Category: Health

Maternal obesity altered egg-cell methylation and programmed metabolic problems across mouse generations

A Nature Metabolism study provides causal evidence that obesity-associated DNA methylation in egg cells can...

Sepsis affected 0.26% of 328,292 breast cancer surgeries but sharply raised reoperation and readmission

Sepsis occurred after just 0.26% of 328,292 breast cancer surgeries, but affected patients had far...

New vancomycin-resistant hospital strain escaped several standard laboratory tests

A newly identified Enterococcus faecium outbreak clone in Austria was missed by several routine resistance...

Mobile prompts changed fall-related movement patterns in people with multiple sclerosis

A study of 14 people with multiple sclerosis found that targeted mobile prompts reduced sit-to-stand...

Simple model reached 0.788 AUC predicting mitral regurgitation improvement after TAVI

A study of 444 patients found that six routine preoperative measures could help predict whether...

Depression and anxiety did not raise distress risk during intensive meditation retreats

A preregistered matched-control study found that higher depression and anxiety symptoms did not predict greater...

Creatine added 1.1 kg of lean tissue without exercise in 12-week midlife trial

A 12-week controlled trial found that middle-aged adults taking 10 grams of creatine daily gained...

Anesthesia pushed brains toward the same isolated state across six species

Across humans and five animal species, anaesthesia produced a shared neural signature of shorter timescales...

HEPA filtration cut indoor fine particles by 52%, while adults over 40 completed an executive-function test 12% faster

A randomized crossover trial found HEPA filtration cut indoor PM2.5 by 52%, while adults aged...

59% of asthma and COPD patients with COVID-19 reported symptoms lasting more than three months

A Swedish study found post-COVID symptoms in 59% of 494 asthma and COPD patients with...

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