Archive: 22/01/2019

It's cold! A physiologist explains how to keep your body feeling warm

Whether waiting for a bus, playing outside or walking the dog – during the colder winter season, everyone is looking for ways to stay warm. Luckily, the process your body uses to break down foods serves as an internal heater.

Jan 22, 2019

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Are microbes causing your milk allergy?

In the past 30 years, food allergies have become increasingly common in the United States. Changes to human genetics can't explain the sudden rise. That is because it takes many generations for changes to spread that widely ...

Jan 22, 2019

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The metabolism of the intestinal microbiota in the first year of life

A research team with the participation of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio) of the University of Valencia, together with FISABIO and CIBERESP, has carried out the first metatranscriptomic study of the ...

Jan 22, 2019

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Novel medical device harnesses magnetic field to speed up muscle recovery

The journey of muscle rehabilitation can be long and arduous, and requires strong perseverance from the patient. Now, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are making the recovery process much easier ...

Jan 22, 2019

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Inability to integrate reward information contributes to undervalued rewards in schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia have a hard time integrating information about a reward—the size of the reward and the probability of receiving it—when assessing its value, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive ...

Jan 22, 2019

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How to develop personalised diabetes treatment

Diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, lower limb amputation and premature death. It was the seventh leading cause of death in 2016, according to the World Health Organization. The Diabetes ...

Jan 22, 2019

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Alzheimer's disease: It may be possible to restore memory function, preclinical study finds

Research published today in the journal Brain reveals a new approach to Alzheimer's disease (AD) that may eventually make it possible to reverse memory loss, a hallmark of the disease in its late stages.

Jan 22, 2019

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Investigators close in on best treatment guidelines for critical limb ischemia

Critical limb ischemia (CLI), a manifestation of peripheral arterial disease, is a debilitating and increasingly common disease that puts patients at a high risk for leg amputation, cardiovascular complications, and death. ...

Jan 22, 2019

Gaps in health professionals' knowledge about HPV and cervical screening

The first New Zealand study of health professionals' knowledge and understanding about the human papillomavirus (HPV) has identified significant gaps, particularly about the role of HPV testing in the New Zealand National ...

Jan 22, 2019

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From microfluidics to metastasis

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs)—an intermediate form of cancer cell between a primary and metastatic tumor cell—carry a treasure trove of information that is critical to treating cancer. Numerous engineering advancements ...

Jan 22, 2019

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