Monthly Archives: October 2023

A new study examined the critical connection between the brain and pain for treating chronic pain. Specifically, they looked at the importance of pain attributions, which are people’s beliefs about the underlying causes of their pain, to reduce chronic back pain severity. Ashar and his team tested whether the reattribution of pain to mind or […]

Premature birth, when a baby is born 3 or more weeks early, affects 10.5% of births in the United States; these rates are higher in some other parts of the world. Premature newborns can suffer many medical complications, including diseases of the eyes, lungs, brain and digestive system. Prematurity is the leading cause of death […]

Researchers found that the particles in our nervous system, molecular cousins of the well-known HDL, or “good cholesterol” particles in our bloodstream, are much more diverse than previously thought. Researchers detected more than 300 different proteins associated with the particles, far more than the 16 known previously, that fall into at least 10 different families. […]

Up to 15 percent of children and five percent of adults are affected by the chronic inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis. Despite advanced therapy measures, the severe itching and eczema, especially on the elbows or knees, cause great distress to the patients.  In the course of a study conducted at MedUni Wien a research team […]

The immune system prevents the production of antibodies that attack and damage the body’s healthy tissues. Autoimmune diseases impair this process. Now, research teams are examining the potential of a therapy involving B cells to fight these disorders. Their findings were published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The researchers said they discovered that […]