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Semaglutide may reduce Alzheimer's risk in diabetics

Researchers use real-world data in the United States to evaluate the protective role of semaglutide against Alzherimer’s disease.

25 Oct 2024

The hidden effects of opioid use on the endocrine system

A new Scientific Statement released today by the Endocrine Society highlights research gaps associated with the negative effects of opioid use on the endocrine system.

25 Oct 2024

Key mutations discovered in cancer cells linked to WRN inhibitor resistance

Researchers have discovered key mutations in certain cancer cells that make them resistant to WRN inhibitors, a new class of anti-cancer drugs.

24 Oct 2024

Researchers decode MRSA biofilm structure to combat antibiotic resistance

Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection. Normally, we visit the doctor, are prescribed antibiotics, and after 7-10 days, we're back on our feet.

24 Oct 2024

New technology enables targeted delivery of antibiotics

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a new technology that can hold an entire course of antibiotics in one tiny dose and deliver on demand just the right amount of medication that a particular patient needs to fight an infection.

24 Oct 2024

Antibiotic for liver disease linked to emergence of antimicrobial resistant superbug

An international team of researchers has found that an antibiotic commonly prescribed for patients with liver disease, called rifaximin, has led to the global emergence of an almost untreatable form of the antimicrobial resistant superbug vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (VRE), which frequently causes serious infections in hospitalized patients.

24 Oct 2024

New drug TYRA-300 shows effectiveness in treating metastatic bladder cancer

Patients with advanced bladder cancer that had spread to other parts of the body (metastasized) have responded well in a phase I clinical trial of an investigational drug, TYRA-300.

24 Oct 2024

Mini-protein AKY-1189 delivers targeted radiation to tumor cells

Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible for a specially-designed 'mini-protein' to deliver a radiation dose directly to tumour cells expressing a protein on their cell surfaces called Nectin-4, which is often found in a number of different cancers.

24 Oct 2024

FarrSight-Twin technology transforms cancer treatment research

Researchers have shown that they can accurately re-create clinical trials of new treatments using 'digital twins' of real cancer patients.

24 Oct 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Less than two weeks to go

As abortion and other reproductive issues gain more prominence in the looming election, some Republicans are trying to moderate their anti-abortion positions, particularly in states where access to the procedure remains politically popular.

24 Oct 2024

Targeted therapy and immunotherapy improve outcomes in rare thyroid cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated that anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in combination with mutation-directed targeted therapy extended overall survival (OS) in patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). Findings from the Phase II single center study published today in JAMA Oncology.

24 Oct 2024

Researchers develop first-of-its-kind therapy to enhance heart repair after a heart attack

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed a first-of-its-kind experimental therapy that has the potential to enhance heart repair following a heart attack, preventing the onset of heart failure.

24 Oct 2024

Electric skin patch offers drug-free solution to bacterial infections

Using a few zaps of electricity to the skin, researchers can stop bacterial infections without using any drugs. For the first time, researchers designed a skin patch that uses imperceptible electric currents to control microbes.

24 Oct 2024

Long-term air pollution exposure linked to increased risk of acute kidney injury and mortality

Prolonged exposure to air pollutants like PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides significantly raises acute kidney injury risk and related mortality, urging policy action.

24 Oct 2024

Semaglutide may lower Alzheimer's risk in type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that, when compared to seven other anti-diabetic drugs, semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

24 Oct 2024

Voters fret high medical bills are being ignored by presidential rivals

Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills.

24 Oct 2024

HER2-postive breast cancer drugs show promise for bile duct cancer treatment

Drugs designed to target HER2-postive breast cancer could also benefit some patients with bile duct cancer, according to results of a patient trial to be presented on Thursday at the 36th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Barcelona, Spain.

23 Oct 2024