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Predicting drug failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

New research has found that it may be possible to determine which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients will not respond to biologic drugs.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a disease, which affects the whole body: joints, connective tissues, muscles, tendons, and fibrous tissue. It generally presents itself during the most physically productive years of adulthood, between 20 and 40, and results in pain and often deformity.

RA currently affects between 0.3% - 1% of the population globally and is more...

The link between sleep therapy and Alzheimer's

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Our sleep patterns change with age. For older adults sleep disorders are common and they often struggle with early waking in the morning and difficulties maintaining continuous sleep throughout the night. A common misconception is that older adults need less sleep. Research however has demonstrated that our sleep needs remain constant throughout adulthood. Like proper nutrition and exercise, sleep is one of the pillars of good health. To understand the consequences of sleep deprivation we need...

So you think you can eat anything...

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

"So, you are a Foodie?" Does this feel like being teased or reproached for your gluttonous behavior?

Fear not, for here's music to your ears!

A new study published by Dr. Brian Wansink and colleagues from Cornell University and University of Vermont shows that food neophiles or more adventurous eaters are associated with a lower Body Mass Index (BMI)!

According to the National Institute of Health in the United States, BMI is a measure of body fat that is based on a person's height and weight...

Crystallizing steps towards improving drug and vaccines development

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Our body consists of countless molecules: water, micro- and macro-elements, sugars, fatty acids, proteins and others. We function as precise, self-regulated machines, in which every single part has it's own role. 

Proteins, tiny structures with fully determined behaviour by the 3D structure, are designed to fulfill very specific tasks. To control a process they have to collaborate with each other: some need to form complicated aggregates, others attach to a non-protein molecule, which allows...

Surgical anaesthesia linked to lower IQ in children

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Scientists have shown that children under 4 years old, who received general anaesthesia for surgery, are likely to have lower IQ in later life.

In the days before anaesthesia, surgery was treated as a last resort treatment with many choosing certain death rather than the pain associated with lying awake on the surgeon's table. Today, surgery and anaesthesia go hand in hand and millions of children undergo surgery with anaesthesia every year.

Researchers from the Children's Hospital Medical...

Miscarriage still misunderstood

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Most people wrongly believe that miscarriage is rare and its possible causes are shrouded in myth, a new study shows. The study, conducted by Dr. Williams at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, concluded that most people falsely believe that miscarriages are rare during pregnancy, which may explain why it is still a 'taboo' social subject. Over 1000 (45% male and 55% female) participants took take part in a questionnaire with ten questions relating specifically to those who had...

Will future sunscreens come in a pill?

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

It is June and in Europe the summer is on. The allure of beach time has made some of us work out, so that we could show off our muscles during sun tanning sessions. Holidays booked, friends joining, the dreamtime is approaching! While we are good at taking care of our psychological well being during summer time, it is difficult to say the same regarding our bodies, specifically our skin. Though the unpleasant results of unhealthy diet and dehydration can be forgotten relatively quickly, yet the...

Staying fit helps your brain age well

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

The importance of keeping healthy by increasing our physical activity has been a constant topic of discussion by medical professionals.
They emphasize how the benefit of physical activity can reduce the risk for heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc.
The thought of fitting an exercise routine into an already chaotic schedule is not appealing to most.
The benefit however is more than just keeping tabs on your weight gain or health risks.
Keeping fit could slow down the processes of aging that...

"Sweet nectar for me", says the sick bumblebee

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Several animals reach inside Mother Nature's medicine cabinet when they get sick. Chimps with parasitic worms have been observed swallowing whole leaves from certain trees. Research suggests sick bumblebees self-medicate, too. "Self-medication is a well-known phenomenon in vertebrate, and the fact that even insects can self-medicate really has attracted my curiosity," says David Baracchi, first author of a recent F1000Research study about bumblebees' interactions with nicotine-rich nectar. In...

It doesn't pay to be thrifty

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

It was a commonly held belief but now its evidence-based fact: some people lose weight more easily than others based on their metabolism. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Phoenix have shown this in the lab for the very first time.
Obesity is a worldwide problem that results in 2.8 million deaths every year. In the European Union alone, 30-70% of people are overweight and 10-30% are thought to be obese. Obesity is linked with preventable conditions such as type 2 diabetes,...

Practice mindfulness to improve your life

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

We all live under pressure. Stress impacts our well being, our decision making processes, ways of solving conflicts and personal relationships. It makes us anxious, restless and uneasy. It puts us on the edge with the smallest additional stimuli and adds tension to the conversations.  In a day-to-day life stress causes recurring headaches. Prolonged stress exposure influences, among others, the development of gastrointestinal problems, obesity, diabetes and heart diseases. It also accelerates...

Brain Map for Language

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

A multi-site research project has given a new perspective on diagnosing different forms of aphasia, a condition that often occurs after stroke or brain injury affecting 1 in every 250 people. The basic exchanging of words, the verbal expression of thoughts and ideas are things that most of us take for granted every day. Speech and language are so embedded in our social relationships that we can hardly imagine life without them. Aphasia is a condition that affects the part of the brain...

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