People who eat a healthy, plant-based diet are less likely to suffer from dangerous snoring, finds study

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who eat a healthy, plant-based diet that is high in vegetables, fruit, whole grains and nuts are less likely to suffer with obstructive sleep apnea…

Fixing rogue brain cells may hold key to preventing neurodegeneration

Phenotypic screen identifies HDAC3 as a regulator of pathological reactive astrocytes. a, Scatter plot of primary screen results displayed as percent GBP2 positive, normalized to reactive astrocyte plus vehicle controls…

Fasting-like diet lowers risk factors for disease, reduces biological age in humans: Study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cycles of a diet that mimics fasting can reduce signs of immune system aging, as well as insulin resistance and liver fat in humans, resulting in…

Remission of Cushing’s disease associated with higher risk of developing autoimmune disease

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study of more than 250 persons undergoing surgical therapy for Cushing’s disease (CD) or nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) found that patients who achieved remission of…

Study finds women more likely than men to suffer from long COVID

Unadjusted relationship between BMI and Long COVID by sex. Credit: International Journal of Obesity (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01477-8 A new study by Western researchers has drawn a link between higher body…

Frog embryo study helps scientists unravel the human birth anomaly of intestinal malrotation

A transverse section through the Xenopus tadpole intersects multiple loops of the rotated intestine. Credit: Julia Grzymkowski How does our intestine, which can be at least 15 feet long, fit…

Research shows lasting effects of smoking after quitting

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers are still discovering how smoking continues to harm people’s health even years after they quit, with a new study on Wednesday revealing tobacco’s lasting effect…

Additional study shows promise for low-intensity ultrasound as a non-invasive approach to alleviate pain

Wynn Legon (left), the faculty director of the transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound facilities at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Andrew Strohman, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, were among…

Try a cholesterol-lowering diet for heart health

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With those New Year’s resolutions six weeks behind us, some people may have reverted to less healthy ways of eating. Heart Month is a great time…

Hitchhiking cancer vaccine makes progress in the clinic

Originally developed in the laboratory of Darrell Irvine, “amphiphile” vaccines hitchhike on albumin molecules to the lymph nodes, where they teach the immune system to fight cancer. MIT spinout Elicio…