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Besifovir dipivoxil maleate offers comparable efficacy and improved safety for hepatitis B patients

Hepatitis B is a liver infection cause by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and long-term hepatitis B infections that last longer than six months are considered "chronic".

24 Mar 2025

Long-term inhaled corticosteroids linked to increased health risks in COPD patients

Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are commonly prescribed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not recommended as first-line treatment unless patients have asthma/COPD overlap or frequent exacerbations.

24 Mar 2025

Smell-based test taken at home could predict cognitive impairment in older adults

When it comes to early detection of cognitive impairment, a new study suggests that the nose knows. Researchers from Mass General Brigham developed olfactory tests-in which participants sniff odor labels that have been placed on a card-to assess people's ability to discriminate, identify and remember odors.

24 Mar 2025

Ketogenic diet reverses obesity-linked biological aging by over 6 years

Obesity speeds up biological aging at the molecular level, but this study finds that a very-low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) can significantly reverse this effect.

24 Mar 2025

What do Blue Zone diets have in common? Polyphenols that may slow aging

Scientists reviewed how polyphenol-rich diets in Blue Zones may help people live longer, healthier lives by targeting biological hallmarks of aging. They call for more research to measure polyphenol intake and test its effects on human longevity.

24 Mar 2025

Epstein-Barr virus triggers inflammatory cell death in ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, relapsing disease that causes painful inflammation and ulcers in the colon.

24 Mar 2025

Machine learning helps predict early mortality in IBD patients

Almost half of people who died with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) died prematurely, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.241117 that used machine learning models to predict death.

24 Mar 2025

Sticking to Life’s Essential 8 slashes cancer risk, major study shows

Long-term adherence to the American Heart Association’s “Life’s Essential 8” lifestyle score significantly reduces the risk of overall and site-specific cancers. Stable high LE8 scores over four years were linked to notably lower risks of lung, breast, liver, and colorectal cancers in a large Chinese cohort study.

23 Mar 2025

Aquablation shows promise for treating enlarged prostate with fewer side effects

Using a high-pressure water jet to operate on an enlarged prostate can better preserve the ability to ejaculate, compared with standard laser surgery, finds research.

22 Mar 2025

Childhood obesity boosts risk of COPD later in life

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that having an overweight or obesity trajectory during childhood is associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood.

22 Mar 2025

Research highlights medication adherence challenges for former prisoners

As they studied two years of prison-inmate data, Laura Dague and a team of fellow health researchers noticed that one particular scenario kept cropping up.

22 Mar 2025

Mount Sinai-led research uncovers mechanisms behind Crohn's disease inflammation

A research team led by Mount Sinai has uncovered mechanisms of abnormal immune cell function that may lead to Crohn's disease, according to findings published in Science Immunology on March 21.

22 Mar 2025

Case study: Bartonella, Babesia pathogens can be a cofactor in complex neurological illnesses

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with seizures and suspected Rasmussen's encephalitis.

22 Mar 2025

Healthcare groups urge FDA to act on compounding regulations after GLP-1 medicine shortages

Today, the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) and The Obesity Society (TOS) sent a letter to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), along with more than 20 leading organizations and providers across the healthcare continuum, urging the agency to enforce federal regulations around compounding following the recent resolution of GLP-1 medicine shortages.

22 Mar 2025

Study offers new insights into the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on human health

Researchers at the Advanced Research Unit on Metabolism, Development & Aging (ARUMDA), in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Mumbai and TIFR Hyderabad), have unveiled a comprehensive understanding of the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on human health, using a preclinical mouse model that closely mimics human consumption patterns.

21 Mar 2025

Anti-HIV active diterpenoids identified in Daphne pseudomezereum

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, in collaboration with the Duke University Medical Center in the United States, has discovered for the first time that Daphne pseudomezereum (commonly known as Onishibari) contains a substance inhibiting replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

21 Mar 2025

Chronic News and Research

Besifovir dipivoxil maleate offers comparable efficacy and improved safety for hepatitis B patients

Long-term inhaled corticosteroids linked to increased health risks in COPD patients

Smell-based test taken at home could predict cognitive impairment in older adults

Ketogenic diet reverses obesity-linked biological aging by over 6 years

What do Blue Zone diets have in common? Polyphenols that may slow aging

Epstein-Barr virus triggers inflammatory cell death in ulcerative colitis

Machine learning helps predict early mortality in IBD patients

Sticking to Life’s Essential 8 slashes cancer risk, major study shows

Aquablation shows promise for treating enlarged prostate with fewer side effects

Childhood obesity boosts risk of COPD later in life

Research highlights medication adherence challenges for former prisoners

Mount Sinai-led research uncovers mechanisms behind Crohn's disease inflammation

Case study: Bartonella, Babesia pathogens can be a cofactor in complex neurological illnesses

Healthcare groups urge FDA to act on compounding regulations after GLP-1 medicine shortages

Study offers new insights into the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages on human health

Anti-HIV active diterpenoids identified in Daphne pseudomezereum

£2.2 million grant supports clinical trials for liver dialysis device

Elderly neurological patients show willingness accept home-based remote monitoring

Dance emerges as a powerful tool for stress relief

High-fat diet impairs neutrophil function in obesity

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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