By Tim Newman Fact checked by Gianna D’Emilio Could hot mud treatments and sodium chloride mineral baths relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis? A small scale pilot study, although limited in scope, concludes that they are worth further investigation. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint condition that causes pain and stiffness in the joints. OA can...
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How sleepless nights compromise the health of your gut
by Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is well known that individuals who work night shifts or travel often across different time zones have a higher tendency to become overweight and suffer from gut inflammation. The underlying cause for this robust phenomenon has been the subject of many studies that tried...
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FDA and EMA are now probing carcinogen in Zantac and other heartburn meds
By ED SILVERMAN @PharmalotSEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are investigating why traces of a possible carcinogen were found in certain heartburn drugs, including Zantac, more than a year after the same impurity was found in some blood pressure pills, a revelation that has raised questions about the safety of the pharmaceutical...
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How IL-6 allows the immune response to develop for a key cell, the T follicular helper
These preclinical findings may have therapeutic potential for autoimmune diseases like lupus. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The body’s immune response fights against infectious disease, and it safeguards against future infections through vaccination. However, if the immune response dysfunctions and attacks the body itself, it can cause autoimmune disease. Thus, a healthy...
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Commonly used drug for Alzheimer’s disease doubles risk of hospitalization
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL A drug commonly used to manage symptoms of Alzheimer disease and other dementias — donepezil — is associated with a two-fold higher risk of hospital admission for rhabdomyolysis, a painful condition of muscle breakdown, compared with several other cholinesterase inhibitors, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Dementia is a growing problem, with almost 10 million newly diagnosed cases...
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Types and rates of co-existing conditions in diabetes are different for men and women
DIABETOLOGIA A new study presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) shows that men and women experience different comorbidities (other diseases at the same time) as having diabetes or prediabetes, as well as an unexpectedly high rate of prediabetes among children...
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Smart Phyjamas for Monitoring Physiological Signals at Night
SIAVASH PARKHIDEH CARDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, GERIATRICS, MEDICINE, SPORTS MEDICINE Researchers from University of Massachusetts at Amherst have developed a new smart pajama, dubbed Phyjama, that can track physiological signals during sleep. Their work demonstrates that the technology can reliably measure heart rate, breathing rate, and sleep position during the course of the night. One day, advances...
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Scientists prove low cost arthritis drug can effectively treat blood cancer sufferers
by University of Sheffield A simple arthritis drug could be an effective, low cost solution to treat patients with blood cancers such as polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET), a breakthrough study by the University of Sheffield has shown. Led by Dr. Martin Zeidler, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Biomedical Science and...
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Personalised VR technology could improve and maintain positive mental health and well-being
by University of Sheffield Personalised virtual reality (VR) technology that enables new forms of self-reflection could improve and maintain positive mental health. So a collaborative team of researchers, led by experts from the University of Sheffield, are pioneering a highly personalized, therapeutic VR tool which people with common mental health problems can use to create...
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Eye scan sheds new light on Alzheimer’s disease
by Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) New research by Australian scientists has demonstrated that a quick, non-invasive eye scan can identify changes in the retina that could be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. In a world-first, the team led by Associate Professor Peter van Wijngaarden and Dr. Xavier Hadoux from the Centre for Eye...