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18-month meditation program improves psychological wellbeing in seniors

Following an 18-month meditation programme can improve the wellbeing of older adults, finds a new randomised controlled trial by an international team co-led by UCL.

1 Dec 2023

Fitness video games may misrepresent exercise intensity for people with diabetes

The authors of a new study are warning people with type-1 diabetes to use fitness video games with caution.

1 Dec 2023

A child-centric approach is the blueprint for building thriving communities, study shows

Communities can prosper by providing attentive education and social services to their youngest residents - but the challenge is for leaders to work together.

1 Dec 2023

Machine learning model predicts brain health improvements based on neural biomarkers

As part of its ongoing quest to advance better brain health and performance, new research led by Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas investigated neural biomarkers associated with improvements on a brain health index.

30 Nov 2023

Needle-free vaccine patch can protect people from deadly Zika virus

A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus.

30 Nov 2023

Vegan diet improves cardiovascular health in 8 weeks, twin study finds

In a study with 22 pairs of identical twins, Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have found that a vegan diet improves cardiovascular health in as little as eight weeks.

30 Nov 2023

Canadian researchers aim to reduce chronic inflammation and comorbidities in HIV patients

To mark the occasion of World AIDS Day, find out how Dr. Madeleine Durand and Andrés Finzi are working to reduce chronic inflammation and the risk of comorbidities in people living with HIV.

30 Nov 2023

How do plant-based diets impact body weight?

The association between plant-based diet index (PDI), unhealthful PDI (uPDI), and healthful PDI (hPDI) and weight loss.

30 Nov 2023

Can a transdiagnostic, blended ecological momentary intervention improve self-esteem in youth with low self-esteem and prior exposure to childhood adversity?

A new study in JAMA Psychiatry reports on the results of a four-year randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing usual care alone or coupled with SELFIE, a form of EMI, in young people with a history of adversity during childhood.

30 Nov 2023

Routine thyroid hormone treatment for organ donors ineffective and potentially harmful

Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors' bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs available for transplantation.

29 Nov 2023

Macrocyclic compounds: A promising class of drugs for cancer treatment

This review was designed by Professor Xiaoling Song and Professor Biao Jiang and written by Pr. Xiaoling Song and a Ph.D. student, Yifan Wu (Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University) to summarize the application of macrocyclic molecules in cancer treatment.

29 Nov 2023

Insilico Medicine hosts three webinars to unveil latest technology breakthroughs

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, clinical stage biotechnology company and leader in AI drug discovery platform technology, is hosting three webinars unveiling its latest technology breakthroughs Nov. 28-30, 2023.

29 Nov 2023

Clinical trial reveals dapagliflozin's impact on heart failure and type 2 diabetes management

Researchers conducted a clinical trial on the effects of dapagliflozin on the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) in patients with heart failure (HF) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D).

29 Nov 2023

Study finds promising new approach to treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer

A new Phase Ib/II study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Moffitt Cancer Center found that combining sensitizing drugs with a specific form of radiation therapy may be more effective in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, yielding a higher progression-free survival (PFS) and overall response rate (ORR).

28 Nov 2023

FDA awards grant for phase 1 clinical trial of experimental AML/MDS treatment

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) - two related blood diseases that disproportionally strike older adults - are notoriously difficult to treat and associated with high relapse rates.

28 Nov 2023

HPV self-sampling kits via direct mail boost cervical cancer screening rates, study finds

Researchers examined the effectiveness of opt-in and direct-mail strategies for offering self-sampling kits of human papillomavirus (HPV) to populations based on cervical cancer screening history.

28 Nov 2023

Traffic-related air pollution raises blood pressure, study finds

For more than a century, American cities have been sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways. Interstate highways and wide arterials are now a defining feature of most metropolitan areas, their constant flow of cars spewing pollution into nearby neighborhoods.

27 Nov 2023

Novel method can detect contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a novel method capable of identifying contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours.

27 Nov 2023

New stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can reduce dependence on daily insulin injections

An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and reduce dependence on daily insulin injections, according to new clinical trial results from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).

27 Nov 2023

Subsidizing healthy foods could improve dietary habits, researchers say

Dietary food intake has a major influence on health indicators, including Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose.

27 Nov 2023

Clinical Trial News and Research

18-month meditation program improves psychological wellbeing in seniors

Fitness video games may misrepresent exercise intensity for people with diabetes

A child-centric approach is the blueprint for building thriving communities, study shows

Machine learning model predicts brain health improvements based on neural biomarkers

Needle-free vaccine patch can protect people from deadly Zika virus

Vegan diet improves cardiovascular health in 8 weeks, twin study finds

Canadian researchers aim to reduce chronic inflammation and comorbidities in HIV patients

How do plant-based diets impact body weight?

Can a transdiagnostic, blended ecological momentary intervention improve self-esteem in youth with low self-esteem and prior exposure to childhood adversity?

Routine thyroid hormone treatment for organ donors ineffective and potentially harmful

Macrocyclic compounds: A promising class of drugs for cancer treatment

Insilico Medicine hosts three webinars to unveil latest technology breakthroughs

Clinical trial reveals dapagliflozin's impact on heart failure and type 2 diabetes management

Study finds promising new approach to treating locally advanced pancreatic cancer

FDA awards grant for phase 1 clinical trial of experimental AML/MDS treatment

HPV self-sampling kits via direct mail boost cervical cancer screening rates, study finds

Traffic-related air pollution raises blood pressure, study finds

Novel method can detect contaminants in T-cell cultures within 24 hours

New stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can reduce dependence on daily insulin injections

Subsidizing healthy foods could improve dietary habits, researchers say

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