By Deborah Balthazar At the University of Pittsburgh, testing to pick the best phage to fight infection-causing bacteria. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Lynn Cole was in a never-ending cycle of getting recurrent blood infections. And no antibiotic drugs managed to kill off her zombie-like bacteria.“It just got so frustrating over the years because we couldn’t find the...
by Lori Solomon Sports-related injuries among older adults are expected to increase 123 percent between 2021 and 2040, according to a study presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 12 to 16 in San Francisco. Nareena Imam, from UConn Health in Farmington, and colleagues estimated the...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Central Illustration. Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.038Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a common treatment for patients with a wide variety of cardiovascular conditions. DOACs are the preferred treatment over vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for many patients with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism since the latter...
by Arizona State University A new study highlights the role of misfolded tau proteins in the genesis and trajectory of Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State UniversityParkinson’s disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. and an estimated...
Sue Hughes Intravenous (IV) administration of the antiplatelet agent tirofiban for 72 hours was associated with a reduction in early neurologic deterioration compared with oral aspirin therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke, in the randomized TREND trial. The results were presented at the International Stroke Conference 2024, held on February 7-9 in Phoenix, Arizona....
Sue Hughes Use of vagal nerve stimulation in combination with intense physical rehabilitation in patients with chronic stroke led to improved hand and arm function, with benefits maintained out to 1 year, latest results from a randomized controlled trial showed. Study author, Teresa J. Kimberley, PhD, professor of rehabilitation science and physical therapy at MGH...
By Lindsey Bever The question:Is it true that tart cherries or tart cherry juice can help reduce inflammation and pain? The science:Many athletes say they drink tart cherry juice to help with inflammation and muscle pain. Members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team drink it for exercise recovery.Tart cherries, particularly Montmorency cherries, and their...
Drishti Agarwal TOPLINE:Once-weekly insulin icodec shows a higher glycated A1c reduction than once-daily basal insulin analogs in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), without major safety concerns. METHODOLOGY:A meta-analysis of five phase 3 ONWARDS randomized controlled trials included 3764 patients with T2D.The trials compared the effects of the weekly insulin icodec with those of the...
by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Schematic diagram of the proposed EEG measurement system (NeuroVista). Credit: Yu & Guo.Recent technological advances have enabled the development of increasingly advanced systems and devices for measuring brain activity in both research and medical settings. A concept that has been widely explored and yet not effectively realized is that...
by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDetecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be faint or loud. It might be temporary or...
