FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021 CONN HASTINGS EXCLUSIVE, MEDICINE, SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY MiMedx, a medtech company based in Georgia, has developed EpiFix, an off-the-shelf allograft system for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. The grafts are made using donated human placental tissues that are obtained from consenting mothers during caesarean section procedures. The tissues then undergo a proprietary processing...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first dose of the Pfizer vaccination is 85 percent effective against coronavirus infection between two and four weeks after inoculation, according to a study published in the Lancetmedical journal. The survey was carried out on healthcare workers at the largest hospital in Israel, which on December 19 launched a mass vaccination...
As the first coronavirus vaccines started to be rolled out at the end of a tumultuous 2020, UK officials unexpectedly endorsed stretching the gap between the first and second vaccine dose by up to three months – an approach also considered by other countries. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) The rationale is that, with the virus raging...
DECEMBER 30TH, 2020 MEDGADGET EDITORS EXCLUSIVE As we say goodbye to 2020, the year that will live in infamy, it is important to recognize the many positive developments that occurred in the year of the pandemic. COVID-19 may have shut down industries, but it challenged those working in medicine to invent, adapt, and overcome faster than ever...
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON–A potentially dangerous side effect of testosterone therapy for transgender men is an increase in red blood cells that can raise the risk of blood clots, heart attack or stroke, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Gender diverse people make up an estimated 0.6% of the...
by European Society of Cardiology MRI scan of damaged heart. Blue means reduced blood flow, orange is good blood flow. In this figure the inferior part of the heart shows dark blue, so the myocardial blood flow is very reduced and the black and white angiography, which looks directly at the blood vessels, shows that the...
By Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc.Reviewed by Sophia Coveney, B.Sc. Coenzymes are essential components of the many metabolic processes that sustain life on the cellular level. Coenzymes are crucial to mitochondrial metabolic processes. Image Credit: Explode / Shutterstock.com What are coenzymes? A coenzyme is defined as an organic molecule that binds to the active sites of certain enzymes...
By Michael Greenwood, M.Sc.Reviewed by Sophia Coveney, B.Sc. Nitric oxide (NO) has been used for decades in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a vasodilator, improving gas exchange in the lungs and allowing the blood to better oxygenate. NO is naturally produced by many cells of the body and plays an important role in signaling...
A low dose of a drug called naltrexone is a good option for patients with orofacial and chronic pain, without the risk of addiction, researchers report. According to some estimates, chronic pain affects up to 40% of Americans, and treating it frustrates both clinicians and patients—a frustration that a hesitation to prescribe opioids often compounds. Naltrexone is...
COVID-19 pandemic is a strange time for everyone. We are learning more about public health now and hopefully we will be prepared better to fight off future pandemics. This one does have some weird consequences, however. For example, it’s been noticed in a study led by UCL scientists that people with Charles Bonnet Syndrome experienced...
