How a common food ingredient can take a wrong turn, leading to arthritis
A University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty member says she and her colleagues have identified the means in which bacteria in the digestive system can break down tryptophan in the diet into an inflammatory chemical that primes the immune system towards arthritis. The research was co-authored by Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD, Scoville Endowed Chair […]
High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer
A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels, common among patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, provides the first detailed explanation of why people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes are […]
Opinion | Dignity for the Deceased: The Need for Federal Regulations
Champney is a professor of cell biology, and a body donor program coordinator. A faculty colleague at another institution contacted me to let me know that his mother had donated her body to our body donation program. I replied that we would take care of her and treat her with the respect and dignity she […]
One third of normal-weight individuals are obese, according to study based on body fat percentage
Researchers from the School of Public Health at TAU’s Faculty of Medicine examined the anthropometric data of about 3,000 Israeli women and men and concluded that body fat percentage is a much more reliable indicator of an individual’s overall health and cardiometabolic risk than the BMI index, widely used in clinics today. The researchers suggest […]
More Support Needed to Shore Up Nurse Pipeline, Experts Say
While interest in nursing as a career hasn’t diminished, faculty shortages and other institutional factors have prevented some from entering the field, experts explained during an online panel discussion on Tuesday, which was hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and sponsored by the American Hospital Association. Recent data have shown that the number of nurses […]
Differences in children’s behavior predict midlife health behaviors, study finds
A recent study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä and the Gerontology Research Center (Finland) investigated the paths from childhood socioemotional behaviour to midlife health behaviour decades later. Socioemotional behaviour at age 8 predicted health behaviour both directly and indirectly through education. There are a wide variety of […]