Medical News

RSS

IV plus PA corticosteroids may improve key indicators of functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty

For patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a combination of intravenous and periarticular corticosteroids does not improve pain control – but, may improve key indicators of functional recovery in the days after surgery, reports a trial in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

25 May 2023

Study shows link between diet and the risk of HPV-related cancer

A study conducted by LSU Health New Orleans' Schools of Public Health and Medicine faculty reports that diet contributes to HPV infection leading to cervical cancer.

25 May 2023

Physical activity in the afternoon provides greatest improvements in glucose control for patients with type 2 diabetes

Over 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 90-95% of that population are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

25 May 2023

Curcumin can suppress metastasis of colorectal cancer cells by activating a specific signaling pathway

LMU researchers have identified a signaling pathway via which curcumin can suppress the metastasis of colorectal cancer cells.

25 May 2023

T-cell-inducing mRNA COVID-19 vaccine improves effectiveness

Researchers develop a lipid nanoparticle-formulated mRNA-based antigen encoding three SARS-CoV-2 peptides derived from non-structural proteins.

25 May 2023

OpenAI's ChatGPT shows promise as a fertility advisor, despite limitations

Researchers use fertility as a domain to test ChatGPT’s performance and assess its usage as a clinical tool.

25 May 2023

Adoption of Mediterranean diet shows promise in easing symptoms for myeloproliferative neoplasm patients

Researchers assess the feasibility of an education-focused Mediterranean diet intervention among myeloproliferative neoplasm patients.

25 May 2023

This article has been removed pending further fact checking

The first diagnostic test for long COVID is now available to patients across Australia. The test can help physicians diagnose long COVID by differentiating it from other diseases with similar symptoms, and to design personalized treatment approaches.

25 May 2023

New research explores if pregnant mothers' exposure to toxic metals impacts babies' kidney development

Chronic kidney disease is a growing problem worldwide and in the aging U.S. population. But could the groundwork for this progressive disease have been laid while its victims were still in utero?

25 May 2023

Novel vaccine offers hope for defeating epidemic meningitis by 2030

A trial of a new vaccine against meningococcal disease, a cause of meningitis and blood poisoning, has found that it is safe and induces a strong immune response across five strains of meningococcal bacteria: A, C, W, Y and X.

25 May 2023

Screening delays during the COVID-19 pandemic likely to increase cancer cases

Delays in cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic will likely cause a significant increase in cancer cases that could have been caught earlier with screening, and may now be diagnosed at later stages, placing an increased burden on an already strained healthcare system, according to a new research article published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

25 May 2023

RECOVER study: An important step toward defining long COVID

A study led by the National Institutes of Health's RECOVER Initiative and supported by NYU Langone Health, home to the effort's Clinical Science Core (CSC), provides an expanded working definition of long COVID.

25 May 2023

Identifying what makes some gut bacteria strains life-threatening in pre-term babies

Researchers from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia have identified what makes some strains of gut bacteria life-threatening in pre-term babies.

25 May 2023

Nonhuman primate study helps explain how stem cell transplantation can kill HIV virus

New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant.

25 May 2023

Targeting stem cells from the human stomach for treating diabetes

Stem cells from the human stomach can be converted into cells that secrete insulin in response to rising blood sugar levels, offering a promising approach to treating diabetes, according to a preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

25 May 2023

Study shows an association between type 2 diabetes and developing dementia in later life

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows an association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and developing dementia in later life – with the risk of dementia increasing the earlier a person develops T2D.

25 May 2023

Biological abnormality makes some infants vulnerable to sudden death

Sudden infant death syndrome is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexplained even after thorough investigation. Death generally seems to occur when infants are sleeping.

25 May 2023

UTHealth Houston receives federal funding for traumatic brain injury research

Nearly $13 million in federal grant funds to study treatments for traumatic brain injury, which kills an average of 190 people and hospitalizes another 600 in the U.S. every day, has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the Department of Defense's Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

25 May 2023

Placebo effect in technical applications increases risk-taking behavior

Human augmentation technologies refer to technological aids that enhance human abilities. They include things like exoskeletons, but also augmented reality headsets.

25 May 2023

Case study: Experimental lecanemab treatment causes adverse outcomes in 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease

In a noteworthy case study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease investigators report autopsy findings in a 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who received three open label infusions of the experimental anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) antibody drug lecanemab.

25 May 2023

Medical News

IV plus PA corticosteroids may improve key indicators of functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty

Study shows link between diet and the risk of HPV-related cancer

Physical activity in the afternoon provides greatest improvements in glucose control for patients with type 2 diabetes

Curcumin can suppress metastasis of colorectal cancer cells by activating a specific signaling pathway

T-cell-inducing mRNA COVID-19 vaccine improves effectiveness

OpenAI's ChatGPT shows promise as a fertility advisor, despite limitations

Adoption of Mediterranean diet shows promise in easing symptoms for myeloproliferative neoplasm patients

This article has been removed pending further fact checking

New research explores if pregnant mothers' exposure to toxic metals impacts babies' kidney development

Novel vaccine offers hope for defeating epidemic meningitis by 2030

Screening delays during the COVID-19 pandemic likely to increase cancer cases

RECOVER study: An important step toward defining long COVID

Identifying what makes some gut bacteria strains life-threatening in pre-term babies

Nonhuman primate study helps explain how stem cell transplantation can kill HIV virus

Targeting stem cells from the human stomach for treating diabetes

Study shows an association between type 2 diabetes and developing dementia in later life

Biological abnormality makes some infants vulnerable to sudden death

UTHealth Houston receives federal funding for traumatic brain injury research

Placebo effect in technical applications increases risk-taking behavior

Case study: Experimental lecanemab treatment causes adverse outcomes in 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Latest News