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Category: 4. Health

  • Running on empty: Poor nutrition increases injury risk for female athletes

    Running on empty: Poor nutrition increases injury risk for female athletes

    Proper nutrition is crucial for enhancing athletic performance, supporting recovery and overall health. Now, a new study from the University of South Australia reveals that proper nutrition is also key to reducing risk of injury, especially for females.

    In a systematic review of nearly 6000 runners, researchers examined the link between diet and exercise-related injury among adult distance runners. The study found that lower energy and fat intakes were strongly associated with a higher risk…

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  • Alternate local skin cooling and heating ameliorates impaired forearm skin vasodilation function mediated by prolonged sitting

    Alternate local skin cooling and heating ameliorates impaired forearm skin vasodilation function mediated by prolonged sitting

    Impaired vascular function leads to cardiovascular disease. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that prolonged sitting impairs forearm cutaneous vasodilation function. They also showed that alternating local skin cooling and heating mitigated this functional decline and improved the responsiveness of cutaneous vasoconstriction.

    Sedentary behavior occupies a substantial portion of our daily lives. However, prolonged sitting adversely impacts health, primarily by impairing vascular…

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  • Better tools when searching for genetic causes of asthma

    Better tools when searching for genetic causes of asthma

    Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genome regions containing thousands of genetic variants associated with asthma, but it’s still not clear which variants have an actual causal link to the disease. This “variant-to-function” gap is one of the biggest challenges to the usefulness of these genomic studies and has motivated researchers to develop new tools to make sense of GWAS results.

    A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago combines genetic…

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  • Pharmacists’ communication skills lead to reduced drug prescriptions by doctors

    Pharmacists’ communication skills lead to reduced drug prescriptions by doctors

    Assertiveness — a communication style that involves frank self-expression while respecting others — is considered a teachable skill and has been regarded as useful in improving the safety of medical care. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that assertiveness among pharmacy pharmacists is associated with appropriate prescribing for safe drug treatment.

    Polypharmacy is a condition that increases the risk of side effects and drug-drug interactions due to the use of more…

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  • Unsafe driving during school drop offs at ‘unacceptable’ levels

    Unsafe driving during school drop offs at ‘unacceptable’ levels

    Risky driving by parents and other motorists who do the school run is putting children in danger, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Traffic Injury Prevention.

    Double parking, not obeying traffic controls and other unsafe behavior occurs at the majority (98%) of elementary schools during morning drop-off times.

    The authors analyzed data from more than 500 schools in Canada and say hazardous driving is an “urgent and serious” issue. The most observed misdemeanour was…

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  • Research team improves method for producing designer proteins

    Research team improves method for producing designer proteins

    Proteins are the building blocks of life. They consist of folded peptide chains, which in turn are made up of a series of amino acids. From stabilising cell structure to catalysing chemical reactions, proteins have many functions. Their diversity is further increased by modifications that take place after the peptide chains have been synthesised. One form of modification is protein splicing. The protein initially contains a so-called ‘intein’, which removes itself from the peptide chain to…

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  • The brain resorts to myelin when other brain nutrients are depleted

    The brain resorts to myelin when other brain nutrients are depleted

    According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin. These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the neurons) exhibits behaviour that was previously unknown, and that it contributes towards the brain’s energy metabolism when other sources of energy are running low. Understanding how myelin in the runners recovers quickly may provide clues for developing treatments for demyelinating diseases such as…

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  • Hidden potential in multiple disabilities

    Hidden potential in multiple disabilities

    Using eye-tracking — a technique for recording and analysing eye movements — a team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that individuals with multiple disabilities can improve their social and emotional skills. Although these patients are often considered ”untestable”, nine young people have undergone personalised training over a period of one year, with promising results in terms of their ability to socialise. This work opens the way to new methods of assessment and support….

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  • How mothers adapt to the metabolic demands of nursing

    How mothers adapt to the metabolic demands of nursing

    Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how they lead to metabolic adaptations in nursing mothers remained unclear. In this study, which appeared in Nature Metabolism, leading researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Pennington Biomedical Research Center uncovered a mechanism that connects prolactin, estrogen, the brain and metabolic…

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  • New genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    New genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    A seminal study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and Iceland has uncovered a new genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The discovery offers both closure and hope to potentially thousands of families worldwide who have long been searching for answers.

    The study, published in the April 10online issue of Nature Genetics, reveals that mutations in a small, previously…

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