News Release 29-Jul-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationImperial College London The new technology, which is in the early stages of development, has the potential to significantly enhance the effectiveness and reduce the side effects of drugs and vaccines. Drugs and vaccines can be delivered to the body using tiny packages called nanoparticles. The structures of these delivery particles...
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Twice-Yearly PrEP Gives ‘Huge’ 100% Protection
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > AIDS 2024 Richard Mark Kirkner July 25, 2024 Twice-yearly injections are 100% effective in preventing new infections, according to the final results from the PURPOSE 1 trial of lenacapavir. For weeks, the HIV community has been talking about this highly anticipated clinical trial and whether the strong —...
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Steroid Bridging in RA Gets New Support, but Concerns Remain
Randy Dotinga September 13, 2023 In a new salvo in the dispute over the wisdom of early “bridging” treatment with glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis, Dutch researchers suggested in a new meta-analysis that the American College of Rheumatology guideline is too cautious. The report, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, examined three randomized trials of...
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Why Millions Are Trying FDA-Authorized Alternatives
KFF Health News Arthur Allen July 24, 2024 Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 pounds over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself “at my ideal body weight,” with his cholesterol below 200 for the first time in 20 years. “I feel fantastic,” he said. Like millions of others, Mikhael...
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Front-line drug for ulcerative colitis found to have additional mechanism of action that until now remained elusive
JULY 23, 2024 by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Response to vedolizumab is associated with loss of lymphoid aggregate size. (A) Representative hematoxylin and eosin staining of colonic biopsies from responder (R) and nonresponder (NR) patients with UC taken before and after VDZ therapy. Lymphoid aggregate (LA) border indicated with red line. Scale bars, 100...
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Buprenorphine an Option for Pain Relief in Oldest Adults
Marcus A. Banks July 18, 2024 Some degree of pain is inevitable in older individuals, and as people pass 80 years of age, the harms of medications used to control chronic pain increase. Pain-reducing medication use in this age group may cause inflammation, gastric bleeding, kidney damage, or constipation. These risks may lead some clinicians...
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Breathing easier: Nature-inspired treatments could relieve acute respiratory distress
August 1, 2024 by Barbara Pinho, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers are looking to nature for inspiration on how to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome, a life-threatening condition affecting thousands every year. In 2014, Professor Kai Zacharowski, Director of the Clinic for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy...
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Arthritis drugs may relieve long COVID lung symptoms
News Release 30-Jul-2024 UVA researchers discover cause of long COVID inside lung tissues Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Virginia Health System image: A UVA School of Medicine research team led by Jie Sun, PhD, has identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID. Credit: UVA Health University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have...
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New type of “antibiotic” generated from the long pepper recommended
News Release 30-Jul-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationBen-Gurion University of the Negev BEER-SHEVA, Israel, July 30, 2024 – Antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens are on the rise, while fewer antibiotics are being developed. Prof. Ariel Kushmaro and his local and international colleagues tackled the need by focusing on the long pepper. Known in traditional medicine for its treatment of...
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Hope for millions living with crippling knee pain as trial shows autoimmune drug relieves osteoarthritis
By Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 17:00 EDT, 29 July 2024 | Updated: 20:00 EDT, 29 July 2024 Millions of people suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee could benefit from a drug already used to treat autoimmune conditions, a study suggests. Researchers found methotrexate relieved both the pain and stiffness associated...