises a more urgent focus on expanding mental health services and moving homeless people into housing and treatment.

6 Jan 2023

Hair follicle transplants can rejuvenate scars, study finds

In a new study involving three volunteers, skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after they were treated with hair follicle transplants.

6 Jan 2023

Researchers take an important step forward in treating combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder

Study findings out today in JAMA Network Open show an important step forward in treating the psychological injuries of war.

5 Jan 2023

SynGAP Research Fund awards $180,000 grant to the University of Edinburgh Medical School's Patrick Wild Centre & Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

SynGAP Research Fund (SRF), a 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life for SYNGAP1 patients through the research and development of treatments, therapies and support systems, along with SynGAP Research Fund UK, today announced they have awarded a $180,000 grant to the University of Edinburgh Medical School's Patrick Wild Centre & Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences to advance the science around gene transfer to correct SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency.

5 Jan 2023

New study to examine the effectiveness of stroke treatment for patients with disabilities

When conducting clinical research, investigators aim to control as many variables as possible so it is easier to examine the effectiveness of new treatments.

3 Jan 2023

Model provides new insights into how autism arises

The development of autism may now become easier to understand, thanks to an explanatory model presented in a thesis from University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

28 Dec 2022

Study reveals long-term health and disability following COVID-19 infection

A new study in BMC Public Health aimed to analyze long-term health and disability among public employees following mild COVID-19 infection.

28 Dec 2022

Checkerboard-like arrangement of inner ear cells vital for hearing, research reveals

A Japanese research group has become the first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear's organ of Corti is vital for hearing.

27 Dec 2022

Cutting-edge AI technologies transforming stroke care in England

Tens of thousands of stroke patients across the country are benefitting from quicker treatment and improved outcomes thanks to government investment in cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose and determine the best treatment for patients who suffer a stroke.

26 Dec 2022

Breached dolphin's brains show neuropathology similar to Alzheimer's

In a new European Journal of Neuroscience study, scientists studied the brains of Odontocetes (Toothed whales) to document the presence or absence of neuropathological hallmarks of AD.

25 Dec 2022

Kessler Foundation scientist secures $4.5 million federal grant to advance spinal cord injury research

Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, from Kessler Foundation received a $4.5 million federal grant to advance spinal cord injury research, specifically to generate actionable information about how communities shape the disability experience.

23 Dec 2022

Study compares two non-invasive interventions for spine pain on disability and health care spending

Pain in the back or the neck is extremely common and accounts for more healthcare spending than any other health condition.

23 Dec 2022

What are the long-term outcomes of critical COVID-19 patients?

Researchers assessed the long-term outcomes of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

21 Dec 2022

Study highlights the lag in screening and treatment of osteoporosis

A new perspective article published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has highlighted that screening and treatment of osteoporosis lags behind other diseases, resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and economic costs.

20 Dec 2022

Community health worker program delivers low-cost device to improve hearing in older adults

A first-in-kind program that trains trusted older adult community health workers to fit and deliver low-cost hearing technology to peers with hearing loss significantly improved communication function among participants, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.