by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers leading a meta-analysis of seven randomized trials found an “unexpected result”: Although Black men appeared to have more aggressive disease when they enrolled in clinical trials of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, their treatment outcomes and disease-specific outcomes were...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in South Africa has found evidence that suggests people who have been infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant may be less susceptible to infection from the Delta variant. The team has written a paper describing their...
by Jeffrey Craig, The Conversation Credit: Keisha Montfleury/Unsplash Researchers often compare the differences between identical and fraternal twins to better understand health and behavior. The first major insight is that genes and environments almost always combine to influence our life trajectory. Sometimes the largest factor is genetics (think genetic disorders). Sometimes it’s environment (think infections)....
by University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and unplanned subsequent surgeries than those who only have the spinal fusion. Early-onset scoliosis is a potentially deadly curve in the spine that...
For patients with Parkinson disease on levodopa therapy, patient-rated quality of life is similar for those receiving adjuvant therapy with dopamine agonists compared with dopamine reuptake inhibitors (DRIs); and among DRIs, monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) inhibitors are preferable to catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Neurology. Richard Gray,...
by University College London Dispersible medicine for young children. Credit: Picturing Health, picturinghealth.org A once-a-day antiretroviral medicine that is low-cost and easy for children to take is also more effective at suppressing HIV than standard treatments, according to a global trial led by researchers at UCL. The study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, found...
by Mayo Clinic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the second time in as many days, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization for an investigational antiviral pill to treat COVID-19. This time it is Merck’s molnupiravir. According to the company, under the emergency use authorization, the treatment is cleared to treat mild...
by Svein Inge Meland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Researcher Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes reflects on the health system offering morbidly obese pasients lifestyle changes, but in reality what is needed is a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment that combines mental health care and somatics. Credit: Colourbox The current advice and treatment given to patients with obesity...
by Asociacion RUVID Fig. 1 Schematic workflow of data analysis and modeling strategy. Credit: DOI: 10.1007/s00204-021-03114-z Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an adverse reaction to ingesting a drug, which can appear both in developmental stages, in their clinical use and even after being approved as a drug. It is the main cause of acute liver failure...
Rebecca Pifer Reporter Adeline Kon/Healthcare Dive/Healthcare Dive Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on women in the healthcare workforce. As Washington considers which virtual care flexibilities should remain in place post-COVID-19, experts are flagging that paring back telehealth access and affordability will disproportionately affect women, even as a growing share of startups emerge to address women’s...
