Health
High-fiber food advice welcomed by older people, finds study
Older adults are willing to up the fiber in their diet, but need help, a new study has shown.
Nov 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Prolonging the effects of botulinum therapy: A milestone in neuromuscular disease management
Botulinum toxin-A (BTX), also known as Botox, is used to treat a range of neuromuscular disorders, including muscle spasms, dystonia, eye twitching, overactive bladder, and spasticity associated with cerebral palsy or stroke. ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Cardiology
Using deep learning to process raw photoacoustic channel data and guide cardiac interventions
Cardiovascular diseases rank among the top causes of death across the world, and cardiac interventions are similarly very common. For example, cardiac catheter ablation procedures, which are used to treat arrythmias, number ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Health
Do you need more dietary fiber or less?
Dietary fiber, also known as roughage or bulk, includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb. Unlike other food components, such as fats, proteins or carbohydrates—which your body breaks down and absorbs—fiber ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Medical research
Moving muscle fibers with magnets 'programs' how they align within tissue
Stimulating muscle fibers with magnets causes them to grow in the same direction, aligning muscle cells within tissue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University investigators report October 20 in the ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists develop new tool to precisely illuminate the roots of nerve pain
Engineers at MIT have developed soft and implantable fibers that can deliver light to major nerves through the body. When these nerves are genetically manipulated to respond to light, the fibers can send pulses of light to ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Medical research
Restoring nerve-muscle connections boosts strength of aging mice, study finds
A small molecule previously shown to enhance strength in injured or old laboratory mice does so by restoring lost connections between nerves and muscle fibers, Stanford Medicine researchers have found.
Oct 12, 2023
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Medical research
Win–win in muscle research: Faster results and fewer laboratory animals thanks to new method
To study muscle diseases, scientists rely on the mouse as a model organism. Researchers at the University of Basel have now developed a new method that is not only faster and more efficient than conventional ones but also ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Neuroscience
How plant-derived nutrients can affect the gut and brain
Can plant-derived nutrients alter gut bacteria to affect brain function? Scientists from the University of Leipzig Medical Center, the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Helmholtz Center for ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An artificial muscle to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed in childhood, with approximately 20,000 new cases reported each year. It is a progressive muscle disorder that results in the loss of muscle ...
Sep 29, 2023
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