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FDA approves new drug to treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vyleesi (bremelanotide) to treat acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women.

23 Jun 2019

Five ways to help keep senior citizens safe during summer

Not everyone is aware that summer weather and activities may be challenging for older adults. Senior citizens react differently to hot weather than younger people.

22 Jun 2019

New BlooDe device helps study plugging capacity of platelets

Various diseases can cause hemorrhages or thromboses, sometimes fatal, resulting in particular from complications during surgery.

21 Jun 2019

MIT engineers devise new way to create nanoemulsions

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to create very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid, known as nanoemulsions.

21 Jun 2019

New e-tattoo beats conventional methods at monitoring heart health

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new “e-tattoo” that could enable easier and more accurate heart monitoring than the current technology allows.

21 Jun 2019

New personalized prosthetic liners could help more amputees walk again

Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less than a day.

21 Jun 2019

Newest e-tattoo could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate

The leading cause of death in Texas is heart disease, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, accounting for more than 45,000 deaths statewide in 2017.

21 Jun 2019

Study uncovers impact of both low and high iron counts

A global study looking at the role that iron plays in 900 diseases has uncovered the impact of both low and high iron counts – and the news is mixed.

21 Jun 2019

Psoriasis patients frequently use complementary or alternative therapies to treat their symptoms

Patients with psoriasis frequently use complementary or alternative therapies to treat their symptoms, according to survey results published by dermatologists from the George Washington University in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

20 Jun 2019

Flying insects in hospitals harbor pathogenic bacteria

More than 50% of bacteria recovered from flying insects in a group of English hospitals were resistant to one or more antibiotics, posing a potential infection risk to patients, according to a new study.

20 Jun 2019

Summertime safety guidelines for children

Summer weather makes it much easier to motivate your kids to get off the couch and away from their screens. But while summer is a great time for families to spend time enjoying the outdoors, it is also the time of year when kids age 14 and younger are most frequently injured.

20 Jun 2019

Vitamin D supplementation may not reduce the risk of heart disease

Scientists have confirmed that taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

20 Jun 2019

New biological mechanism may explain heightened somatic awareness

An international team spearheaded by researchers at McGill University has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness, a condition where patients experience physical discomforts for which there is no physiological explanation.

20 Jun 2019

New initiative to increase mothers' ability to provide milk for very low birth weight infants

Researchers at Boston Medical Center initiated a statewide quality improvement imitative to increase mothers' ability to produce and provide milk for very low birth weight infants at their discharge, as well reduce the racial/ethnic disparities in milk production and provision to these infants.

20 Jun 2019

New study helps develop treatments targeting inflammation without affecting gut function

A type of immune cell that contributes to inflammatory bowel disease exists in two forms, 'good' and 'bad'.

20 Jun 2019

New laser treatment aims to stop the development of age-related vision loss

There are 200 million people in the world living with AMD, and in approximately a fifth of these cases, the disease progresses to an advanced stage, leading to visual impairment.

19 Jun 2019

Scientists pinpoint cause of fatal respiratory disorder that turns babies' lips and skin blue

Scientists used a gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice that faithfully mimic a fatal respiratory disorder in newborn infants that turns their lips and skin blue. The new laboratory model allowed researchers to pinpoint the ailment's cause and develop a potential and desperately needed nanoparticle-based treatment.

19 Jun 2019

Cleveland Clinic surgical team performs its first in utero fetal surgery to repair birth defect

Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus.

19 Jun 2019

Harnessing the power of skin microbiome to develop new therapeutics

As scientific researchers continue to investigate the complexities of the skin microbiome, our mission for the 2nd Microbiome Movement – Skin Health & Dermatology Summit is simple: Build a collaborative forum that unites forward thinking academic, dermatological & cosmetic researchers, and lay out the foundational framework around the unique scientific and translational challenges involved in developing and commercializing solutions that modify the skin microbiome to treat disease (therapeutics) or support overall skin health (cosmetics).

From The Microbiome Movement 19 Jun 2019

Researchers find possible counterpunch to drug resistance of melanoma

Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have found a possible counterpunch to the drug resistance of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer.

19 Jun 2019