medicine Friday March 24, 2023 Stockholm – According to a Mendelian randomization study, people with high levels of caffeine in their blood have a lower BMI, less body fat and a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. This is reported by researchers in BMJ Medicine (2023; DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000335). Previous studies have suggested that 3-5 cups … Read more
/roger ashford, stock.adobe.com – Dallas, Texas – Starting statin therapy can make it difficult to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. The consequence may be an increase in the number of prescribed antidiabetic drugs or even the need for insulin therapy, as a study in JAMA Internal Medicine (2021; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5714) shows. It is … Read more
/peterschreiber.media, stock.adobe.com – New Haven / Connecticut – An illness with COVID-19 not only leads to the formation of antibodies that neutralize the virus and prevent future infections. A US team sensed in with a new method Nature (2021; DOI: 10.1038 / s41586-021-03631-y) many patients have a number of autoantibodies that, according to animal studies, … Read more
/nobeastsofierce, stock.adobe.com – Dallas, Melbourne and Tel Aviv – 2 research groups from the USA and Australia have succeeded in producing artificial blastocysts from human stem cells, which according to their reports in Nature (2021; DOI: 10.1038 / s41586-021-03356-y and 03372-y) resemble a 5 to 6 day old embryo just before implantation in the uterus. … Read more
/Nekrasov, stock.adobe.com – New York – Even in optimally equipped clinics, COVID-19 diseases are often fatal. At 2 clinics in Manhattan, more than 1/3 of all patients who had to be treated in intensive care died. According to a cohort study, the most common complications included im Lancet (2020; DOI: 10.1016 / S0140-6736 (20) 31189-2) … Read more
/stock.adobe.com / Robert Kneschke – Reno – Just 48 days after a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 and two meanwhile negative smears, a 25-year-old American contracted COVID-19 again. The second time even more violently than with the first illness. The at Lancet The case submitted for publication is the fourth within a few days in which … Read more
/ Kateryna_Kon – stock.adobe.com – Vienna – Repeated vaccination against the protein alpha-synuclein, the deposits of which in the brain are said to be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease, has induced the formation of antibodies in patients in the early stages of the disease, and according to the report in Lancet Neurology (2020; … Read more
/ zakalinka, stock.adobe.com – Liverpool – Smell and taste disorders are not the only neurological symptoms of COVID-19. A survey among British doctors in Lancet Psychiatry (2020: DOI: 1010.1016 / S2215-0366 (20) 30287-X) showed that the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can also attack the brain. In addition to cerebrovascular complications such as a stroke, psychiatric symptoms … Read more
/dpa – London – A Diabetes mellitus is not only one of the most important risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19. The infection with the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, apparently, can also trigger Diabetes and a severe metabolic decompensation, up to and including deadly ketoacidosis cause, warns a group of endocrinologists The New England Journal … Read more
/ sergei_fish13, stock.adobe.com – Bochum – The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus remains infectious on surfaces for long periods of time, even at higher outside temperatures. This was recently shown in the Journal of Infection (2020; DOI: 10.1016 / j.jinf.2020.05.074) published laboratory experiments. SARS-CoV-2 is believed to be primarily transmitted via droplets and aerosols. However, transmission via … Read more