Intermittent fasting has been gaining popularity among people looking to shed extra kilograms and maintain a healthy weight. Researchers argue that this type of diet may also slow down aging and disease. Intermittent fasting can help with weight management, but might it also bring other health benefits? In intermittent fasting, what essentially takes place in...
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New study improves monitoring of treatments for multiple sclerosis patients
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed an algorithm that, when paired with wearable sensors, provides more informative and effective monitoring of the way MS patients walk in real life. The improved monitoring of the way MS patients walk will help clinicians more easily...
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New research ranks the effectiveness of nonsurgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis
Research article authors analyzed improvement of pain and function ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2018)–An estimated 45 percent of people are at risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in their lifetime. According to a network meta-analysis research article published in the May 1, 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), the nonsteroidal...
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Gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase deficiency yields promising results
New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2018–During the first 18 months after treatment with ali-pogene tiparvovec, a gene therapy recently approved in Europe to treat lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD), the first patient to receive the treatment had no abdominal pain or episodes of pancreatitis, following a history of 37 pancreatitis attacks. The patient was able to...
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Treating infectious disease with the help of antimicrobial peptides
Against the backdrop of increasing antibiotic resistance, the FORMAMP project has trialed nanotechnology-based delivery systems and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), to deliver new tools in the fight against infectious diseases. It has been calculated that increased microbial resistance is responsible for an estimated 25 000 deaths per year, costing EUR 1.5 billion, across the EU. In...
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Autism could be diagnosed in 3-month-old babies with a simple EEG
A team of researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston University have made s major breakthrough in the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their new study suggests that simply measuring a baby’s brain activity through an electroencephalogram (EEG) from as early as three months of age could accurately predict the likelihood of the...
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Weight loss surgery may cause significant skeletal health problems
A new JBMR Plus review examines the negative impacts of weight loss surgery on bone health. The review of published studies notes that weight loss surgery can cause declines in bone mass and strength, and it is linked with an increased risk of bone fractures. Skeletal changes after surgery appear early and continue even after weight loss...
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Is VR making healthcare more pleasant?
The many faces of medical virtual reality Although the use of virtual reality in healthcare is not widespread yet, the technology holds great promise. Goldman Sachs estimated in its 2016 report that 8 million physicians and medical technicians could make use of augmented reality or virtual reality products worldwide – and the number of users could grow...
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Brain stimulation reduces suicidal thinking in people with hard-to-treat depression
Findings indicate promising directions to prevent suicide across mental illnesses TORONTO, MAY 3, 2018 – A specific kind of brain stimulation is effective in reducing suicidal thinking in a significant portion of people with hard-to-treat depression, according to a new CAMH study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Forty per cent of people in the study reported...
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QUANTUM BOOST FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
Physicists have demonstrated how, using light, a diamond layer and quantum mechanics, they could potentially “light up” our molecular insides for more powerful MRIs By Andrew Trounson, University of Melbourne It sounds like science fiction medicine. Imagine a harmless solution or gas containing sub-atomic particles manipulated by quantum technology that when injected or inhaled would...