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Skip the Junk Food and Dig into Some Healthy Summer Eating

By Guest PostJuly 26, 2019Healthdark chocolate, dietary balance, healthy eating plan, healthy summer eating, junk food, roni caryl rabin, summer foods habits

Summer is traditionally the time for burgers and hot dogs fresh from the grill, fried chicken and cakes from church picnics, and funnel cakes, corn dogs, and ice cream from county and state fairs. While that all sounds delicious, consider how unhealthy a lot of that food is. A six-ounce corn dog served at a state fair has around 320 calories, is full of sodium, and has little dietary fiber. A funnel cake has around 760 calories, and a grilled hamburger patty calorie count can range from 220 to 307 calories, and that’s without the grilled buttered bun, a melted slice of cheese, and all the condiments. (more…)

Security cameras in nursing homes aim to protect the vulnerable but present ethical dilemmas

By Guest PostJuly 21, 2019Healthaging parents, clara berridge, elder abuse, nursing home, nursing home residents, security camera

For many people who care for aging parents, one solution is a safe, responsible nursing home.

But an increasingly common means of ensuring that safety — security cameras installed by relatives — may do more harm than good, says Clara Berridge, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Washington. (more…)

Wie Kinder entscheiden

By Guest PostJuly 13, 2019Health, Sciencedaniela glaetzle ruetzler, entscheidungsverhalten von kindern, wie kinder entscheiden

Kinder haben enorme Kaufkraft, zumindest über ihre Eltern – nicht nur um die Weihnachtszeit bestätigt sich das. Aber wie entscheiden Kinder? Ihrem ökonomischen Verhalten sind Innsbrucker Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler um Daniela Glätzle-Rützler auf der Spur. (more…)

Developing a Better, Faster Diagnostic for Cryptosporidiosis

By Guest PostJuly 12, 2019Healthcrypto, crypto under control, cryptosporidiosis, diagnostic for cryptosporidiosis, zoonotic disease

The UA is partnering with Kerafast to license reagents that offer the opportunity for the development of a rapid, highly sensitive diagnostic test for a common and costly zoonotic disease. (more…)

Wichtige Fette für wachsende Nerven

By Guest PostJuly 6, 2019Healthgaurav goyal, gehirnentwicklung, rolle von sphingolipiden, thomas hummel

ForscherInnen bestimmen Rolle von Sphingolipiden bei Gehirnentwicklung

Eine genetisch-bedingte Störung in der Bildung von Fetten – sogenannten Sphingolipiden –, einer wichtigen Komponente von Zellmembranen, führt beim Menschen zur neuronalen Degeneration im Nervensystem. (more…)

Miscarriage from a man’s perspective

By Guest PostJuly 1, 2019Healthcataclysm, chad mcbride, haley kranstuber horstman, jody koenig kellas, lost gift, miscarriage

A University of Missouri study exploring how men often use metaphors to discuss miscarriages finds couples need to “co-cope” with the experience (more…)

New Heart Valve Modeling Technique Enables Customized Medical Care for Patients

By Guest PostJune 18, 2019Health3d echocardiography, heart valve, michael sacks, mitral valve, mv disease, mv function, noninvasive technique, robert gorman

AUSTIN, Texas — Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new noninvasive technique for simulating repairs to the heart’s mitral valve with levels of accuracy reliable enough for use in a clinical setting. (more…)

Eine Frage der Zeit

By Guest PostJune 16, 2019Healthfrage der zeit, immunsystem, optogenetiksystem, t zelle, wilfried weber, wolfgang schamel

Forschende zeigen, wie das Immunsystem körpereigene von krankheitserregenden Molekülen unterscheidet

Ein Team um die Freiburger Biologen Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schamel und Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber hat in einem Experiment die Dauer der Wechselwirkung eines Proteins mit T-Zellen, weißen Blutkörperchen, kontrolliert und damit gezeigt, wie das Immunsystem krankheitserregende von körpereigenen Molekülen unterscheidet. Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler haben die Ergebnisse in der Fachzeitschrift eLife veröffentlicht. (more…)

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