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Study reveals rising autism rates in English coastal town, challenges gender stereotypes

Research examines the rise in ASD diagnoses over the past two decades in a deprived coastal community. It highlights the impact of time trends on gender differences in diagnoses and the need for further investigation to understand the underlying factors.

4 Jul 2023

Global efforts to reduce infectious diseases must include older children and adolescents

Global efforts to reduce infectious disease rates must have a greater focus on older children and adolescents after a shift in disease burden onto this demographic, according to a new study.

4 Jul 2023

SPG-15: A Mother's Fight for a Gene Therapy Cure, Maddi's Story

News Medical spoke to the CEO and founder of the Maddi Foundation to gain a patient perspective on how important research in gene therapy is.

3 Jul 2023

Stroke Ready intervention shows promise in improving equity in stroke treatment

The use of thrombolysis, medications to break up blood clots, for acute ischemic stroke reduces post-stroke disability, but it is underutilized.

3 Jul 2023

Myelin can be harmful to axons in multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious neurological disease that usually causes permanent disability. Approximately 2.9 million people are affected worldwide, 240,000 in Germany alone.

30 Jun 2023

Study: 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the UK

New research by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the UK – and 430,000 say they want to work more hours.

30 Jun 2023

First genetic marker for MS severity discovered

Scientists identify the first genetic marker for MS severity, opening the door to preventing long-term disability.

28 Jun 2023

Experts call for accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults

Experts have identified a public health need as well as strategic opportunities for the accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults - and present new research on this topic in a supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences inspired by a March 2022 workshop convened by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

28 Jun 2023

Study identifies genetic variant that increases disease severity in multiple sclerosis

A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has for the first time identified a genetic variant associated with faster progression of the disease, an accumulation of disability that can rob patients of their mobility and independence over time.

28 Jun 2023

Rising threat: cardiovascular disease on the rise among young adults

Study estimated the incidence, prevalence, mortality rate, and disability-adjusted life years of CVDs.

28 Jun 2023

Blood pressure lowering medications could be used more widely to prevent migraines

The first known large-scale review of international studies on the positive effect of blood pressure (BP) medicines across all classes in preventing migraine shows these widely available drugs could be used much more widely, at low cost, than is the case with current practice, according to a new paper published today in the journal, Cephalalgia.

27 Jun 2023

Burden of disease review assesses the burden attributable to risk factors across Europe

Researchers performed a systematic review to map burden of disease assessments, including risk factors performed in Europe, and identify the methodological choices in comparative risk assessment and other risk assessment methods.

27 Jun 2023

Experts release new guidelines for safe opioid deprescribing in Australia

Australian and international experts have released 11 recommendations on when, how, and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use, by placing the patient at the center of the equation.

25 Jun 2023

COVID-19: Excess deaths shifted from cities to rural areas in second year of pandemic

Between the first and second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, excess deaths decreased in large metropolitan counties and increased in rural counties in the United States, according to a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).

23 Jun 2023

Disability News and Research

Study reveals rising autism rates in English coastal town, challenges gender stereotypes

Global efforts to reduce infectious diseases must include older children and adolescents

SPG-15: A Mother's Fight for a Gene Therapy Cure, Maddi's Story

Stroke Ready intervention shows promise in improving equity in stroke treatment

Myelin can be harmful to axons in multiple sclerosis

Study: 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the UK

First genetic marker for MS severity discovered

Experts call for accelerated development of function-promoting therapies for older adults

Study identifies genetic variant that increases disease severity in multiple sclerosis

Rising threat: cardiovascular disease on the rise among young adults

Blood pressure lowering medications could be used more widely to prevent migraines

Burden of disease review assesses the burden attributable to risk factors across Europe

Experts release new guidelines for safe opioid deprescribing in Australia

COVID-19: Excess deaths shifted from cities to rural areas in second year of pandemic

Study finds the risk of recurrence of active disease in older patients with MS after discontinuing therapy

A lower dietary carbohydrate/fat ratio may be effective in improving cognitive performance

Do Panax notoginseng saponins (Xuesaitong soft capsules) improve function in patients with ischemic stroke?

Hypertension drug shown to prevent post-traumatic headaches

Study finds stark racial and ethnic disparities in alcohol-induced mortality among US adults during the pandemic

New campaign addresses common stressors to protect overall well-being of Hispanic/Latino community

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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