Healthy oral, gut and urinary bug network can smash kidney stones

The human body’s microbe makeup is increasingly linked to the onset of many diseases, with a lot of the focus on the gut. A new study, however, has found that changes in the bug populations in not just the gut but in salivary and urinary microbiomes ar… Continue reading Healthy oral, gut and urinary bug network can smash kidney stones

Fecal transplants may boost the success of melanoma treatment

A phase 1 clinical trial exploring the use of fecal transplants to supplement immunotherapy treatment for melanoma has found it to be safe and has the potential to improve patients’ response to treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: … Continue reading Fecal transplants may boost the success of melanoma treatment

Gait analysis of dementia patients reliably identifies Alzheimer’s

Doctors might soon be able to differentiate between dementia types in older patients by analyzing the way they walk

The progression of a range cognitive conditions is often associated with a deterioration in motor control, and recently we’re seeing how the finer details of this physical decline can help us tell one type of dementia from another. A new study has demonstrated how this might work in distinguishing Alzheimer’s disease from other types of dementia, by focusing on one specific difference in the patient’s gait.

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