by Monica May, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Many medicines used today—including aspirin, penicillin and malaria-fighting quinine—originated from nature. Now, Sanford Burnham Prebys and UC San Diego scientists have turned to ancient digestive herbs to learn about gut health—in the hopes of uncovering new treatments for colon cancer, autoimmune conditions and additional serious diseases. In...
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FDA approves first noninjection glucagon therapy
Baqsimi nasal powder, which was approved for patients with diabetes who are 4 years and older, is available in a single-use dispenser containing a recommended dose of 3 mg. Approval was based on two studies of adult patients and one study in children—all comparing a single dose of Baqsimi to a single dose of glucagon injection. In all three...
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FDA approves first needle-free ‘Rescue’ drug for low blood sugar episodes
by E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—In what could prove to be a real advance for Americans with diabetes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave the nod to a needle-free method of helping people recover from an episode of dangerous low blood sugar. The new formulation, called Baqsimi, contains the rescue medication glucagon,...
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Smart Bandage Pulls Skin Together to Speed Healing
MEDGADGET EDITORSCRITICAL CARE, MEDICINE, NEWS, PLASTIC SURGERY, SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY Wounds on the skin are usually treated with bandages that protect the area and keep it moist, but which don’t actively help to promote healing. Researchers at Harvard and McGill universities have now created a mechanotherapy bandage that actually works to close the wound, keeps...
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Non-exercisers more likely to have fatty liver disease
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) “Training with high enough intensity to improve fitness can be important both for preventing and treating fatty liver disease,” says Ilaria Croci, a postdoctoral fellow in Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)’s Cardiac Exercise Research Group and at the University of Queensland in Australia. Little known, but common You may not have heard...
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How hangovers reduce brain function
by Nick Adams, Swinburne University of Technology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hangovers reduce brain function and memory, according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology (Swinburne) in Melbourne. The research was conducted in the central entertainment district of Brisbane and involved breathalyzing and interviewing participants at the end of a night out. The following morning,...