A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet. A new study from Pennington Biomedical
Month: May 2022
Hospices vary widely in prescribing of ‘comfort kit’ medications
When a person nearing the end of their life enters hospice care, their hospice agency’s doctors may prescribe a “comfort
Persistent viral shedding common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, persistent viral shedding occurs frequently and is associated with in-hospital delirium and increased six-month mortality,
Demographics, not bias, best predict traffic stops
When it comes to predicting how often Black drivers will be stopped by traffic police versus how often white drivers
Antibiotics can lead to fungal infection because of disruption to the gut’s immune system
Patients prescribed antibiotics in hospital are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in
Number of mesothelioma deaths up among women from 1999 to 2020
From 1999 to 2020, there was an increase in the annual number of mesothelioma deaths among women, although the age-adjusted
How sleep helps to process emotions
Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages
Microbes help orchestrate how the gut uses its genes
The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a
Alarming rise found in esophageal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus in middle-aged adults
Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a nearly doubled rate of esophageal cancer and a 50 percent increase in the
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes premature aging of the immune system, study suggests
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, with results reported in an article published in