Medicine

Scientists at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine have discovered a link between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis, a pathogenic bacterium found in about half the cows in the U.S. The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. This is the …

An international team of scientists led by the National University of Singapore’s Cardiovascular Research Institute has discovered that chondroitin sulfates — a group of molecules normally found only in connective tissues — accumulate and cause inflammation in the hearts of patients with heart failure. The research is published in the …

Injecting amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into tumors in multiple types of mouse cancer models can eliminate all traces of cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Dual immunotherapy led to shrinkage of distant tumors and long-term survival of the animals, even in …

Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3, can significantly restore the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by several diseases, including hypertension, diabetes and atherosclerosis, according to new research from Ohio University. Vitamin D3 may be effective in the treatment of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, myocardial infarction, …

Exercise training may delay the decline in cognitive function that occurs in individuals who are at risk of or have Alzheimer’s disease, with aerobic exercise possibly having the most favorable effect, according to a review of 19 previous studies on the topic. Aerobic exercise may mildly delay, improve Alzheimer’s symptoms. …

An old antibiotic called octapeptin could help develop new drugs against extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. This illustration depicts a 3D computer-generated image of three multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Image credit: James Archer / CDC. “Our study was prompted by the urgent need for new drugs to counter widespread resistance to …

Rates of long-term cognitive decline are steeper in those who have diabetes compared with people with normal blood sugar control, according to a new study published in the journal Diabetologia. A person performs a glucose screening. Image credit: Sgt. Jessica A. DuVernay, U.S. Army. The study, led by Imperial College …

When muscle pain strikes, the very first thing the majority of people tend to reach for is ibuprofen. While nonprescription painkillers are a substantial industry, and a common household cure, they aren’t exactly without negative effects. Ibuprofen is known to trigger short-term resultslike indigestion, heartburn, shortness …

Smoking only about one cigarette per day carries a risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke much greater than expected — around half that for people who smoke 20 per day, according to a review of 55 publications from 141 cohort studies, published online in the journal BMJ. There …

A new study, conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in China, found children born before the closure had shorter telomeres — specialized sections of DNA that allow chromosomes to be faithfully copied during cell division — than those conceived and born after the plant …