Mouths are filthy, harboring the second largest microbiome of the human body. Some bacteria can help break down food, among other responsibilities; other bacteria can travel into the mouth on food, fingers, pen caps and more to contribute to gum…
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Improvement found in patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder with contingency management
The opioid epidemic remains a U.S. public health crisis and has only worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, with opioid deaths accounting for 69,000 of 93,000 overdose-related deaths in 2020, according to provisional drug overdose data released by the…
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Potential biomarker found for lung disease in scleroderma patients
Researchers have discovered a protein that may predict disease severity for a lung condition that often proves fatal to patients with scleroderma. The recent study, published in Arthritis Care & Research and investigated by a Michigan Medicine researcher, found a novel adipokine, known…
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COVID vaccine found highly effective in real-world US study
The U.S government’s first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. The two vaccines available since December—Pfizer and Moderna—were 90% effective after two doses, the Centers…
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Deadly hospital superbug found on a remote island beach
A deadly hospital superbug has been discovered on a remote island beach, marking the first time researchers have seen this multidrug-resistant organism in the “wild.” The findings, published Tuesday (March 16) in the journal mBio, may provide clues to the…
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“I meditated for 10 minutes every day and found a method that didn’t involve sitting in silence”
When it came to meditating, writer Alice Barraclough was a skeptic, but keen to reap the benefits she kept hearing about. She tried different methods until she found one that did not involve sitting in silence. I have a confession:…
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No new community cases found in New Zealand since lockdown
As people in Auckland adjusted to a new lockdown on Monday, health officials said they’d found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community, raising hopes the restrictions might be short-lived. New Zealand’s largest city was hurriedly placed…
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Tuberculosis kills as many people each year as COVID-19. It’s time we found a better vaccine
In July 1921, a French infant became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), after the mother had died from the disease. The vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the same one still used today….
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Higher live birth rates found after transferring fresh rather than frozen embryos
For women hoping to achieve a pregnancy using freshly retrieved donor eggs, a new retrospective study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital may provide important insight. Brigham senior author Janis H. Fox, MD, had observed that when freshly…
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Link found between self-control in childhood and success later in life
An international team of researchers has found a link between degree of self-control during childhood and success later on in life. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describe their decades-long study of…
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