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Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute STRI and Panama s government research institute, INDICASAT, mosquitoes in the genus Aedes , which carry a group of dangerous viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea. With increasing globalization, human ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Apr 5
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Hockey victories may increase heart attack risk in Canadian men
Philadelphia, March 29, 2018 - The thrill of a hockey victory may put younger men at an increased risk for heart attack. A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology found an increase in hospital admissions for men under 55 presenting with symptoms of ST-elevation myocardial infarction STEMI or heart attack the day after a Montreal Canadiens win. There was little evidence within the ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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The microenvironment of diabetic retinopathy supports lymphatic neovasculariza...
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a major sight-threatening diabetic complication. Nearly all patients with type I diabetes and over 60 of patients with type II diabetes develop retinopathy after 20 years of diabetes, despite metabolic control. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy comes into existence through the process of pathological angiogenesis, when endothelial cells of the retinal vascula ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Breast cancers detected at smaller size in women with implants
March 29, 2018 - Breast augmentation with implants does not interfere with the ability to detect later breast cancers--in fact, cancers may be detected at a smaller size in breasts with implants , according to a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reg , the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ASPS . But mammography may be less likely to d ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Searching for long-term success in weight management? Forget dieting and eat r...
Early adulthood is particularly critical for putting on weight. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Helsinki, common factors among young women and men who succeeded in managing their weight in the long term included eating regularly rather than dieting. Often, people try to prevent and manage excess weight and obesity by dieting and skipping meals. In the long term, such app ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups, and intensified cellular mechanisms promoting the diseases. Cancer typically associated with older adults over 50 a ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Promising drug may stop cancer-causing gene in its tracks
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and lung cancer, as well as prevent these cancers from growing. These findings are based on two studies featured in the latest issue of Cancer Prevention Research . The first was a preclinical study, led by Karen Liby, an associate professor in ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Treating menopause symptoms reduces abdominal fat tissue
WASHINGTON -- Women who undergo hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms tend to have less fat tissue, particularly in the abdomen, than other menopausal women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism . Menopause is the process a woman goes through when her monthly periods end following the aging of the ovaries and the subseq ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption
Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University of Waterloo study has found. The study compared the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks between 41,000 secondary school students in Ontario, where school nutrition policies are mandatory, and Alberta, where they are voluntary. The study took place during the 2013-14 sch ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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The link between urban design and childhood obesity
Children who live in more walkable neighbourhoods have a smaller waist measurement and a lower BMI body mass index . Those are the findings of a Montreal research team led by INRS professor Tracie A. Barnett. According to the results of the study published in Preventive Medicine by Adrian Ghenadenik lead author with Professor Barnett senior contributing author , urban design is a factor in the dev ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Moving light-dark exposure could reduce disruption faced by night shift workers
New research published in The Journal of Physiology shows that our brain clock can be shifted by light exposure, potentially to align it with night shift patterns. It highlights that a one size fits all approach to managing sleep disruption in shift workers may not be appropriate. A personalised approach, with light-dark exposure scheduled and taking into account whether someone is a morning or ev ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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Research shows why we struggle to get good night's sleep as we get older
New research has identified the way age impairs the ability of the circadian clock in mammals to re-set itself when exposed to light, resulting in disruption to sleeping patterns and consequent threats to wellbeing. Researchers, led by a University of Kent neurophysiologist, found that aging results in a significant reduction in sensitivity to light in the part of the brain that controls circadian ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Mar 29
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