Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduces women’s risk of an early death—according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new in-depth study found that for healthy women taking combined HRT, the overall risk of death from all causes is reduced by an average nine percent. For healthy women…
How Granny Chic Is Replacing Interior Design Trends
Just like our clothes, our homes can go in and out of style as trends come and go, but fashions will often come full circle. Of course, not every interior design style is guaranteed to come back into fashion, but many will over time. Take, for example, granny chic. Granny…
Phase I trial begins of new vaccine against the plague
Researchers at the University of Oxford today launched a Phase 1 trial to test a new vaccine against plague. Based on the ChAdOx1 adenovirus viral vector platform also used in the successful Oxford coronavirus vaccine, forty healthy adults aged 18 to 55 will receive this new vaccine in order to…
Breakthrough treatment could improve the immune system's ability to destroy cancer cells
New research has identified potential treatment that could improve the human immune system's ability to search out and destroy cancer cells within the body. Scientists have identified a way to restrict the activity of a group of cells which regulate the immune system, which in turn can unleash other immune…
How Fitness Trackers Can Aid In The Treatment And Study Of Covid-19
As the global COVID-19 pandemic rages on, new research is being ever completed on its virality, its relationship to vaccines, and its lingering effects both in those who have had it and on society as a whole. For example, the virus’ newest variant, the delta variant, is currently being researched…
Plastic drapes lower the incidence of hypothermia in very low birth-weight neonates
Most babies born prematurely or with health problems are quickly whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they might require assisted heating devices to regulate their temperature. A University of Houston College of Nursing researcher is reporting that the traditional use of cloth blankets and towels during…
Scientists make big progress in building mini-kidneys
A team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney. In a new study in Nature Communications, Zhongwei Li and his colleagues describe how they can generate rudimentary kidney structures, known as organoids, that…
Building A DIY Hanging Shelf Is Easier Than You Think
DIY projects have been all the rage in recent years, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. They can range from accent walls to clay earrings, and DIY projects are always both fun and rewarding. After all, you’ve made or built something — you should be proud! One perfect DIY project is…
No benefit to FFR-guided PCI in STEMI patients with multi-vessel disease
In patients who had a coronary stent inserted after experiencing the most severe type of heart attack, the use of a technique that measures blood flow and pressure through a partially blocked artery to determine if a second stenting procedure is needed did not improve outcomes and was more costly…
Piecing together the preterm infant microbiome
The human microbiome—the collection of microbes living in the gut—is now recognized as an important contributor to health and disease. The environment, the host, and microbe-microbe interactions are all likely to shape the microbiome’s dynamics, but the unique roles of each are not well understood. Now, a Boston Children’s Hospital…
DNA building blocks regulate inflammation
Mitochondria are the energy suppliers of our body cells. These tiny cell components have their own genetic material, which triggers an inflammatory response when released into the interior of the cell. The reasons for the release are not yet known, but some cardiac and neurodegenerative diseases as well as the…