Gut nervous system controls intestinal barrier and allergy risk
An international research team led by scientists from Bern and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a previously…
Electroconvulsive therapy found to be highly effective in treating elderly patients with depression
Electroconvulsive therapy is a safe and effective treatment for elderly patients suffering from depression. This treatment often produces…
Deficient ATP release in the brain drives depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors
In a new JNeurosci paper, Tian-Ming Gao and colleagues, from Southern Medical University, explored how adenosine triphosphate (ATP) signaling relates to depression and anxiety using male mice. ATP is a…
Lung to gut movement of hospital-acquired bacterium raises the risk of sepsis
A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same…
Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET,…
Malaysian Scientists Recruit Bed Bugs As Crime Scene Sleuths
Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his…
Study links higher glycemic index diets with increased lung cancer risk
Background: In this study, researchers examined whether people who follow higher-GI or higher-GL diets have different risks of…
Culturally tailored intervention helps reduce interdialytic weight gain in kidney failure care
A randomized trial led by Lilia Cervantes, MD, MSc, professor of hospital medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine,…
Kimchi consumption strengthens antigen recognition and immune regulation
Amid concerns about the simultaneous spread of multiple respiratory diseases, such as colds and influenza, with the change…
A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her…
Dexamethasone shows potential to fight therapy-resistant breast cancer metastases
The drug dexamethasone supplements cancer treatments to alleviate side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea or inflammation. Researchers…
Scientists find space dust may be needed for life, in first study of its kind – The Irish News
Particles of space dust may be vital in increasing the building blocks required for life, scientists leading the…