Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Using prebiotics to help treat Parkinson's disease

Constipation can be caused by many factors, not all of them serious. But it could be a sign of Parkinson's disease. A new study from RUSH neurologist Deborah Hall, MD, looks into how the bowel and the brain are linked.

Health informatics

A global overview of antibiotic resistance determinants

To understand the main determinants behind worldwide antibiotic resistance dynamics, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Université Paris-Saclay developed ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Research leads way in preventing disease outbreaks in urban areas

A new paper sets out key research done by scientists at the University of Liverpool with partners to show that disease may be more likely to jump from animals to humans in parts of a city hosting high densities of people, ...

Gastroenterology

Anti-inflammatory nanoparticles mimic glycocalyx in IBD patients

Cases of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are on the rise worldwide. The benefits of current medications to treat patients with these diseases are limited by problematic ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

New study links gum disease to buildup of Alzheimer's plaque formation

Although most people don't associate oral disease with serious health problems, increasing evidence shows that oral bacteria play a significant role in systemic diseases like colon cancer and heart disease. Now, new research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Alarming antibiotic resistance discovered in war-torn Ukraine

Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The results, which were recently published in ...

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