Does Dry Brushing Do Everything Gwyneth Paltrow Thinks? Here’s What Science Says.
With our skin care routines becoming more high tech every day, there’s something refreshing about the old-fashioned simplicity of dry brushing, the practice of running a bristled brush across dry skin. It’s a beauty technique that’s been around for centuries — many ancient cultures had some version of the treatment, including the Indian practice of […]
U.S. Sees Drop in Lifetime Risk of HIV Diagnosis
The risk of being diagnosed with HIV declined by about 11% in the latest analysis of disease trends in the U.S., CDC researchers reported. Compared with 2010-2014 when the overall risk of being diagnosed with HIV was 1 in 106, the risk was reduced to 1 in 120 during 2017-2019, said Sonia Singh, PhD, of […]
Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists have surmised, according to a new study by researchers from Brown and Purdue universities. Psyche, which orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is the largest […]
Wimbledon Reaches Out To Naomi Osaka Over Media Operations
Naomi Osaka is being heard. Wimbledon organizers have “started a consultation” with the tennis star and others about media operations after she withdrew from the French Open. Osaka sparked a firestorm over her decision to skip press conferences in Paris, saying she wanted to protect her mental health in an atmosphere that can turn negative. […]
Boosting the immune defense: Interleukin-2 promotes fate decisions in CD8 T cells for long- or short-term immune protection
The immune system is a complex network of cells and proteins with a simple job. Defend the body against infection. To do that, the cells must recognize and destroy infecting viruses or bacteria. In addition, the system also has to keep a record of each pathogen it has defeated, so it can quickly remobilize if […]
Men with high levels of body fat may be at risk for osteoporosis
Men with high levels of body fat have lower bone density and may be more likely to break a bone than those with normal levels of body fat, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Most studies have shown positive or neutral effects of body fat […]
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Severe COVID – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Coronavirus News Carolyn CristFebruary 08, 2022 People with a vitamin D deficiency are more likely to have a severe or critical case of COVID-19, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. The study is based on data from Israel’s first two coronavirus waves before vaccines were widely available. The scientists […]
Another PARP Inhibitor Active in BRCA-Mutant Prostate Cancer
A third of patients with previously treated BRCA-mutant metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) responded to the PARP inhibitor niraparib (Zejula), a prospective phase II study showed. The results showed that 26 of 76 patients with measurable disease had objective responses, 35 of whom had at least a 30% decrease in tumor size. An exploratory analysis […]
Pre-Op Atezolizumab Promising in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
The use of a checkpoint inhibitor combined with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting appeared to be effective for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), according to results from a phase II trial. Among 39 patients, the addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to gemcitabine and cisplatin resulted in a non-muscle-invasive downstaging rate of 69% […]
Untangling mixed (neural) signals: New research shows how ‘polyglot’ neurons encode and decode sensorimotor ‘chatter’
During sensorimotor processing in the brain, neurons are constantly bombarded with information from other neurons. When we use our eyes to interact with our environment, thousands of neurons communicate with each other to make sense of all the information coming in and react to it: If someone throws you a ball, your eyes track the […]