A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia after finding that physical activity has a “profound” protective effect in mouse models of the debilitating genetic disease. Friedreich’s ataxia typically limits patients’ ability to exercise. But the new findings from UVA’s…
A collaborative study by research groups from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research and Ghent University uncovered a new mechanism causing colorectal cancer. The researchers found that abnormal expression of the protein Zeb2 affects the integrity of the intestinal wall or ‘epithelium’. This epithelium normally functions as a barrier to prevent infiltration by intestinal microbes.…
Study by University of Warwick researchers shows UK patients are keen to receive discharge letters when they leave hospital UK hospitals send discharge letters to GPs as part of care handover, but practice of copying in patients is inconsistent Better information for patients following discharge from hospital could improve the outcomes of care, including avoiding…
Tuesday, 16 June 2020: A new National Preclinical Imaging Centre (NPIC) which will provide enhanced research data to inform new clinical trials that aim to improve patient outcomes, has been awarded funding of €3.4 million under the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Infrastructure Programme. The Centre, which is the first of its kind in Ireland,…
Join Dr Vinay Prasad, a Haematologist-Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco. Vinay studies cancer drugs, health policy and evidence-based medicine and, in conversation with Dr Richard Simcock from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, will discuss ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ in clinical research; what we can…
In just six months, nearly 8 million people worldwide have been stricken with confirmed cases of Covid-19, and at least 434,000 have died. But those deaths have not been distributed evenly; among the most vulnerable are people with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and diseases that affect the heart and lungs. According to a…
Would you like to own a set of six crystal Bar Hemingway martini glasses from the Ritz in Paris? At an auction from Sunday through Tuesday of tableware and other artifacts from the hotel, there are four lots of these, estimated at 400 to 600 euros (around $450 to $680). Or if your dining area…
An unusual brass wine coaster just landed in the gift shop at the Glass House, the Philip Johnson residence in New Canaan, Conn., that’s now a museum. It has a bulge in the middle to fit the punt, or depression, at the bottom of most wine bottles, making it look, ever so slightly, like the…
BLM Community Resources, on the website for the Museum of Food and Drink, lists scores of black-owned farms, restaurants, food resources in black communities and charities. Among them a flower farm that Walker Marsh developed on what was an empty lot in Baltimore, and a fund-raiser for the family of David McAtee, the barbecue chef…
Red Clay, a company in Charleston, S.C., specializes in hot sauces, and just a trace of their new honey will elevate chicken — preferably fried, though grilled or roasted will do — with a touch of mellowness that has subtle bite. There’s more upfront heat, along with a vegetal note, in the company’s Barrel Aged…