Archive: 11/07/2016

Does the gut microbiome offer new therapeutic options for brain diseases?

The surprising and potentially wide-ranging effects that the levels and diversity of bacteria living in the gut have on overall human health, inflammation, and specifically brain health are the focus of a provocative interview ...

Jul 11, 2016

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Physician payment reform has led to decrease in home-based dialysis

The Medicare program's transition in 2004 to tiered fee-for-service physician reimbursement for dialysis care had the unintended consequence of reducing use of home dialysis, according to a paper co-authored by a nonresident ...

Jul 11, 2016

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Colistin-resistant gene detected in the US for the second time

For the second time, a clinical isolate of a bacterial pathogen has been detected in humans in the United States which carries the colistin resistance gene, mcr-1. This may also be the first case to show up in the US. That ...

Jul 11, 2016

Self-prescribing antibiotics is a big problem

Five percent of adults from a cohort of 400 people reported using antibiotics without a prescription during the previous 12 months. Twenty-five percent said they would use antibiotics without contacting a medical professional. ...

Jul 11, 2016

Mechanism of autophagy initiation has just been revealed

In order to live, it is necessary for creatures not only to synthesize essential components, but also degrade harmful or superfluous components. Autophagy, an intracellular degradation system conserved among eukaryotes from ...

Jul 11, 2016

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Strategies to mimic fasting during chemotherapy enhance anticancer T cell activity in mice

Fasting is known to increase positive outcomes during cancer treatment, and now two independent studies in mice show that fasting, either through diet or drugs, during chemotherapy helps increase the presence of cancer-killing ...

Jul 11, 2016