This week’s Medical Minute discusses how subcutaneous fat plays a different role in males versus females when it comes to the brain inflammation that contribute to dementia and stroke.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses a new study looking directly at whether certain negative social determinants play a role in the prevalence of Peripheral Artery Disease in black adult populations.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses new laboratory evidence that an old blood pressure medicine may help weaken traumatic memories that lead to debilitating PTSD.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses the relationship between tryptophan, the amino acid that contributes to the sleepiness we feel after the big Thanksgiving meal, and “Kynurenine”, an important ingredient in the fuel that powers our cells.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses “Tryptophan”, the amino acid that contributes to our feeling sleepy after the big Thanksgiving meal, but is also key to many other body functions.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses findings by mathematical modelers that indicate the number of people who contracted COVID-19 worldwide, and the number of people who died as a result, may be far larger than initially reported.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses an update on a study that examines the connection between the chronic inflammatory disease Psoriasis and heart attacks.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses a big group of bacteria that are present virtually everywhere. It is harmless for most of us, but can increase the risk of dying in people whose kidneys have failed.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses potentially problematic side effects of a largely effective, inexpensive drug used to treat those at risk of fractures from osteoporosis, the bone weakening condition typically associated with aging.
This week’s Medical Minute discusses a new technique scientists have developed to label the biological couriers that transport molecules between cells called “exosomes”
