Bone fractures increasing as seniors walk dogs to stay active While walking a dog provides older Americans with a valuable outlet for regular, physical activity, a Penn Medicine study has shown that fractures related to these walks have more than doubled between 2004 and 2017 in patients ... Mar 6, 2019 0 13
Study reveals a new target for developing treatments for depression A new CAMH study shows for the first time that people experiencing clinical depression have higher levels of a brain protein called MAO-B. The finding—published online today in JAMA Psychiatry - opens the door to a new ... Mar 6, 2019 1 31
Study urges seniors to get moving to live longer (HealthDay)—Can you tell how long you'll live? For seniors, how fit you are may offer a clearer forecast of life span than traditional markers such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking, a new study ... Mar 6, 2019 0 1
ECG rhythm and airway management make all the difference during a heart attack In cardiac arrest, the speed and type of treatment can literally mean life or death in the immediate term, but can also affect health outcomes after successful resuscitation. Mar 6, 2019 0 0
Gut microbiota helps to maintain core body temperature under cold exposure The gut microbiome has been shown to have diverse impacts on human and animal physiology and health. Now, a research group led by Prof. John R. Speakman from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy ... Mar 6, 2019 0 22
Autism: Brain activity as a biomarker Researchers from Jülich, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and the U.K. have discovered specific activity patterns in the brains of people with autism. These consistent patterns of functional connectivity might be used ... Mar 6, 2019 0 0
Opioid crisis shows partnering with industry can be bad for public health "Show me the bodies!" someone demanded at the end of my lecture a few years ago. Mar 6, 2019 0 1
Anti-inflammatory drug is the key to boosting cardiac reprogramming Once damaged, the human heart does a poor job of repairing itself, and is thus a key priority for treating heart failure. One way of restoring cardiac function is to reprogram non-cardiac body cells such as fibroblasts into ... Mar 6, 2019 0 82
Another side effect of the opioid crisis: Heart infections (HealthDay)—New research uncovers more damage wrought by the opioid epidemic: Cases of a dangerous heart infection linked to injection drug use have spiked in recent years at an Ohio medical center. Mar 6, 2019 0 3