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Exercise may help improve sexual function in prostate cancer patients

Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the world, but not only does it put the lives of those diagnosed at risk, but can also severely impact patient quality of life due to side-effects of treatment.

30 Aug 2023

Low-carbohydrate diets as strategies for improving glycemic control in diabetic patients

Researchers evaluated the impact of low-carbohydrate diets on glycemic regulation among individuals with diabetes mellitus type 2.

30 Aug 2023

Can muvalaplin achieve safe and tolerable plasma concentrations adequate to reduce steady-state Lp(a) levels without modulating plasminogen activity in humans?

Researchers evaluated the tolerability, safety, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetic properties of muvalaplin.

30 Aug 2023

Floatation therapy may be a novel treatment for anorexia nervosa

A trailblazing study conducted by researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla., has made significant strides with a novel technique for treating anorexia nervosa (AN), an eating disorder characterized by low body weight, body image abnormalities, and anxiety.

29 Aug 2023

Higher dose and shorter treatment of key antibiotic proven to be safe for TB patients

A higher dose and shorter treatment time of a cornerstone tuberculosis (TB) drug has proven to be safe for patients, according to a clinical trial led by researchers at St George's, University of London and results published in NEJM Evidence.

29 Aug 2023

Analysis reveals limited evidence on use of cannabis products in children with cancer

A recent analysis of all relevant published studies reveals a lack of evidence to determine the dosing, safety, and efficacy of medical marijuana or cannabis-containing products for managing symptoms experienced by children with cancer.

29 Aug 2023

How can different diets combined with salt restriction alleviate high blood pressure and hypertension?

A recent study conducted a clinical trial to compare the popular diets, namely, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension and the Mediterranean diet, in combination with a salt-restricting strategy for reducing high blood pressure and hypertension.

29 Aug 2023

Same cellular mechanism implicated in cystic fibrosis and rare disease cystinosis

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that the same cellular mechanism involved in a form of cystic fibrosis is also implicated in a form of a rare disease called cystinosis.

28 Aug 2023

Experts warn of unintended consequences of using GLP-1RAs to treat childhood obesity

A team of clinicians, exercise scientists, pharmaceutical scholars, ethicists and behavioral experts at the University of California, Irvine, outlined their concerns that the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) to treat childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes may have unintended and adverse consequences for children's health.

28 Aug 2023

Mozart lullaby may help reduce pain experienced by newborn babies during heel prick blood test

Playing a Mozart lullaby may help reduce the pain experienced by newborn babies undergoing a heel prick blood test, according to a randomized, blinded clinical trial involving 100 infants published in Pediatric Research.

28 Aug 2023

U.S. Army develops broad-spectrum snakebite antidote for use in austere environments

Members of the Warfighter Protection and Acute Care Project Management Office were recognized for program management excellence during the annual Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 14.

28 Aug 2023

First oral treatment for Lipoprotein(a) shows significant cholesterol reduction

A new drug offers a breakthrough world first treatment for Lipoprotein(a), a largely genetic form of cholesterol that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, announced today by study lead Professor Stephen Nicholls, Director of the Monash University's Victorian Heart Institute and Victorian Heart Hospital.

28 Aug 2023

Trial evaluates behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce cardiotoxic effects of breast cancer treatment

Women with breast cancer are set to be enrolled in a clinical trial examining the ability of behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce the heart damage from anti-cancer therapies.

28 Aug 2023

A review of the neurological imaging techniques in dementia diagnosis

Researchers reviewed existing data on the contribution of neuroimaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging.

28 Aug 2023

UAB researchers show beneficial effect of verapamil for patients with Type 1 diabetes

In 2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Anath Shalev, M.D., reported that a decades-old blood pressure medication called verapamil completely reversed diabetes in animal models.

25 Aug 2023

Processing speed influences memory rehabilitation outcomes in TBI patients

Scientists at Kessler Foundation reported results from a randomized controlled trial examining the influence of processing speed on treatment benefits of the Kessler Foundation modified Story Memory Technique (KF-mSMT) in individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

25 Aug 2023

Study shows not all adrenal carcinoma patients need mitotane after surgery

After the complete tumor resection, not all patients with an adrenocortical carcinoma require the previous standard therapy Mitotane. Professors Martin Fassnacht and Massimo Terzolo show this in a clinical trial.

25 Aug 2023

Integrating tobacco cessation care into lung cancer screening improves quit rates

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States, and 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor: smoking.

25 Aug 2023

New drug could transform treatment of brain tumors in younger people

A top UVA Health cancer expert is highlighting how a new drug could transform how doctors treat a brain tumor that typically strikes younger people.

25 Aug 2023

New research sheds light on role of KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered a functional role for KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer and rapidly translated these findings into a novel therapeutic approach combining a KRAS G12D inhibitor with immune checkpoint inhibitors for early- and late-stage KRAS G12D-mutant pancreatic cancer.

24 Aug 2023

Clinical Trial News and Research

Exercise may help improve sexual function in prostate cancer patients

Low-carbohydrate diets as strategies for improving glycemic control in diabetic patients

Can muvalaplin achieve safe and tolerable plasma concentrations adequate to reduce steady-state Lp(a) levels without modulating plasminogen activity in humans?

Floatation therapy may be a novel treatment for anorexia nervosa

Higher dose and shorter treatment of key antibiotic proven to be safe for TB patients

Analysis reveals limited evidence on use of cannabis products in children with cancer

How can different diets combined with salt restriction alleviate high blood pressure and hypertension?

Same cellular mechanism implicated in cystic fibrosis and rare disease cystinosis

Experts warn of unintended consequences of using GLP-1RAs to treat childhood obesity

Mozart lullaby may help reduce pain experienced by newborn babies during heel prick blood test

U.S. Army develops broad-spectrum snakebite antidote for use in austere environments

First oral treatment for Lipoprotein(a) shows significant cholesterol reduction

Trial evaluates behavioral and psychological interventions to reduce cardiotoxic effects of breast cancer treatment

A review of the neurological imaging techniques in dementia diagnosis

UAB researchers show beneficial effect of verapamil for patients with Type 1 diabetes

Processing speed influences memory rehabilitation outcomes in TBI patients

Study shows not all adrenal carcinoma patients need mitotane after surgery

Integrating tobacco cessation care into lung cancer screening improves quit rates

New drug could transform treatment of brain tumors in younger people

New research sheds light on role of KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer

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