Medical research

Fatty fish consumption found to increase cell membrane fluidity

Eating fatty fish decreased the lipophilic index in people with impaired glucose metabolism or coronary heart disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The lipophilic index is considered a ...

Inflammatory disorders

A novel way to diagnose early-onset atopic dermatitis using sebum

Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition that often affects infants as young as one to two months. Among the various types of eczema seen in infants, early-onset atopic dermatitis (AD), characterized by psychological stress ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Another angle on Alzheimer's: CSF, proteomics, and metabolic enzymes

Currently there are no objective, easily assessed diagnostic markers for Alzheimer's disease, and no good therapeutic options. Taking an agnostic approach, proteomics expert Hanno Steen, Ph.D., and neurobiologist Judith Steen, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Transcription factor prevents bone frailty in chronic kidney disease

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that the overexpression of a transcription factor prevented bone loss in mouse models of chronic kidney disease, according to a recent study published in the Journal of ...

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