Articular cartilage can heal partially after injury – researchers found a new mechanism: Post-traumatic osteoarthritis is a musculoskeletal disorder shadowing especially the life of young and active population. Inhibition of cartilage damage progression with early intervention is crucial. To predict how an intervention would affect the state of an injured knee joint, knowledge of biomechanical […]
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How Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is different from other forms of depression – and how to cope with SAD in a pandemic as seasons change. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a form of depression, but it is different to other forms in three distinct ways, says Priory consultant psychiatrist Dr Natasha Bijlani. Dr Bijlani spoke ahead […]
Improving heart health of kids with CP: A landmark research project led by The University of Queensland is aiming to improve the cardiovascular health of young children with cerebral palsy (CP) by trialling a new running program. Dr Sarah Reedman, a Research Fellow at UQ’s Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, said the study was the […]
Prolonged stress is bad for us. Stress can manifest itself as a physical and mental health problem. Stress also causes an increase in cortisol levels, which leaves us in a continual state of alertness, ready to jump into a fight, flight or fright response. This prolonged rise in cortisol levels is not good for us. […]
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Responding to the award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Professor David Julius and Professor Ardem Patapoutian, President of The Physiological Society, Professor David Paterson said: “On behalf of The Physiological Society I am delighted to congratulate Professor Julius and Professor Patapoutian on their Nobel Prize. “Their discoveries of receptors for temperature […]
A social media community project set up to encourage and inspire learning disability nursing students, and help them to maintain their mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards. The #KeephoLDNon campaign began in April 2020 in response to the UK-wide lockdown after senior lecturer of learning disabilities nursing at […]
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Liquid biopsy can help to identify breast cancer patients with a poor prognosis earlier and more accurately than before, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancers. Liquid biopsy provides an alternative to traditional biopsy The prognosis of breast cancer […]
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Urban participants in an exercise intervention for older women in Kuopio, eastern Finland, were healthier and had better functional capability at baseline than non-participants and uninvited rural women, according to new findings from the Kuopio Fall Prevention Study. The participants were also better off than women of the same age group living in rural areas. […]
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Ketone supplement might be a novel therapeutic for boosting brain function in obesity: New research published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that ketone supplements may be a novel therapeutic strategy for protecting and improving brain health in people with obesity. People with obesity are known to be at a higher risk of developing […]
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists: High prices and low availability still a major barrier for patients’ access to new and old medicines. WHO has published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, […]