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By Jordana Lenon You may have heard of ceramides as moisture-preserving molecules found in skin, but in the blood stream these molecules may be detectors of early risk for developing metabolic syndrome, a University of Wisconsin–Madison study has found. Ceramides are a type of lipid and they are not only important in keeping skin healthy, …
By Jordana Lenon Lower urinary tract (LUT) dysfunction is prevalent in older adults. Clinical manifestations include urinary retention, incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infections. Bladder catheters and increased risk for infections requiring outpatient antibiotic treatment or hospitalization frequently result. This is often followed by the loss of independence and the need for long-term care in …
WNPRC scientists Marissa Kraynak and Ricki Colman used marmoset monkeys to probe why menopause raises women’s risk of diabetes and weight gain — and found, surprisingly, that the decline in ovarian estradiol may play a much smaller role in metabolism than previously thought, pointing instead to estrogens produced elsewhere in the body, including the brain.