Vitamin B1 Deficiency A Key Factor in the Development of Alcohol-Related Dementia

A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. However, we do not yet fully understand how alcohol damages the brain. A research group led by Stephan Listabarth from MedUni Vienna's Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Social Psychiatry, has now developed a hypothesis whereby iron d..(Read More)

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Launches 'Colonoscopy: THE Cancer Prevention Test' Campaign

Now, more than ever before, it’s important to encourage patients to engage in early screening for colorectal cancer, even in the midst of a pandemic. Routine screening is safe and should not be delayed; colorectal cancer can be prevented and lives saved. ASGE is proud to launch its Value of Colonoscopy campaign to help drive home the importance of early and effective screening and detection to pre..(Read More)

New Director of Penn Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health

Holly Harner, PhD, has been appointed the Afaf I. Meleis Director of the Center for Global Women’s Health (CGWH). She recently joined Penn Nursing as a Practice Professor of Women's Health in the Department of Family and Community Health. Harner has a national reputation as a leading clinician, educator, and champion of women’s health, with a long-standing commitment to improving the health status..(Read More)

Helping Teens with Type 1 Diabetes Improve Diabetes Control with MyDiaTextÓ

Adolescence is a difficult period of development, made more complex for those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The challenges of managing multiple doses of daily insulin administration, blood glucose monitoring, dietary and exercise requirements, can make self-care difficult and complicate outcomes. Adolescents with T1DM often have poorer diabetes outcomes than others, indicating that glucose..(Read More)

Obesity May Alter Immune System Response To Covid-19

Obesity may cause a hyperactive immune system response to COVID-19 infection that makes it difficult to fight off the virus, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrinology. Obesity not only leads to problems like heart disease and diabetes, but also influences the immune system in many ways. Obesity causes a chronic, low grade activation of some parts of..(Read More)

Rare Hyperinflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19 Described

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory in Sweden and Tor Vergata University of Rome in Italy have mapped the immune response in children affected by a rare but life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19. The study, which is published in the scientific journal Cell, reveals that the inflammatory response differs from that in Kawasaki disease and se..(Read More)

Inhaling Air Pollution from Western Wildfires like 'Smoking 25 Cigarettes a Day'

Wildfires in California have impacted the air quality in the San Francisco region. Dexter Henry spoke with Bay Area residents about how they've been impacted. As the sun rose over the western United States on Wednesday, residents in San Francisco stepped outside into an otherworldly scene. The sun was dimmed and everything appeared rusty orange as dense smoke from wildfires burning across the Wes..(Read More)