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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Low doses of antibiotic work just as well as higher ones to treat rare type of chronic hair loss, study finds

Small amounts of a common antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug can curb symptoms where a misplaced immune reaction (e.g., autoimmunity) can cause permanent hair loss, a new study shows. This regimen may also come with fewer ...

Inflammatory disorders

Maternal diet and infant allergies: The avocado connection

The Hass Avocado Board teamed up with the University of Eastern Finland researchers to examine the relationship between maternal avocado consumption during pregnancy and allergic outcomes in infants. Findings suggest that ...

Medical research news

Health

Global warming linked to increased airway inflammation risk

In a recent, cross-institutional study, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men

A new study led by University of Calgary professor Dr. Tuan Trang, Ph.D., may help to explain why there are more women experiencing chronic pain than men. In 2019, the Canadian Pain Task Force report found that chronic pain ...

Medical research

Prion protein may play key role in progression of glioblastoma

Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer, is one of the greatest challenges for medicine, both because it is difficult to treat and because of its high mortality rate. In Brazil, although no exact ...

Neuroscience

Open-source tool optimizes placement of visual brain implants

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have collaborated with several universities to develop a new open-source tool that can be used to optimize the placement of visual brain implants on a large scale. ...

Oncology & Cancer

Suppressing key protein may unlock immunotherapy for glioblastoma

Glioblastoma has remained one of the toughest cancers to treat, resisting even the latest advances in immunotherapy. But new research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Psychological stress may cause food-induced symptoms in IBS

Scientists have discovered that psychological stress can induce immune responses to food that can cause symptoms when that food is eaten again, findings that demonstrate the potential role of stress in symptoms of irritable ...