People with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure have to take up to eight medications at the same time.Augmented reality will be incorporated into a new customised app for people with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes to improve their understanding of the multiple medications they must use to manage their condition.Under a...
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New Electrical Brain Stimulation Could “Awaken” Comatose People
IN BRIEF Researchers stimulated the prefrontal cortex of comatose people with minimal consciousness, prompting them to respond to commands, recognize items, and even communicate. This work may lead to a communication device for people with consciousness disorders. WAKING THE BRAIN After experiencing a severe brain injury, people can slip into a coma. Some of these...
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Metformin shows promise as a potential treatment for fragile X syndrome
An inherited form of intellectual disability called fragile X may be treatable with metformin, the most widely used type 2 diabetes drug. This was the conclusion that researchers came to after studying the social, behavioral, and biological effects of metformin in a mouse model of fragile X. Research has shown that metformin, a drug used...
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Pennsylvania hospital neurosurgeons perform first focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor
Patient, John Lukens’, writing samples before and after receiving MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor (ET). John Lukens recently became the first patient in Pennsylvania to receive MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor (ET). At age 61, Lukens has suffered with bilateral Essential Tremor for roughly 10 years—a condition which...
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Researchers discover neuronal targets that restore movement in Parkinson’s disease model
Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Researchers working in the lab of Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientist Aryn Gittis, have identified two groups of neurons that can be turned on and off to alleviate the movement-related symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The activation of...
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Is this the end of blood donation? Scientists close to unlimited supply from stem cells
Blood donors may no longer be needed in the future after scientists showed it was possible to create blood from stem cells. The 20 year project could pave the way for an unlimited number of blood and immune cells for transplants, simply by reprogramming a patient’s own skin cells. The research, reported in the journal...
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THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING TO BRING DOWN CANCER ARE STARTING TO JOIN FORCES RATHER THAN WORK ALONE. TOGETHER, THEY ARE WINNING A FEW OF THE BATTLES AGAINST THE WORLD’S FIERCEST DISEASE. FOR THIS UNPRECEDENTED SPECIAL REPORT, WE VISITED ELITE CANCER RESEARCH CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE WAR
I. Precision Medicine: What Is Cancer, Really? When you visit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, you expect to feel devastated. It starts in the waiting room. Oh, here we go with the little red wagons, you think, observing the cattle herd of them rounded up by the entrance to the Patient Care Center. Oh, here...
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FDA proposes that doctors learn about acupuncture for pain management
Chiropractors and acupuncturists who have lobbied for a bigger role in treating pain have won a preliminary endorsement from federal health officials. The Food and Drug Administration released proposed changes Wednesday to its blueprint on educating health care providers about treating pain. The guidelines now recommend that doctors get information about chiropractic care and acupuncture as therapies that might help patients avoid...
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Foot And Leg Amputations Risk Linked To Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Drug Invokana
Higher Incidence Of Leg And Foot Amputations In Diabetic Patients Who Use Invokana The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that the final results from two clinical trials of the diabetes drug showed that leg and foot amputations were significantly higher in those who use it. The FDA said that the trials showed...
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Fix that achy knee by injecting it with your own BELLY FAT: Injection of cells could end the agony of arthritis
Procedure involves removing a small amount of fat from the patient’s abdomen The removed tissue is then ‘washed’ to look for and separate out pericyte cells The harvested cells are then injected directly into the knee An injection of cells from a patient’s own stomach fat could end the agony of arthritis in the knee....