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Study: Most American allergists prescribe under-the-tongue allergy tablets

Allergy shots (subcutaneous immunotherapy or SCIT) have been available for more than 100 years. Allergy tablets (sublingual immunotherapy or SLIT) have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States for four years.

2 Apr 2019

ACR releases new drug pricing and step therapy position statements

The American College of Rheumatology has released new drug pricing and step therapy position statements that they hope legislators will consider as they continue to explore policy and regulatory options to make drugs more affordable and accessible.

2 Apr 2019

MUSC study provides evidence for link between 'leaky gut' and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients

Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, attacks the immune system, making affected individuals more susceptible to infections. When patients with HIV are treated with antiretroviral therapy, their immune system can recover, but some of them produce self-destructive proteins, or autoantibodies.

2 Apr 2019

Pitt study sheds light on how immune cells help tumors to escape body's defenses

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center sheds light on how tumors use the body's regulators of immunity for their own benefit.

2 Apr 2019

Face-to-face workshops increase householders' natural disaster preparedness

Face-to-face workshops based on the psychology of behavior change and disaster preparedness can be used to prompt households to take action to protect themselves against disasters such as earthquakes, fires and floods, a new UCL-led study has found.

2 Apr 2019

Gut microbiota can help predict occurrence of colorectal cancer

Gut microbiota - the population of microbes that live in our intestine - can be used to predict the occurrence of colorectal cancer, the second most common type of cancer in women and the third in men.

1 Apr 2019

UCL scientists discover key brain region for navigating familiar places

UCL scientists have discovered the key brain region for navigating well-known places, helping explain why brain damage seen in early stages of Alzheimer's disease can cause such severe disorientation.

1 Apr 2019

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes could be common in tropical and subtropical rural settings

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes, initially reported among agricultural communities in Central America and Sri Lanka, is also present in India, particularly in Southern rural areas, and could be common in other tropical and subtropical rural settings.

30 Mar 2019

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

While non-small cell lung cancer is the more common form of lung cancer and attracts the lion's share of the research funding, recent developments in small cell lung cancer may be shifting that slightly.

29 Mar 2019

Educating doctors alone may not have a noticeable effect on prescribing rates, study shows

Purely educating doctors about the importance of prescribing certain therapies may not be enough to make a meaningful impact, according to a new Penn Medicine study.

29 Mar 2019

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

The Mount Sinai Health System and the Hasso Plattner Institute today announced an affiliation that brings together industry leaders with combined expertise in health care delivery, health sciences, biomedical and digital engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence to rapidly develop digital health products with real-time predictive and preventive capabilities that empower patients and health care providers, and improve health and health outcomes.

29 Mar 2019

FDA approves new oral drug to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Mavenclad (cladribine) tablets to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults, to include relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease.

29 Mar 2019

New approach to delivering school-based vaccines improves student's experience

Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up with educators, public health practitioners and grade seven students in Ontario to develop and implement a new approach to delivering school-based vaccines that improves student experience.

29 Mar 2019

Physical activity more critical to maintain weight loss than diet, study reveals

A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center (AHWC) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus revealed physical activity does more to maintain substantial weight loss than diet.

29 Mar 2019

Poor lung function in individuals of shorter stature linked to higher heart disease risk

Results from a study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London has found that an association between shorter stature and higher risk of heart disease is mainly attributed to our lungs.

29 Mar 2019

Columbia receives award for piloting Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses

Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and Lisa Rosen-Metsch, PhD, dean of Columbia University's School of General Studies, received a planning grant award to focus on piloting Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses.

29 Mar 2019

Microscopic aquatic fungus found to be responsible for the heaviest decline in biodiversity

A microscopic aquatic fungus is responsible for the heaviest biodiversity loss ever found to be due to a single pathogen, according to an article published in the journal Science on March 28.

29 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new strategy to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most common inherited blood diseases -- sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia -- applying CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to patients' own blood stem cells.

29 Mar 2019

Tumor biomarker EpCAM shown to be promising target for cancer immunotherapy

Researchers have shown that cancer immunotherapy targeting the tumor biomarker epithelial cell adhesion molecule is safe and nontoxic in mice and can significantly delay tumor formation and growth.

28 Mar 2019

Study shows link between maternal diet during pregnancy and risk of ADHD symptoms in children

The results of a study led by a team from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, a center supported by "la Caixa", suggest that the risk of a child developing symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be modulated by the mother's diet during pregnancy.

28 Mar 2019

Education News and Research

Study: Most American allergists prescribe under-the-tongue allergy tablets

ACR releases new drug pricing and step therapy position statements

MUSC study provides evidence for link between 'leaky gut' and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients

Pitt study sheds light on how immune cells help tumors to escape body's defenses

Face-to-face workshops increase householders' natural disaster preparedness

Gut microbiota can help predict occurrence of colorectal cancer

UCL scientists discover key brain region for navigating familiar places

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes could be common in tropical and subtropical rural settings

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

Educating doctors alone may not have a noticeable effect on prescribing rates, study shows

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

FDA approves new oral drug to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

New approach to delivering school-based vaccines improves student's experience

Physical activity more critical to maintain weight loss than diet, study reveals

Poor lung function in individuals of shorter stature linked to higher heart disease risk

Columbia receives award for piloting Opioid Education and Naloxone Training on College Campuses

Microscopic aquatic fungus found to be responsible for the heaviest decline in biodiversity

Researchers develop new strategy to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Tumor biomarker EpCAM shown to be promising target for cancer immunotherapy

Study shows link between maternal diet during pregnancy and risk of ADHD symptoms in children

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