Medical News

RSS

Researchers compare weight loss results of online and in-person diabetes prevention program

Researchers examined participation and weight loss results in an online diabetes prevention program; an in-person diabetes prevention program; and the Veterans Administration's face-to-face standard-of-care weight management program, called MOVE!

24 Sep 2018

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

The American Gastroenterological Association is proud to partner with the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility for the 8th annual Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit.

24 Sep 2018

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

The local LGBT community reports twice the number of poor mental health days as the general population of Richmond and Columbia Counties, and those who identified as transgender report twice that, according to a health needs assessment conducted by faculty and students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

24 Sep 2018

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Cytox, a precision medicine company which today is commercializing polygenic risk scoring approaches for assessing genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, has announced it has expanded its research collaboration with the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing to test new algorithms for identifying the pre-symptomatic and mild cognitively impaired people most at risk to progress to AD.

24 Sep 2018

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child. Obstetricians are often reluctant to recommend restricted weight gain for pregnant women due to safety concerns for the baby and lack of time and tools to safely guide women in their weight control efforts.

24 Sep 2018

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where the lungs fill with fluid, and is too often fatal.

24 Sep 2018

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, has developed a nanoplatform technology that works in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs that may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

In proof-of-concept experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have highlighted a potential therapy for a rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting disorder, TTP.

24 Sep 2018

Views of minority women on gender, race/ethnicity may affect how they seek help for health needs

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely screening mammography.

24 Sep 2018

NIMHD-funded study to focus on hurricane-related psychosocial stressors

Eight new awards will help researchers examine the health impacts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the physical damage and community-level hardships left by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

24 Sep 2018

CHMP recommends approval of Gilenya for treatment of multiple sclerosis in children, adolescents

Novartis today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended approval of Gilenya (fingolimod) for the treatment of children and adolescents 10 to 17 years of age with relapsing remitting forms of multiple sclerosis.

24 Sep 2018

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

When mothers use marijuana during the first 12 years of their child's life, their cannabis-using children are more likely to start at an earlier age than children of non-using mothers, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

24 Sep 2018

Eisai receives approval for partial label change of DC Bead device for transcatheter arterial embolization

Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that it has received approval for a partial label change for the vascular embolization device DC Bead in Japan.

24 Sep 2018

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation.

24 Sep 2018

China NMPA approves LENVIMA for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Eisai Co., Ltd. and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth N.J., U.S.A., known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced that the China National Medical Products Administration approved the kinase inhibitor LENVIMA (lenvatinib) as a single agent for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy.

24 Sep 2018

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a high number experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch--meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient which can lead to inadequate blood flow.

24 Sep 2018

Medical News

Researchers compare weight loss results of online and in-person diabetes prevention program

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

Views of minority women on gender, race/ethnicity may affect how they seek help for health needs

NIMHD-funded study to focus on hurricane-related psychosocial stressors

CHMP recommends approval of Gilenya for treatment of multiple sclerosis in children, adolescents

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

Eisai receives approval for partial label change of DC Bead device for transcatheter arterial embolization

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

China NMPA approves LENVIMA for treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

King's commemorates opening of new NMR facility with one-day symposium

Researchers understand how we assess our own levels of commitment and those of others

Recent study helps predict probability of pregnant mothers to have child with autism

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

How real-time off-gas analysis improves fermentation process control

Advancing Drug Safety Assessment With AI, Predictive Modeling, and Human-Relevant Data

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

Latest News