Birch has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, expert says Gel using birch sped up healing in 86% of people compared to standard gel The product is being developed by experts who say there is a gap in treatment A chemical found in birch bark helps wounds heal faster and with less scarring than ordinary creams, researchers...
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Is a cure for Aids within reach? Scientists succeed in destroying HIV-infected cells in major breakthrough
Scientists announced a potential breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS Researchers at Paris’ Institut Pasteur found a way to destroy infected cells Currently HIV is treated with antiretroviral drugs which cannot remove the virus Researchers claim to have found a way to eliminate infected ‘reservoir’ cells Scientists have announced a potentially major breakthrough in the...
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Magnetic Brain Stimulation: ‘Huge Amount of Promise’
TMS could still shift the psychiatric treatment paradigm, despite failure in VA trial In June, we reported on a disappointing trial of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for treatment-resistant depression, which found no advantage for the treatment over a sham version in a Veterans Affairs (VA) population. In this follow-up article, we take a look at...
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Skin Lesions Linked With Anti-TNF in IBD
Most paradoxical psoriasiform eruptions were managed locally ORLANDO — Paradoxical psoriasiform eruptions have increasingly been reported among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) being treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents, a researcher reported here, describing a case that she had recently seen. The patient was a 27-year-old woman with IBD who presented with a...
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Medgadget’s Best Medical Technologies of 2018
The year 2018 is nearly over, and it is time for us to reveal what we believe were the most notable developments in medical technology. We considered a technology’s clinical importance, the greatness of the leap that it’s making over existing solutions, as well as how we expect it to be adopted by doctors and...
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Scientists hope that newly discovered protein could lead to an effective psoriasis treatment
Psoriasis – a common, chronic skin disease that affects over 100 million people worldwide. It is incurable, even though there are pretty effective techniques for managing the symptoms. However, now scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered a protein, which could eventually lead to more effective therapies for many skin problems including psoriasis. This...
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Medication for severe acne alters skin microbiome
Isotretinoin, a form of vitamin A, has been prescribed to treat acne for decades. It reduces oil production in the skin, which helps prevent acne from forming. But new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has uncovered a previously unknown benefit of the medication. It shifts the skin microbiome of acne...
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The immune system’s fountain of youth
Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE If only we could keep our bodies young, healthy and energetic, even as we attain the wisdom of our years. New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests this dream could be at least partly...
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From a molecule of natural origin new therapeutic opportunities against hypertension
A peptide extracted from the cyanobacterium ‘spirulina’ may contrast high blood pressure by dilating blood vessels ISTITUTO NEUROLOGICO MEDITERRANEO NEUROMED I.R.C.C.S Spirulina is more and more celebrated as a “superfood” because of its possible beneficial properties, albeit its mechanism of action is still subjected to investigation. With the scientific name of Arthrospira platensis, spirulina is...
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Thriving on teamwork: New research shows how brain cells filter information in groups
When we perceive the world around us, certain objects appear to be more noticeable than others, depending on what we do. For example, when we view a forest-covered mountain from a distance, the forest looks like a large green carpet. But as we get closer, we start noticing the individual trees, and the forest fades...