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Blood pressure variations can raise the risk of dementia and vascular problems in older people

A new study by Australian researchers has shown that fluctuating blood pressure can increase the risk of dementia and vascular problems in older people.

20 Oct 2023

Mediterranean diet intervention may not improve breast cancer prognosis in high-risk patients

Researchers discuss the results of a randomized controlled trial to explore the impact of diet on breast cancer recurrence.

20 Oct 2023

Exploring the impact of solid oat polar lipid-enriched breakfasts on metabolic health

Researchers investigate if oat polar lipid compounds improve glucose tolerance, gut hormonal responses, and triglyceridemia.

20 Oct 2023

First-of-its kind hormone replacement therapy improves symptoms in patients with adrenal conditions

A first-of-its kind hormone replacement therapy that more closely replicates the natural circadian and ultradian rhythms of our hormones has shown to improve symptoms in patients with adrenal conditions.

19 Oct 2023

UCSF dementia experts to join peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's disease conference

Dementia experts from UC San Francisco will join their peers from around the globe at the annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference in Boston from Oct. 24 to 27.

19 Oct 2023

NIH renews support for UMass Chan and UMass Lowell’s point-of-care technology initiative

UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received an $8.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for renewed support of their initiative to advance the development of home-based and point-of-care health technologies.

19 Oct 2023

Potato starch supplement may help prevent gvhd in bone marrow transplant patients

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan conducted a phase I pilot study to assess the feasibility of using potato starch as a dietary intervention to modify the gut microbiome in bone marrow transplant patients.

19 Oct 2023

New method uses extracellular vesicles to enhance immunotherapy responses in glioblastoma

A team of researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a new method for using extracellular vesicles to enhance responses to immunotherapy in glioblastoma, potentially opening the door for wider use of engineered messenger RNA (mRNA) for cancer therapy.

19 Oct 2023

Stanford Medicine researchers find new way to measure ocular aging

Using a technique they developed for studying eye fluid, Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have found a way to measure ocular aging, opening avenues for treatment of numerous eye diseases.

19 Oct 2023

Oral pathogen linked to increased risk of heart rupture after heart attack

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) find that a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, inhibits autophagosome–lysosome fusion, and can therefore worsen cardiac remodeling and cause cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction.

19 Oct 2023

Lactate-producing intratumoral bacteria drive resistance to radiation therapy

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that lactate-producing intratumoral bacteria drives resistance to radiation therapy, suggesting that lactic acid-producing bacteria present in various cancers may serve as novel therapeutic targets.

19 Oct 2023

"Two-for-one" cancer immunotherapy more effective and at least as safe as standard treatments

A "two-for-one" cancer immunotherapy is potentially more effective and at least as safe as standard immunotherapies, physician-scientists from UPMC Hillman Cancer Center who led an international, early-phase clinical trial report today in the journal Nature Medicine.

19 Oct 2023

CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma shows no difference in survival outcomes by race and ethnicity

Patients with multiple myeloma treated with idecabtagene vicleucel, known as "ide-cel," a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, had no difference in overall survival outcomes regardless of race and ethnicity, according to a study published in Blood Advances.

19 Oct 2023

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Blood pressure variations can raise the risk of dementia and vascular problems in older people

Mediterranean diet intervention may not improve breast cancer prognosis in high-risk patients

Exploring the impact of solid oat polar lipid-enriched breakfasts on metabolic health

First-of-its kind hormone replacement therapy improves symptoms in patients with adrenal conditions

UCSF dementia experts to join peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's disease conference

NIH renews support for UMass Chan and UMass Lowell’s point-of-care technology initiative

Potato starch supplement may help prevent gvhd in bone marrow transplant patients

New method uses extracellular vesicles to enhance immunotherapy responses in glioblastoma

Stanford Medicine researchers find new way to measure ocular aging

Oral pathogen linked to increased risk of heart rupture after heart attack

Lactate-producing intratumoral bacteria drive resistance to radiation therapy

"Two-for-one" cancer immunotherapy more effective and at least as safe as standard treatments

CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma shows no difference in survival outcomes by race and ethnicity

Study adds two new strains to the list of potential antihypertensive probiotics

Study finds strong link between genetic predisposition for blood clots and contraceptive pill use

Do overweight individuals exhibit reduced cardiopulmonary fitness after recovering from COVID-19?

How does diet impact rosacea and acne?

How the gut microbiome contributes to schizophrenia

How do different organ microbiomes influence neuropsychiatric disorders?

Study compares two widely used statins for treating patients with coronary artery disease

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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