UCLA scientists have identified specific gut bacteria that play an essential role in the anti-seizure effects of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet. The study, published today in the journal Cell, is the first to establish a causal link between seizure susceptibility and the gut microbiota—the 100 trillion or so bacteria and other microbes that reside in the human body's intestines
In a study published today in Nature, Marc Bühler and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) have taken a major step forward in elucidating the mechanisms underlying a disorder known as Helsmoortel-Van der Aa syndrome
For years, pregnant mothers have questioned their nutritional habits: "Will eating more cause my baby to be overweight?" Or, "I'm eating for two, so it won't hurt to have an extra serving, right?"
Implementing a verification simulation, or “dry run,” before a scheduled radiotherapy session could minimize possible errors and patient anxiety in the radiology suite, according to recent research out of Pittsburgh.
Not only is routine computed tomography (CT) to check for recurrence after evacuation surgery for chronic subdural hematoma unnecessary, but patients scanned on an as-needed basis experience better outcomes, a new perspective, randomized study suggests.
A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating protein secretion in the muscles by changing the way genes associated with secretion act. The study is published ahead of print in Physiological Genomics.
Chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at University College London (UCL), U.K., announced that they had developed a "quick and robust" blood test that can detect liver damage before symptoms appear.
Researchers have discovered the process that allows immune suppressor cells to develop, suggesting a potential new way to bolster immunotherapy treatment. Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of thwarting our body's natural systems.
Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have discovered that a signaling protein elevated in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) plays a much wider role in the disease than previously thought.
A study of more than 18,000 patients in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity, Austria, shows that patients admitted to hospital were around twice as likely to survive if they are overweight or obese.
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial use of healthcare resources, published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study.
Women with a large preoperative genital hiatus that were not surgically normalized after native tissue vaginal vault suspensions are at risk of prolapse recurrence or retreatment, researchers say. They are at higher risk of anatomic failure.