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A new brain-imaging study casts doubt on one of the most widely debated explanations for the long-lasting coronavirus. Researchers found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in people with prolonged symptoms after infection with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Instead, patients with more severe symptoms showed increased activity in brain regions associated with emotion, stress, and memory. For a long time, COVID-19 has often been suspected of being involved in the ongoing inflammation in the brain caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Scientists have been studying this theory as a possible explanation for symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and depression.…

Although the majority of infants had good vitamin D status and no children showed signs of vitamin D deficiency, some children had intakes that were too low. This is the result of a study of more than 1,800 infants in Sweden. Foods that give children vitamin D also contributed to greenhouse gas emissions. This study is the first to provide a detailed analysis of infant vitamin D intake and status in Sweden, following the expansion of mandatory vitamin D fortification in 2018. The initiative focused on specific food groups and its aim was to ensure that more people were getting…

Expanded polystyrene containers create trash, contaminate soil, and may contain carcinogens. (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality) All food vendors in Virginia must stop using expanded polystyrene food containers, a material similar to Styrofoam, by July 1 as part of a 2021 law.The container ban will be implemented in two phases. Food distributors with 20 or more stores in the state had until July 1, 2025 to stop using the containers. All other food retailers must take similar action by July 1, 2026. Food vendors can ask local governments to grant them a one-year exemption if they can show they are…

Scientists at Cambridge have developed a miniature circuit in the lab that mimics the connections between the brain and spinal cord that underlie our movement. They used this model to show how damage to these connections, previously thought to be “irreversible,” is actually reversible. As we develop and grow into fetuses, fetuses, and infants, nerve cells (neurons) form connections that allow information to be transmitted between the brain and spinal cord. A key component of each neuron is its axon. This is a “cable” of nerve fibers that transmits information to other neurons to activate muscle contraction. At some point,…

Andrew covers the biopharmaceutical industry, scientific research and public health across the continent. You can contact Andrew confidentially on Signal (drawqjoseph.71).In clinical trials, an experimental drug helped overcome nearly one in five people with hepatitis B, a chronic infection caused by the virus, far exceeding available treatment options for the disease, which kills one million people each year. Approximately 250 million to 300 million people worldwide are infected with chronic hepatitis B, which can lead to serious problems such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. Current treatments, known as nucleoside analogs, lead to so-called functional cures in only 1% to 3%…

Kaleo has launched the AUVI-Q Speaks Up campaign to share the stories of patients, caregivers and healthcare providers with severe allergies. The company sells AUVI-Q, an epinephrine injection used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis. Kaleo, which competes with Viatris’ EpiPen, has enhanced its product by adding audio instructions that guide users through each step of the epinephrine injection process. When the user removes the outside of the package, the auto-injector will issue a voice prompt. Kaléo gave a nod to this feature by putting the device’s voice actor at the center of communication with the name of…

When a viewer watches the day after tomorrowthey saw a hypothetical version of a sudden and dramatic climate collapse. Although the speed of these events was exaggerated in the movies, scientists know that Earth’s climate can indeed change suddenly. During the last ice age, temperatures in Greenland rose by 16 degrees Celsius in just a few decades. Huge waves of icebergs repeatedly disrupted circulation in the North Atlantic during events known as the Dansgaard-Eschger and Heinrich phenomena. These kinds of rapid changes, called millennium-scale climate events, reveal that Earth’s climate system can reorganize much faster than would be expected from…

Eating isn’t just about getting enough calories. The body also needs to get the right balance of nutrients, especially essential amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein that the body cannot produce on its own. Now, researchers have discovered a hidden communication system between the gut and brain that allows animals to detect when they’re low on protein and prompts them to seek out the nutrients they need. A team led by SUH Seong-Bae, director of the Center for Microbiome, Body, and Brain Physiology at the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), collaborated with scientists from Seoul National University…

Immunotherapy could offer an entirely new way to treat patients with hard-to-treat depression, according to a clinical trial led by the University of Bristol. JAMA Psychiatry May 20th. In this small pilot study, researchers tested whether tocilizumab, a drug commonly prescribed for inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, could reduce symptoms of depression in patients who had not improved with standard antidepressants. Although the trial included only 30 participants with moderate to severe depression, the study results suggest that the drug may help reduce depression severity, anxiety, and fatigue while improving quality of life. Scientists investigate the role of inflammation…

Would you use a cigarette butt to buy buttery Dutch pancakes? This is the deal one food truck is offering at a festival in the Netherlands as a way to get people thinking about trash.Cigarette butts are the most common plastic waste in the world, with more than 4.5 tonnes of cigarette butts produced each year. In the Netherlands, the number is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.To combat this problem, some companies are accepting them as payment for a plate. pancakes – Small Dutch pancakes are usually eaten with heaps of butter and sugar.At the Het Vrije…