Lumpy proteins stiffen blood vessels of the brain
Deposits of a protein called ‘Medin,’ which manifest in virtually all older adults, reduce the elasticity of blood vessels during aging and hence may be a risk factor for vascular …
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Different response of mitochondrial respiration in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue to endurance exercise
In obese individuals, endurance exercise improves fitness and increases the number of mitochondria and cellular respiration in skeletal muscles. However, the intervention has no effect on cellular respiration in adipose …
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Health system clinicians perform better under medicare value-based reimbursement
A team of researchers led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D., an associate professor of health management and policy at Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice, conducted a …
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Halting the Oxford vaccine trial doesn’t mean it’s not safe: It shows they’re following the right process
Only days after the federal government announced a A$1.7 billion vaccine deal to roll out COVID-19 vaccines to Australians in 2021, one of the two candidates has halted its phase …
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Vitamin B1 deficiency a key factor in the development of alcohol-related dementia
A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. However, we do not yet fully understand how alcohol …
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Lockdowns increase domestic violence and potential harm to fetuses
One in four women in this country have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. And that’s before the COVID-19 pandemic created domestic hothouses for additional potential …
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Modeling behaviors that spread disease
Whether it’s a cough or a handshake, one point of contact by an infected individual may be all it takes to spark an epidemic. The same can also be true …
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