Zhengzheng Shi and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan report the effects of a common herbal remedy on colitis, one of two conditions that comprise inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Published in Frontiers in Immunology, the study shows that DKT—a standard formula containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose—reduced the severity […]

Discontinuing stable, long-term opioid therapy may not be necessary for patients who show no signs of misuse – and it could even be safer than tapering or abrupt discontinuation, new research suggests. Investigators analyzed data for almost 200,000 patients who did not have signs of opioid use disorder (OUD) and were receiving opioid treatment. The […]

Bone health requires a balanced activity of various bone cell types including bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Osteoporosis occurs when osteoclasts dominate without adequate bone formation to compensate. In new research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, elevated blood levels of a certain chemokine, or small signaling protein, that promotes osteoclast formation […]

What to Do About Polio Polio is back in the United States. The first case of paralytic polio was reported last month in New York, and the disease has also been found in the city’s wastewater. Only 1 in 4 people infected with poliovirus are symptomatic, and less than 1% of patients develop paralysis, so […]

New research published today by the University of Southampton shows new insight into how our brain develops, that can pave the way for treating neurological disorders. For the first time, a team of international scientists led by the University’s Professor of Neuroimmunology, Diego Gomez-Nicola, have studied the development of the main immune cell population residing […]

A little birdy told me you want to know what this “Community” stuff is you keep hearing about. I promise it’s not scary, at least not as frightening as Data Tracking and Analytics. Ahh, Numbers! No need to worry, you’re safe here, and the data can’t get you. At least not in this particular post. […]

A growing bandwagon of TikTok influencers have been using and promoting calamine lotion as a makeup primer under foundation. Though this may seem to work as a base layer for some people, dermatologists have concerns about this trend, particularly the risk of dryness. As of August 12th, the #calaminelotion tag had more than 20.8 million […]

Researchers have created a mathematical model to predict genetic resistance to antimalarial drugs in Africa to manage one of the biggest threats to global malarial control. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites and spread to humans through infected mosquitos. It is preventable and curable, yet resistance to current antimalarial drugs is causing avoidable […]

Polio virus has been discovered in New York City’s sewers, suggesting that the virus is circulating in the city, New York’s health authorities said today. The detection of polio in NYC is alarming but not surprising, said New York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett, MD, MPH. “For every one case of paralytic polio identified, hundreds […]

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients’ billsPlay Barbara Robinson was just trying to help her mother’s friend sign up for Medicaid and move into the Monroe County nursing home in Rochester, New York. But because Robinson signed the admissions form, the nursing home considered her financially responsible for the woman’s […]