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Obesity linked to increased risk of rapid cartilage loss
Washington, July 14 (ANI): A new study has shown that obesity, among other factors, is strongly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss.
Tibio-femoral cartilage is a flexible connective tissue that covers and protects the bones of the knee. Cartilage damage can occur due to excessive wear and tear, injury, misalignment of the [...]
Fruit, vegetable intake cuts upper respiratory tract infection risk in pregnant women
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Eating nutritious foods, especially fruits and vegetables, could reduce pregnant women’s risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), according to a new study.
Researchers Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of [...]
New DNA-like compounds show promise to treat lupus
Washington, May 28 (ANI): A University of Iowa researcher has announced the creation of DNA-like compounds that effectively inhibit the cells responsible for systemic lupus erythematosus, an incurable chronic autoimmune condition that damages the skin, joints and internal organs.
Dr. Petar Lenert, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa Roy Carver College [...]
Indian American helps develop software for early Alzhemier diagnosis
New York, May 25 (IANS) Analysis of the brain’s MRI studies, combined with a new software program, developed by a team led by an Indian American, may permit clinicians to track and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease at an early stage.
Developed by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) team, the software can accurately differentiate patients with milder versions [...]
Now, software to analyse MR images and identify early Alzheimer’s disease
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) claim that they have developed a piece of software that can prove helpful in analysing MRI studies of the brain and allow diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser [...]
Prenatal cocaine exposure affects cognitive development in middle childhood
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Cocaine exposure before birth could compromise neurocognitive development among kids during middle childhood, according to researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).
The researchers revealed that heavier intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE) is linked with mild compromise on selective areas of neurocognitive development during middle childhood.
For the study, researchers examined if the [...]
Centenarians’ offspring show personality traits linked with healthy ageing, longevity
Washington, April 4 (ANI): Scientists have found that the children of centenarians generally possess certain personality traits that are associated with healthy ageing and longevity.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) New England Centenarian Study used questionnaires to obtain measures of the personality traits for neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were obtained from [...]
Black women three times more likely to develop aggressive breast cancer
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Black women are three times more likely than whites to develop aggressive breast cancer, according to a new study.
The research team led by Dr Carol Rosenberg at Boston University School of Medicine has found that despite lifestyle, age and [...]
Scientists integrated eastern and western medicine to treat traumatized Tibetan refugee monks
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Health experts in the U.S. have successful integrated eastern and western medicine to treat traumatized Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution.
The achievement was recently made by experts at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center.
The refugee monks they treated arrived in Boston [...]
Vitamin C may help prevent gout in men
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Men who consume higher levels of vitamin C are less likely to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, says a new report.
“Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis in men,” the authors write as background information in the report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal [...]
Extremely premature infants at higher autism risk
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Babies born more than three months early appear to be at double or triple the risk of autism, say US researchers.
According to scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), in collaboration with other medical centers, children born more than three months premature, are at three [...]
‘Magic’ pill that can curb smoking damage closer to reality
London, Jan 13 (ANI): A pill which can alleviate some of the negative health effects of cigarettes is on the anvil.
Boston University School of Medicine researchers have found 28 molecules, which are produced in abnormal amounts in cells lining the airways of smokers.
If the levels of these molecules could be restored to that of non-smokers [...]
