Switching to vegan or ketogenic diet rapidly impacts immune system
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various biological responses of people sequentially eating vegan and keto diets for two weeks, in random order. They found that […]
Does COVID Vaccination Really Lead to Wonky Periods?
Weak associations were observed between vaccination for COVID-19 and healthcare contacts related to menstrual disturbance or bleeding disorders in women before and after menopause, according to a Swedish register-based cohort study. Looking at over 2.5 million women who received at least one dose of COVID vaccine, the strongest association for menstrual disturbance observed was an […]
Fewer cases of melanoma among people taking vitamin D supplements
Fewer cases of melanoma were observed among regular users of vitamin D supplements than among non-users, a new study finds. People taking vitamin D supplements regularly also had a considerably lower risk of skin cancer, according to estimates by experienced dermatologists. The study, conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University […]
Home Births in the U.S. Increased Again, Maintaining Pandemic Trend
Home births jumped 12% from 2020 to 2021, continuing an upward trend observed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and reaching their highest level since at least 1990, according to the CDC. Home births increased from an absolute 1.26% of total births in 2020 to 1.41% in 2021, representing an increase of 6,000 births, […]
Oral Microbiome Therapy Tied to Low Recurrence of C. Diff
A potential first-in-class investigational microbiome therapeutic, SER-109, was safe and observed to sustain low Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) recurrence rates for adults, according to the phase III, single-arm ECOSPOR IV study. Recurrence of C. diff infections occurred in 8.7% of patients at week 8 after receiving a short course of capsules containing purified Firmicutes bacteria […]
Observation of quasi-equilibrium phase coexistence in supercritical fluids
A long-lasting non-equilibrium phase coexistence in supercritical fluids has been observed by a Korean research team. A team of researchers led by Professor Gunsu S. Yun from POSTECH’s Department of Physics and the Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering and Professor Dong Eon Kim of the Department of Physics and Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative (MPK) […]