The gut is home to billions of microorganisms. It is a complex ecosystem that regulates many of the body's functions and helps keep us healthy—when it is in balance. Our diet influences this ecosystem. But does it matter whether a person is vegan or omnivorous?
A new randomized clinical trial from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) found that listening to just 24 minutes of personalized music paired with auditory beat stimulation (ABS) lowered levels of the stress hormone cortisol more than twice as much as pink noise, a popular sound used for relaxation. Yet participants reported feeling equally calm after both.
More than a quarter of Americans have exaggerated or made up symptoms to try to get antibiotics from their doctor, either for themselves or for their children, a new study has found. The survey of nearly 1,000 people nationwide uncovered common motivations for misrepresenting symptoms, including feeling very sick or needing to return to work or school.
Patients cared for by female physicians in the hospital were less likely to die or be readmitted than those treated by male physicians, according to a new ICES study led by a University of Toronto researcher. This suggests that care by female physicians may be associated with better short- and long-term outcomes among patients hospitalized with common medical diagnoses.
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered that the activity of a protein called CDK1 in breast cancers is linked to how they respond to a common therapy—an insight that could inform more personalized treatment approaches for patients.
People with HIV now lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV itself. About 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV, and while smoking among U.S. adults has fallen below 10% for the first time, people with HIV still smoke at up to four times that rate. Although many people with HIV want to quit smoking, their quit rates are much lower compared to the general population.
UT research shows how personal life stories can support treatment and personal recovery. Who are you, what has shaped you, and how do you see your future? For people with personality disorders, these questions can play an important role in their recovery. Ph.D. research by clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Silvia Pol shows that paying attention to personal life stories can help guide treatment decisions and support personal recovery.
The drinking rate of adults who have had cancer has remained unchanged for nearly a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the WashU Brown School.
New Cleveland Clinic research published in Cancer Cell shows that people with glioblastoma have more active platelets, which are cells involved in blood clotting. Platelets also communicate with other cells and can influence immune activity. The overactive platelets in people with glioblastoma slow the activity of cancer-fighting T cells, which can contribute to tumor growth and cancer progression.
New Welsh research has revealed how the combination of congenital anomalies, socioeconomic deprivation and other aspects of children's health and educational circumstances influences their attainment.
Researchers from Rutgers and other universities analyzed hundreds of online reviews on lemborexant—and learned that about 1 in 4 of the reviewers stopped or planned to stop taking the prescription medication used to treat insomnia.
In a study led by Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Oxford, researchers found that blocking a specific molecular interaction reduced atrial fibrosis in mouse models and cells from human patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), reduced fibrotic responses in human cells, and in the mouse models reversed established atrial fibrosis and reduced abnormal heart rhythms.
A Stanford Medicine study identified an often-overlooked period of vulnerability for cancer survivors: Mental health disorders identified two to five years after a cancer diagnosis were associated with a 119% higher rate of death from cancer compared with patients without documented mental disorders during the same period.
A routine blood test can make a kidney look like it is failing when it is not. A team from Kanazawa University and Shinshu University has shown that this happens often in patients with breast cancer who take abemaciclib, and that a simple baseline measurement can help doctors tell the difference.
A team from the Genomics and Transcriptomics of Synucleinopathies (GTS) research group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) has identified molecular changes in platelets associated with the progression of a rare case of early-onset Parkinson's disease. The study, published in Movement Disorders, highlights the value of these blood components as an accessible source for investigating potential biomarkers of disease progression.
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