by Andrew Thurston, Boston University The iLet Bionic Pancreas is billed as the “first and only automated insulin-delivery system that determines 100 percent of all insulin doses.”. Credit: Beta Bionics A bionic pancreas—a wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device—that was first developed in a Boston University lab has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug...
by Babraham Institute Microscopy image of a germinal center structure which is altered in aged mice. Credit: Babraham Institute Understanding the ways our immune response changes as we age holds the key to designing better vaccines and boosting protection for people most at risk. Research published by Dr. Michelle Linterman and her group today in Nature Immunology has...
by University of Southern California Credit: Shutterstock Biosimilars provide the same therapeutic benefits at much less cost than biologic medications, yet slow marketplace acceptance has prevented their advantages from being fully realized. A new study led by USC Schaeffer Center Fellow Jakub Hlávka finds insurers either excluded or imposed restrictions on biosimilars in 19.4% of the...
By Jennifer Rigby, Reuters | Posted – May 21, 2023 at 8:02 p.m. DUBLIN — Taking Novo Nordisk’s new obesity drug may help reduce the risk of heart disease as well as boosting weight loss, according to new research from the United States. After a year of taking semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy, patients’ risk of...
PUBLISHED SUN, MAY 21 202310:00 AM EDT UPDATED SUN, MAY 21 202311:55 AM EDT Kif Leswing@KIFLESWING The language around the AI debate reveals a major rift in how academics, politicians,and the technology industry believe that AI should regulated. Some are worried about “AI safety,” a term that describes possibility of building an unfriendly, superpowerful computer...
by Pat Harriman, University of California, Irvine Pharmacist refill interventions by type [N = 642]. Credit: Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2023). DOI: 10.1177/21501319231168716 As with other pharmaceutical care models, pharmacist involvement in addressing medication refill requests can enhance patient care as well as positively impact physician workloads, according to a recent study published online in Journal of Primary...
Woet L. Gianotten, MD May 18, 2023 For health professionals, the thought that our parents and grandparents don’t have sex — or didn’t — might be comforting. Woet Gianotten, MD The reality is that for a significant proportion of our older patients, sex has no use-by date. Humans are sexual beings throughout their lives, yet the...
