A growing challenge in the treatment of staph infections is that the bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics, including daptomycin. Antibiotic resistance not only complicates the treatment of many infections, it also raises the cost of treating those infections. But a recent United Nations report claiming that drug resistant diseases could kill 10 million people…
Neurodegenerative Disorders; Nearly 6% of athletes and non athletes were found to have the neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the largest, and broadest, study conducted of the disease to date. The findings were published June 14 in the international journal Brain Pathology. Generally our findings point to CTE being more common in athletes…
Nutritional Factors; Metabolism and growth are under the control of the endocrine system that, working in cooperation with the nervous system, regulates these functions. The objective of this Research Topic was to provide a multidisciplinary approach of cutting-edge research on metabolism and growth in different experimental models, including farmed species. The Research Topic contains 12…
A new study involving University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) researchers survey mothers nationwide; and found many who decline care for themselves or their newborn babies during hospital birth; are more likely to report experiencing discrimination and other forms of poor treatment. “The connection between declining care and poor treatment suggests those women;…
The global obesity epidemic is so far-reaching it now has an overarching name: globesity. Texas Biomed Staff Scientist Raul Bastarrachea, M.D., is part of a team that discover a new mutation; in the gene that regulates the key hormone suppressing hunger called leptin. This new mutation could help researchers understand why people develop excess of…
White coat hypertension, a condition in which a patient’s blood pressure readings are higher when take at the doctor’s office compared to other settings, was originally attributed to the anxiety patients might experience during medical appointments. However, over the years, research has suggested the elevated readings might be a sign of underlying risk for future…
Esophageal Reconstruction; The treatment of esophageal disorders, such as congenital anomalies and esophageal cancer, results in circumferential, full-thickness, extended segment loss of the esophagus. Gastric pull-up conduits or colon interpositions are used to reestablish the luminal continuity. However, the use of these esophageal substitutes can cause various surgical morbidities and mortality. Although tissue engineering promises…
Chronic Ear Survey; Patient reported outcome measures (PROM’s) and impact of medical and/or surgical treatment on quality of life are of increasing importance in current medical practice, including the field of otology. In addition to objective measures such as pure tone audiometry and Computer Tomography (CT), PROM’s provide supplemental information regarding the impact of symptoms…
The effective way to increase the chance that an embryo will successfully implant during in vitro fertilization (IVF); is genetic testing to see if the embryo is normal. But the news often isn’t good. By the time a woman is 44 years old; the vast majority of her embryos will be abnormal. A new study…
The researches find that the The Department of Bioengineering at the UT Dallas is adding a MILabs Hybrid OI/CT system to its innovative medical imaging solutions. but By fusing bioluminescent and fluorescent imaging with ultra-high-resolution CT; this new in-vivo imaging system enables functional treatment imaging of diseases throughout the whole-body of a small animal while…
As urolithin A is a natural dietary; microflora deriving metabolite showing to stimulate mitophagy and improve muscle health in old animals and in preclinical models of aging; a metabolite of biomolecules found in pomegranates and other fruits; could help slow certain aging processes. This study showing that urolithin A; a compound deriving from biomolecules found…
The study find that the older adults as they go through residential transitions; but according to a University of Michigan study that looked at deaths by suicide among people 55 and older. But The study focuses on suicides among adults who were living in; or planning to move to; therefore long-term care centers such as…