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Mediterranean Diet Provides Symptom Relief for Patients With IBS in Pilot Study

May 30, 2025 — In a comparative pilot study, the Mediterranean diet and the low FODMAP diet both provided relief for patients with ...

People With Lupus Who Have Certain Antibodies Are More Likely to Experience Blood Clots, Researchers Find

May 15, 2025 — Some patients with lupus who possess specific antibodies are at a higher risk of thrombotic events such as a blood clot, stroke or heart attack, a new study shows. The finding might help clinicians ...

May 13, 2025 — Researchers confirm and explore the role of estrogen-related receptors in regulating energy production in muscle cells during exercise. The findings indicate that developing a drug to boost ...

Once Bitten, Animals Develop Resistance That Shrinks Tick Population

May 3, 2025 — Just in time for tick season, new research is shining a light on how animals develop resistance to tick bites, which points toward the possibility of developing more effective vaccines against the tiny, disease-carrying ...

The Antibiotic That Takes the Bite out of Lyme

Apr. 23, 2025 — Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At such a low dose, piperacillin also had the added ...

Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection

Apr. 23, 2025 — Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and joint ...

Omnivorous? Vegan? Makes No Difference to Muscle Building After Weight Training, Study Finds

Apr. 21, 2025 — A new study asked three questions about muscle protein synthesis in response to a nine-day diet and weight training regimen: First, does the source of protein -- plant or animal-based -- make any ...

Target to Repair Injured Muscles Discovered

Mar. 26, 2025 — A team has discovered a possible therapeutic approach to repair injured muscles either from aging or degenerative muscle ...

Cannabis Terpenes Offer Potential New Way to Treat Fibromyalgia Pain

Mar. 16, 2025 — A recently completed study found that certain terpenes in Cannabis sativa are effective at relieving post-surgical and fibromyalgia pain in preclinical ...

Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy

Mar. 13, 2025 — Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and damaging organs. A new study has now shown that the natural active ingredient gluconolactone restores immune regulation, ...

Possible Biomarker Identified for Crohn's Disease With Arthritis Type

Mar. 10, 2025 — People with Crohn's disease and related joint inflammation linked to immune system dysfunction have distinct gut bacteria or microbiota, with the bacterium Mediterraneibacter gnavus being a potential biomarker, according to new ...

Breakthrough Study Discovers Genetic Mutation Could Be Basis for Novel Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mar. 1, 2025 — Research reveals how a specific mutation in a protein called TRAF1 can shut down an overactive immune response, dramatically reducing inflammation in mice. This discovery could pave the way for a new ...

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New Study Supports Caution Regarding Use of Steroids

Feb. 27, 2025 — A new study of more than 2,900 patients provides evidence that it's likely best to use as little corticosteroid medicine as possible when treating people who have lupus pericarditis, a common heart ...

Humans Inherited Their Flexible Joints from the Earliest Jawed Fish

Feb. 25, 2025 — The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ancient jawed fish ancestors, according to a new ...

Topical Mupirocin Lowers Lupus Inflammation

Jan. 29, 2025 — Systemic lupus erythematosus commonly presents as a rash. The rashes are caused by inflammation from the immune system fighting the ...

Boosting This Molecule Could Help Retain Muscle While Losing Fat

Jan. 23, 2025 — With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth. ...

Fatty Muscles Raise the Risk of Serious Heart Disease Regardless of Overall Body Weight

Jan. 20, 2025 — People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, ...

Scientists Identify a Probable Contributor to Weakness of the Aorta in People With Genetic Disorder

Dec. 9, 2024 — Studying the cells of people and genetically engineered mice, scientists say they have uncovered a potential reason why patients with Loeys-Dietz ...

Controlling a Cancer-Associated Gene Can Mimic Muscle Growth from Exercise

Dec. 3, 2024 — Knowing the precise mechanisms by which MYC drives muscle growth could prove instrumental in creating therapies that reduce muscle loss from aging, potentially improving independence, mobility and ...

Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Future of Tick Control

Nov. 27, 2024 — Scientists create potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ...

When Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons to Grow

Nov. 20, 2024 — Exercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and ...

Signals from the Gut Could Transform Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Nov. 8, 2024 — Changes in the gut microbiome before rheumatoid arthritis is developed could provide a window of opportunity for preventative treatments, new research ...

In the Northeast, 50% of Adult Ticks Carry Lyme Disease Carrying Bacteria

Jan. 17, 2025 — Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick-- also called a deer tick -- is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Nov. 5, 2024 — Researchers employed analysis tools and machine learning algorithms to identify two genes linked to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis that could serve as diagnostic tools and potential targets ...

Lyme Borreliosis: New Approach for Developing Targeted Therapy

Oct. 23, 2024 — Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause lasting health problems ...

Hip Osteoarthritis: Head Gets in the Way of Recovery, Study Suggests

Oct. 8, 2024 — Muscle activation in people suffering from hip osteoarthritis might be a case of 'mind over matter', new research has shown. A recent study investigated muscle function in people with hip ...

Rates of a Tick-Borne Parasitic Disease Are on the Rise

Oct. 8, 2024 — Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another ...

Treatment for Age And Cancer-Related Muscle Degeneration

Sep. 26, 2024 — With the global population ageing rapidly, sarcopenia, a condition that affects millions of older adults and severely diminishes their quality of life, is emerging as an urgent public health issue. ...

Pressure Sensing by Muscles Is a Promising New Target for Treatments

Sep. 10, 2024 — A new study shows that the body's muscles sense mechanical pressure. This new discovery has important implications for movement neuroscience and may improve the design of training and ...

Researchers Develop Affordable, Rapid Blood Test for Brain Cancer

Aug. 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed a novel, automated device capable of diagnosing glioblastoma, a fast-growing and incurable brain cancer, in less than an hour. The average glioblastoma patient survives ...

Tiny Killers: How Autoantibodies Attack the Heart in Lupus Patients

Aug. 20, 2024 — A team of researchers report that autoantibodies alone directly affect heart function in lupus ...

Differences in Oxygen Physiology in People With Down Syndrome

Aug. 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking new study reports important differences in oxygen physiology and red blood cell function in individuals with Down ...

Scientists Map DNA of Lyme Disease Bacteria

Aug. 15, 2024 — Researchers have produced a genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria that may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the tick-borne ...

Surprising Mechanism of Lupus Kidney Damage Identified

Aug. 14, 2024 — A team defined key cells behind severe kidney damage in lupus. The research can inform future antibody ...

New Biomaterial Regrows Damaged Cartilage in Joints

Aug. 5, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model. New material comprises peptides, proteins and ...

Unraveling a Key Junction Underlying Muscle Contraction

July 31, 2024 — Using powerful new visualization technologies, researchers have captured the first 3-D images of the structure of a key muscle receptor, providing new insights on how muscles develop across the ...

Space-Trekking Muscle Tests Drugs for Microgravity-Induced Muscle Impairment

July 25, 2024 — A gentle rumble ran under a researcher's feet as a rocket carrying her research -- live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds fixed on tiny chips -- lifted off, climbed, and disappeared into ...

Breakthrough in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

July 22, 2024 — In a finding that opens the door to the development of targeted therapies for various muscle disorders, newly published research identifies key mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration and growth ...

Brain Inflammation Triggers Muscle Weakness After Infections

July 12, 2024 — Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit ...

Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction

July 11, 2024 — The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, according to a new ...

Scientists Discover a Cause of Lupus and a Possible Way to Reverse It

July 10, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a molecular defect that promotes the pathologic immune response in systemic lupus erythematosus (known as lupus) and show that reversing this defect may potentially reverse ...

Mobile App Therapy Leads to Significant Improvement in Fibromyalgia Management

July 8, 2024 — Research found a self-guided smartphone-based behavioral therapy led to significant improvements for patients with ...