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Air pollution amplifies dementia risk in cardiometabolic disease patients - healthy habits can help

CMD patients face a 2x higher risk of dementia and MCI, but healthier lifestyles can counter air pollution's impact and reduce these risks.

16 Jan 2025

Androgen clock reveals how hormones shape aging and health

Scientists unveil the androgen clock, a precise epigenetic tool to measure long-term androgen exposure and its role in aging and health.

16 Jan 2025

Non-toxic bacterial therapy shows promise for targeting tumors

A University of Massachusetts Amherst-Ernest Pharmaceuticals team of scientists has made "exciting," patient-friendly advances in developing a non-toxic bacterial therapy, BacID, to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly into tumors.

16 Jan 2025

Alcohol consumption increases risks of cirrhosis and HCC in patients with HBV infection

The quantitative effects of alcohol consumption on cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are unknown.

16 Jan 2025

AstraZeneca's Pioneering Research in Heart Failure and ATTR-CM

Mina Makar highlights AstraZeneca's commitment to advancing heart failure research and innovative therapies, addressing critical needs in cardiovascular health.

16 Jan 2025

Owlstone Medical announces $27 million USD first close in series E financing round

Owlstone Medical (“Owlstone”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced a first closing of $27 million (circa £22 million) in its Series E financing round.

16 Jan 2025

New research identifies key subtype of bacterial vaginosis that increases chlamydia risk

Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection.

16 Jan 2025

PFAS in US water linked to increased cancer risk

A study links PFAS contamination in drinking water to increased cancer risks, highlighting significant impacts on digestive, endocrine, and respiratory systems.

16 Jan 2025

Tiny vesicles offer powerful new approach for cancer treatment

A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

16 Jan 2025

Antihistamine shows promise for treating rare genetic liver disease

A common antihistamine may offer hope for patients with a rare genetic disease that can lead to severe liver damage and ultimately require transplantation, according to new research from Rutgers Health.

16 Jan 2025

Experts call for national strategy to address alcohol-related harms in the UK

The UK needs an overarching national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms, argue experts in The BMJ today, as deaths from alcohol in England reach their highest level on record.

16 Jan 2025

Global Commission proposes new framework for obesity diagnosis and treatment

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other measures of excess body fat in addition to body mass index (BMI), and objective signs and symptoms of ill health at the individual level.

15 Jan 2025

Pancreatic cancer insights: How pORG classifications predict survival and guide treatment

Researchers identify distinct molecular and immune profiles that impact the prognosis of patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

15 Jan 2025

Study reveals how bile acids impact immunotherapy in liver cancer

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors.

15 Jan 2025

New model analyzes CT scans to identify high-risk individuals

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately predict risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular events, including estimating when an adverse event might occur, by developing an AI model that "learns" from patient scans.

15 Jan 2025