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NY docs are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers

Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn't be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief.

5 Jan 2023

Lost sleep and jangled nerves: The rising onslaught of noise harms mind and body

Mike Thomson's friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore. Thomson lives about 50 yards from a busy freeway that bisects California's capital city, one that has been increasingly used as a speedway for high-speed races, diesel-spewing big rigs, revving motorcycles — and cars that have been illegally modified to make even more noise.

5 Jan 2023

PhoreMost and Boehringer Ingelheim enter multi-project drug discovery collaboration

PhoreMost Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, today announced it has entered into a multi-project drug discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world-leading pharmaceutical companies developing innovative therapies for diseases with unsatisfactory treatments.

From PhoreMost 5 Jan 2023

Study links sugary drinks to male hair loss

A new Nutrients journal study explored the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and MPHL in young men in China.

4 Jan 2023

Evolutionary advantage of jumping genes in a fungus discovered

A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same "jumping genes", scientists have discovered.

4 Jan 2023

Experts seek to understand risks associated with vaping and e-cigarettes

E-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) is a severe pulmonary illness caused by using e-cigarettes or vaping products. In the United States, in 2018, an alarming 25% of youth adopted e-cigarettes, with the overall number being more than 13 million individuals.

4 Jan 2023

Antibiotic concentrations in aquatic environments may pose a threat to human health

Antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions around China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance, and the drinking water may pose a threat to human health, according to a comprehensive analysis from Karolinska Institutet published in The Lancet Planetary Health.

4 Jan 2023

New project seeks to develop an online driver safety test for people with dementia

University of Queensland researchers are working with people living with dementia to develop an online driver safety test that can be performed by GPs in their surgeries.

4 Jan 2023

Study assesses microbiome of male genital mucosa

A new study in the journal Microorganisms aimed to identify and analyze studies on the composition of the microbial community on different parts of the healthy and diseased male genital mucosa.

4 Jan 2023

Maternal primary language associated with breastfeeding continuation during NICU hospitalization

Very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants are at substantially higher risk for chronic health problems and neurodevelopmental disabilities compared with full term infants.

4 Jan 2023

UH researchers work towards a mobile intervention for Black American smokers with HIV

HIV remains a critical global public health issue and a significant threat to global health security after having claimed more than 40 million lives, according to the World Health Organization.

4 Jan 2023

Recently discovered protein holds potential for the development of new tests for infectious diseases

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

4 Jan 2023

Incurable liver disease could be reversed with a single drug

Research led by Associate Professor Duc Dong, Ph.D., has shown for the first time that the effects of Alagille syndrome, an incurable genetic disorder that affects the liver, could be reversed with a single drug.

4 Jan 2023

Research shows re-formation of synaptic connectivity in dissociated retinal organoids

Retinal cells grown from stem cells can reach out and connect with neighbors, according to a new study, completing a "handshake" that may show the cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.

4 Jan 2023

Study shows the prevalence of low-value prostate cancer screening in primary care clinics

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men with more than 34,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the American Cancer Society.

4 Jan 2023

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

In a rare feat, Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published not one, but two seminal papers in a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal this week.

4 Jan 2023

Study shows the potential of a game-changing drug to treat upper urinary tract urothelial cancers

A team from 15 U.S. medical centers led by UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers has performed the first analysis of a potentially game-changing drug to treat upper urinary tract urothelial cancers.

4 Jan 2023

New dual-action, cancer-killing vaccine tested in an advanced mouse model of glioblastoma

Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into potent, anti-cancer agents. In the latest work from the lab of Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from recurring.

4 Jan 2023

Researchers discover novel candidate drug targets for advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Using the latest technologies - including both single-nuclear sequencing of mice and human liver tissue and advanced 3D glass imaging of mice to characterize key scar-producing liver cells - researchers have uncovered novel candidate drug targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

4 Jan 2023

Study demonstrates safety and efficacy of a three-dose whole-parasite vaccine against malaria

A three-dose regimen of a whole-parasite vaccine against malaria – called Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine – demonstrated safety and efficacy when tested in adults living in Burkina Faso, West Africa, which has endemic malaria.

4 Jan 2023

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NY docs are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers

Lost sleep and jangled nerves: The rising onslaught of noise harms mind and body

PhoreMost and Boehringer Ingelheim enter multi-project drug discovery collaboration

Study links sugary drinks to male hair loss

Evolutionary advantage of jumping genes in a fungus discovered

Experts seek to understand risks associated with vaping and e-cigarettes

Antibiotic concentrations in aquatic environments may pose a threat to human health

New project seeks to develop an online driver safety test for people with dementia

Study assesses microbiome of male genital mucosa

Maternal primary language associated with breastfeeding continuation during NICU hospitalization

UH researchers work towards a mobile intervention for Black American smokers with HIV

Recently discovered protein holds potential for the development of new tests for infectious diseases

Incurable liver disease could be reversed with a single drug

Research shows re-formation of synaptic connectivity in dissociated retinal organoids

Study shows the prevalence of low-value prostate cancer screening in primary care clinics

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

Study shows the potential of a game-changing drug to treat upper urinary tract urothelial cancers

New dual-action, cancer-killing vaccine tested in an advanced mouse model of glioblastoma

Researchers discover novel candidate drug targets for advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Study demonstrates safety and efficacy of a three-dose whole-parasite vaccine against malaria

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