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India’s traditional ‘chit fund’ system of banking by small self-help groups may meet the health needs of the country’s 1.4 billion people better than private health insurance companies, which only cover around half of medical bills, researchers say. Chit funds…
A recent opinion published in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN provides a highly detailed review of intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet, as well as strategies to apply a combination of these approaches to manage chronic health conditions. Study: Intermittent fasting with Ketogenic…
Modern society is increasingly threatened by mounting air pollution, as well as the occurrence of multiple chronic illnesses in the same individual. Multimorbidity is defined as the co-occurrence of two or more long-term communicable and/or non-communicable diseases. A new study…
A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology determines whether protein expression in nasal fluid samples could assist in the diagnosis of asthma subtypes. Study: Multidimensional endotyping using nasal proteomics predicts molecular phenotypes in the asthmatic…
In a recent study posted to medRxiv* preprint server, researchers examined the associations between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and incident autoimmune diseases. Study: Incident autoimmune diseases in association with a SARS-CoV-2 infection: A matched cohort study. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock…
Several progressive neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, are defined by having tau proteins in the brain. Researchers are seeking to identify the mechanisms behind these tau proteins to develop treatments, however, their efforts to detect biomarkers in blood has been…
Jan 31 2023 A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk. It follows previous work that shows Blacks…
Metastases occur when cancer cells leave a primary tumor and spread throughout the body. For this, they have to break connections with neighboring cells and migrate to other tissues. Both processes are promoted by signaling molecules released by the cancer…
In a recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers reported on the clinical and molecular characteristics of monkeypox (MPX) virus (MPXV) infections in Finland. Study: Intrahost Monkeypox Virus Genome Variation in Patient with Early Infection, Finland, 2022. Image Credit:…
A recent study posted to medRxiv* preprint server reported a novel form of post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome in children. Study: Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis with or without uveitis: a novel form of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in children. Image Credit:…
