The Best Way to Clean Your Ears: With a Spoon
Doctors strongly discourage people from scraping inside their ears. But knowing better and doing it anyway is part of what makes us human.
Want to Adopt a Pet? Prepare for a Full Background Check.
When I decided to rescue a kitten last spring, I didn’t expect it to take nearly a year. The last time I adopted an animal — my dog, just over a decade ago — the entire process took less than a month. Walking home from the grocery store, I saw someone from a rescue organization…
Rick Owens on Corrupting the Classics
By now, Rick Owens has “corrupted,” as he puts it, several iconic shoe brands, breathing his weirdness into the safe and reliable designs of Birkenstock, Dr. Martens, Adidas and Converse. But one man’s corruption is another brand’s highly marketable collaboration, and Mr. Owens has grown to appreciate these partnerships. He used to roll his eyes…
Political variables carried more weight than healthcare in government response to COVID-19
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Political institutions such as the timing of elections and presidentialism had a larger influence on COVID-19 strategies than the institutions organizing national healthcare, according to a research team led by a professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Olga Shvetsova, a political scientist at Binghamton University, and fellow researchers explored…
Not all dietary proteins are created equal
Dietary protein is needed to supply essential amino acids for the synthesis of the structural and functional components of living cells. Thus, food protein quantity and quality are both essential for good health. The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) published an “ounce equivalents” recommendation to help consumers meet protein requirements with a variety of…
Study finds common protein in blood enables human fertilization and fighting infection
Irvine, CA – June 22, 2021 – A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals albumin (Alb), among the most abundant proteins in the body, activates a proton channel (hHv1), also widespread in the body, giving sperm the ability to penetrate and fertilize an egg, and allowing white blood cells to secrete large amounts of…
SFRP2 and PD-1 immunotherapy combination halts osteosarcoma metastasis in model
IMAGE: Hollings Cancer Center researcher Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., is leading the first breakthrough in pediatric osteosarcoma treatment in decades. view more Credit: MUSC Hollings Cancer Center/Marquel Coaxum In a cancer that has not seen new targeted therapies for over 20 years, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and oncologist Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., is pioneering new discoveries. Using…
AHA awards diversity grant supplement to Masonic Medical Research Institute
UTICA, NY — Does a connection exist between the development of heart disease and autism? That’s a question Dr. Maria Kontaridis, Executive Director and Gordon K. Moe Professor at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI), and her team have been actively investigating thanks to a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). Now, with the…
Salton Sea aerosol exposure triggers unique and mysterious pulmonary response
IMAGE: In recent decades, the Salton Sea has been undergoing a rapid retreat, causing increased exposure of dry lakebed. view more Credit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Communities surrounding the Salton Sea, the inland body of water straddling California’s Riverside and Imperial counties, show high rates of asthma due, possibly, to high aerosol dust…
Health care leaders call for national focus on preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia
IMAGE: Task force member Karen Giuliano is a nurse innovator and associate professor at UMass Amherst. view more Credit: UMass Amherst A group of health care leaders, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst nurse innovator, has published a national call to action to prevent non-ventilator-associated, hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP). This call to action was developed by a…