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According to new research, subcutaneous fat, which is more common in females, is protective against brain inflammation. Females’ propensity toward subcutaneous fat, which is fat…
The study found that a high allostatic load increased the risk of dying from cancer by 28% compared to a low allostatic load. A recent…
This underreporting results in worldwide pandemic estimates ranging from 600 million to 2.4 billion cases. A new mathematical model suggests that as few as 1…
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or when something stops the flow of blood to a certain region of the brain.…
The research showed that females sleep longer than men on average throughout their lives, but they go to bed later and are more often interrupted. A study…
Dr. Eric A. Vitriol. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University A new “image analysis pipeline” is giving scientists rapid new insight into how disease or injury…
Nasal microbiota holds clues to who will develop COVID symptoms from novel coronavirus. The microbiota in the nose and upper throat likely contains biomarkers for…
Dr. Alexis Stranahan and coauthor immunologist Dr. Babak Baban. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University Beige is considered a calming paint color, and scientists have new…
Drs. Sadanand Fulzele and Carlos Isales. Credit: Augusta University With age, a diet lacking in the essential amino acidAny substance that when dissolved in water,…
In the hours and days after a traumatic brain injury, inflammation inside the brain can accelerate to the point that more brain damage occurs, says…
A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to…
Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent between those with obesity and…
One way CBD appears to reduce the “cytokine storm” that damages the lungs and kills many patients with COVID-19 is by enabling an increase in…
Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is killing many patients with COVID-19, researchers say. While more work,…
Mathematical modeling can take what information is reported about the coronavirus, including the clearly underreported numbers of cases, factor in knowns like the density and…
Heart muscle can continue to die even after restoring blood following a heart attack, and scientists have new evidence that one way to help it…