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University of Kentucky selected as the nationwide coordination center for NIH racial equity initiative

The University of Kentucky has been selected as the nationwide coordination center for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative. Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Ph.D., will lead the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Racial Equity Initiative as principal investigator.

13 Oct 2023

Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the opening of Kentucky Children's four pediatric specialty clinics

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, a ribbon-cutting ceremony signified the official opening of Kentucky Children's Richmond Road, the new home of four pediatric specialty clinics.

13 Oct 2023

£800,000 grant to boost the development of bacteriophages to combat disease

Pioneering work to develop effective and safe bacteriophages to combat disease has received an £800,000 boost.

13 Oct 2023

Researchers identify genes that may improve success of fecal microbe transplants

Fecal microbe transplants from healthy donors can treat patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. However, after tens of thousands transplants, little was known about which donor strains provide long-term engraftment, and which engraft early after the transplant.

13 Oct 2023

Experts call for action as male infertility increases worldwide

Infertility now affects one in six couples of reproductive age according to the World Health Organisation. About half the time, it originates from men.

13 Oct 2023

Opioid prescribing limits may not worsen patient experience after common surgeries

Worries that surgery patients would have a tougher recovery if their doctors had to abide by a five-day limit on opioid pain medication prescriptions didn't play out as expected, a new study finds.

13 Oct 2023

Grit and self-control linked to better weight loss outcomes in couples

New research has underscored how characteristics of "grit" and self-control are associated with better weight loss and weight maintenance outcomes in a study focusing on couples.

13 Oct 2023

Early intervention with sublingual immunotherapy may lead to remission of peanut allergy

A three-year clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) has shown that the sublingual immunotherapy, or SLIT, is safe in peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 4, with a greater likelihood of desensitization and remission the earlier the treatment began.

13 Oct 2023

Traffic air pollution linked to serious neonatal complications

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy is associated with serious neonatal complications, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers that matched records from more than 60,000 births with air-monitoring data.

13 Oct 2023

Study indicates a very high level of resilience among Canadians with arthritis

A new study published by researchers at the University of Toronto indicates a very high level of resilience among Canadians with arthritis whose activities were restricted due to pain.

13 Oct 2023

Hackensack University Medical Center establishes new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health

Hackensack University Medical Center has established the Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health, an integrated program to help people who have struggled to lose weight to achieve and maintain their weight loss goals.

13 Oct 2023

Tumor debulking does not impact quality of life in metastatic colorectal cancer, study finds

New research in the October 2023 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that intensive local-regional treatment to remove as much tumor as possible (known as "debulking"), in addition to standard systemic therapy, does not impact overall quality of life significantly for people with metastatic colorectal cancer.

13 Oct 2023

Rare ‘flesh-eating’ bacterium spreads North as oceans warm

Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend's pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 13.

13 Oct 2023

BIOHIT HealthCare to host webinar exploring TDM in gastrointestinal medicine

BIOHIT HealthCare is excited to announce its upcoming webinar entitled Proactive vs reactive therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

From BIOHIT HealthCare Ltd 13 Oct 2023

Immune system proteins play role in early stages of Huntington's disease

Huntington's Disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder controlled by a single gene and is characterized by motor and cognitive deficits and psychiatric symptoms.

12 Oct 2023

Generic PrEP use could reduce new HIV acquisitions, save lives among young men who have sex with men

Anne Neilan, MD, a physician-scientist in the division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital is the senior author of a recently published paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Daily Oral HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Cost-Saving at Generic Drug Price.

12 Oct 2023

Invasive mosquito species may be spreading new form of malaria in East Africa

Turkana County in northwestern Kenya was supposed to be the land that malaria forgot. An arid, windy region abutting Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, its climate was thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that harbor malaria-causing parasites, and thus it has been excluded from national efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.

12 Oct 2023

Medicine News and Research

University of Kentucky selected as the nationwide coordination center for NIH racial equity initiative

Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the opening of Kentucky Children's four pediatric specialty clinics

£800,000 grant to boost the development of bacteriophages to combat disease

Researchers identify genes that may improve success of fecal microbe transplants

Experts call for action as male infertility increases worldwide

Opioid prescribing limits may not worsen patient experience after common surgeries

Grit and self-control linked to better weight loss outcomes in couples

Early intervention with sublingual immunotherapy may lead to remission of peanut allergy

Traffic air pollution linked to serious neonatal complications

Study indicates a very high level of resilience among Canadians with arthritis

Hackensack University Medical Center establishes new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health

Tumor debulking does not impact quality of life in metastatic colorectal cancer, study finds

Rare ‘flesh-eating’ bacterium spreads North as oceans warm

BIOHIT HealthCare to host webinar exploring TDM in gastrointestinal medicine

Immune system proteins play role in early stages of Huntington's disease

Generic PrEP use could reduce new HIV acquisitions, save lives among young men who have sex with men

Invasive mosquito species may be spreading new form of malaria in East Africa

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH grant to compare new treatment options for sickle cell disease

AI-based method shows promise for precision medicine

Closed-loop insulin delivery improves pregnancy experiences for women with type 1 diabetes

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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