Identifying persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who are unaware of their infection status, linking them to HIV care, and reducing racial/ethnic disparities are important national HIV prevention goals. HIV infection isproportionately affect Blacks/African Americans in the United States. Although blacks represent 13% of the U.S. population, in 2017, 44% of diagnoses of HIV…
Cells in our bodies have the ability to speak with one another much as humans do. This communication allows organs in our bodies to work synchronously; which in turn, enables us to perform the remarkable range of tasks we meet on a daily basis. One of this mean of communication is ‘tunneling nanotubes’ or TNTs.…
Children born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) do not appear to; at greater risk of developing cancer than other children; according to the first study to look at the long-term cancer risk in ART children compared to those in the general population or who were naturally conceived by subfertile women. The one of the world’s…
Exercise can impact biomarkers of brain function in a way that might prevent or postpone the onset of dementia. Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think. A new study published by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers in the Journal…
A new study has identified the master regulator that maintains a healthy gut and limits damage by parasitic whipworms. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators have revealed that the interleukin 10 receptor (IL-10R) is critical to prevent uncontrolled whipworm infection; in mice and a damaging immune response in the gut. The study, published…
Physicians may soon have a new way to measure the efficacy or failure of hormone therapy for breast cancer patients, according to new research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Researchers report that positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 18F-fluorofuranyl norprogesterone (18F-FFNP) has been found to successfully measure changes in progesterone…
The opioid epidemic or opioid crisis is a term that generally refers to the rapid increase in the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and Canada beginning in the late 1990s and continuing throughout the next two decades. The increase in opioid overdose deaths has been dramatic; opioids are now responsible for 49,000 of the 72,000 drug overdose deaths overall in the US in…
Updated measurements of charged particle fluxes during the transit from Earth to Mars conducted with the Radiation Assessment Detector inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft; as well as on-site measurements by Curiosity of Martian surface radiation fluxes; provided valuable knowledge for a better evaluation of potential health hazards associated with human space missions. Numerous Exciting…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent a warning letter to a physician in Beverly Hills, California, for illegally marketing an unapproved implantable device, called the Pocket Protector, which he claims can prevent and treat capsular contracture, a known complication of breast implants. However, the FDA has never approved any product to prevent…
Treating symptomatic lumbar stenosis with surgical decompression may also relieve associated low back pain (LBP); researchers say. Shreya Srinivas and colleagues studied the effect of surgical intervention specifically on LBP in patients with lumbar stenosis. significant improvement in back pain after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis is for up to two years after the procedure.…
Plastic surgeons have long debated the mechanisms aging-related changes in the face: Are they related more to “deflation” or “sagging”? A new study helps settle the debate, showing significant loss of volume in the upper lip in older adults, reports the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®; the official medical journal of the American Society of…
For students at The University of New Mexico, coming here isn’t just about being here. It’s about broadening your outlook and that’s exactly what students participating in the Himalayan Study Abroad Program have done. With the program, an interdisciplinary group of UNM undergraduate students traveled to Nepal to tackle environmental concerns; air pollution and urban waste;…