Category: 5. Health

Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a proposal to allow Medicare to expand its coverage of home health care for older Americans. The Democratic presidential nominee announced this plan on the television talk show “The View.” Harris explained that she aimed to take the burden off… Continue Reading

Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg © 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP The Federal Trade Commission and Congress are ramping up efforts to rein in what they view as drug patent evergreening, a term referring to the continuing extension of patent rights on… Continue Reading

Growing pains are common in maturing children, but sometimes this growth can be irregular and cause injury. Discoid lateral meniscus (DLM), a misshapen knee cartilage, is one such occurrence that can degenerate into osteochondritis dissecans, a joint disorder where the bone and joint begin to… Continue Reading

In a rare, longitudinal study, researchers from Aalto University and the University of Oulu tracked one person’s brain and behavioral activity for five months using brain scans and data from wearable devices and smartphones. ‘We wanted to go beyond isolated events,’ says research leader Ana… Continue Reading

What can stressed yeast teach us about fundamental processes in the cell? A lot, according to scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The team studies, among other topics, how cells adapt to stress — such as nutrient deprivation. One of their favourite test subjects is… Continue Reading

All cells within the same cancer are not the same. They all have genetic errors that turn them into tumour cells, but these errors are not identical. In each cancer, there are populations of cells with different mutations, and it is important to know each population, because one of them can… Continue Reading

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has identified an RNA molecule that is important for skin wound healing. The research, published in Nature Communications, may have implications for the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds. The study… Continue Reading

The cells in your pancreas, like people, can only handle so much stress before they start to break down. Certain stressors, such as inflammation and high blood sugar, contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes by overwhelming these cells. Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have… Continue Reading

Proteins control most of the body’s functions, and their malfunction can have severe consequences, such as neurodegenerative diseases or cancer. Therefore, cells have mechanisms in place to control protein quality. In animal and human cells, chaperones of the Hsp70 class are at the heart of… Continue Reading

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by transforming muscle movement into electricity, researchers report October 8 in Nature Communications. If the material is eventually deemed safe for use… Continue Reading