UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Sufferers of recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) could expect more effective treatments thanks to University of Queensland-led research. UTIs are one of the most common bacterial infections according to Professor Mark Schembri from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. “They’re a major burden on global healthcare,” he said. “Approximately 25 per...
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Twenty years of CRIC: A cohort study comes of age
by Steve Graff, University of Pennsylvania For Mark Paviglianiti, it started in 1962 when he was just six years old. While he lay in bed sick for weeks with a fever, doctors from his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, worked to figure out what was wrong. Eventually, they spotted high levels of protein in his urine—a surefire sign...
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Being left-handed doesn’t mean you are right-brained—so what does it mean?
by Emma Karlsson, The Conversation There have been plenty of claims about what being left-handed means, and whether it changes the type of person someone is—but the truth is something of an enigma. Myths about handedness appear year after year, but researchers have yet to uncover all of what it means to be left-handed. So...
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Study eyes role of Apple smart devices to help identify early stage AD
by Nancy Cohen , Medical Xpress A study conducted by Evidation Health on behalf of Eli Lilly and Apple suggests that data collected from smart devices and digital apps might help speed up the diagnosis of early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, “Developing Measures of Cognitive Impairment in the Real World from Consumer-Grade Multimodal...
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Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment Halts, Reverses Alzheimer’s
MEDGADGET EDITORSMEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY, REHAB The MemorEM system from NeuroEM Therapeutics, a company based in Phoenix, Arizona, delivers transcranial electromagnetic treatment, or TEMT, to the brains of patients in two one-hour sessions each day for two months. This involves propagating electromagnetic waves toward β-amyloid aggregates that seem to be responsible for the symptoms of Alzheimer’s....
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Scientists find potential ‘magic bullet’ for treating tumours
Posted Today Researchers have found a therapy to reduce the size of tumours where previous drugs have failed. Tumours develop from abnormal cells in the body that continue to grow forming lumps. These lumps can be benign, meaning they’re not harmful, or they can become malignant which leads to cancer. Malignant tumours, become infiltrated by...
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Treatment doctor tested on himself can put others into remission
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Five years ago, David C. Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, both a Penn Medicine researcher and patient, tried an experimental treatment on himself based on his laboratory research findings in the hopes of saving his own life. He has been in remission ever since. Now his...
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Through the kidneys to the exit
Scientists from NUST MISIS learn how to safely excrete nanomedicine NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” (NUST MISIS) have identified a new mechanism for removing magnetic nanoparticles through the kidneys, which will help to create more effective and safe drugs. The results of the...
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Five futuristic bandages that could take wound healing to the next level
Nick Lavars Today’s bandages are pretty good at covering up wounds, sealing them off from infectious bacteria and allowing the body to go to work patching up the damage. But could there come a time when bandages play more of an active role in accelerating healing and fighting infection, so we can peel them off...
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Researchers investigate how the brain changes with different learning experiences
Posted Today A new collaboration with an independent school in Menlo Park, Calif., is helping Stanford researchers better understand how different learning experiences drive changes in the brain. The Brainwave Learning Center at Synapse School brings together researchers, teachers and students to gain new insights into how young learners’ brains transform as they acquire new...