News Release 16-Sep-2024 71% of children with long COVID suffer from this additional condition negatively impacting their health, according to research at Kennedy Krieger Institute Peer-Reviewed PublicationKennedy Krieger Institute BALTIMORE, September 16, 2024— A new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute shows that the majority of children diagnosed with long COVID are likely to experience orthostatic...
Month: <span>September 2024</span>
Post
New research reveals major gaps and new solutions in menopause care
News Release 16-Sep-2024 Reports and ProceedingsKinsey Institute The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, in partnership with leading sexual wellbeing company the Lovehoney Group and its Womanizer brand, has released early data from new nationally representative surveys exploring menopause knowledge, symptom management, medical care engagement, and health disparities among Americans. Phase 1 surveyed of 1,500 American...
Post
High-Dose Prescription Amphetamine Tied to Psychosis Risk
Megan Brooks September 12, 2024 Teenagers and young adults taking high doses of prescription amphetamines may face a greater than fivefold increased risk of developing psychosis or mania, a new analysis suggests. The risk was highest with doses of ≥ 30 mg of dextroamphetamine, which corresponds to 40 mg of Adderall, investigators found. There was...
Post
Genitourinary Symptoms in Men: Canaries in the Coal Mine for Underlying Chronic Disease
Diana Swift September 13, 2024 At age 57, a senior scientific researcher in Santa Barbara, California, complained of chronic erectile dysfunction (ED) in what had been a sexually active marriage. “I just couldn’t get an erection, let alone sustain one. Apart from that, I maybe felt a bit tired but generally okay,” he said. Though...
Post
How the RNAi therapeutic ‘operating system’ is rewriting drug discovery
Alnylam scientists harnessed RNA interference to build a platform that has delivered a proven class of medicines — and is now poised to reach new heights. An Alnylam scientist at work in the lab. Credit: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In drug discovery, very little of what’s learned from one project can typically be carried over to...
Post
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Software for Apple AirPods Pro
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted authorization for the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software designed for use with compatible versions of Apple’s AirPods Pro.Earlier in the week, Apple announced that its AirPods Pro 2 could be “transformed” into a personalized hearing aid through an upcoming software update....
Post
Twice-yearly injection cuts HIV risk by 96%, but will cost cut access?
September 13, 2024 by Ernie Mundell It could be a real breakthrough for people at risk for HIV infection: A shot given every six months that reduces their risk by a whopping 96%. That’s according to new trial results released Thursday by Gilead Sciences, which is repurposing its HIV treatment, the antiviral lenacapavir, as a...
Post
Sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations, study finds
September 12, 2024 by NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute NIH researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk that is the same among diverse human populations that may not traditionally be associated with sickle cell disease....
Post
Tirzepatide associated with greater weight loss in women than men
September 11, 2024 by Diabetologia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAll doses of tirzepatide, a medication approved in the EU to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, consistently reduced body weight in women and men, but women experienced greater weight loss, according to new post hoc research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the...
Post
Atrial fibrillation estimated to be three times more common than previously thought
September 11, 2024 by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAtrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5% of the population, or 10.5 million U.S. adults, according to new estimates from UC San Francisco. A-Fib,...