New AGA guideline finds that evidence to support use of probiotics to treat digestive diseases is greatly lacking, identifying only three clinical scenarios where probiotics may benefit patients AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Bethesda, MD (June 9, 2020) — It is estimated that more than 3.9 million American adults have taken some form of probiotics, with many...
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Haima Therapeutics licenses synthetic platelet technology from CWRU for hemostatic therapy
Haima Therapeutics has executed an exclusive license agreement with Case Western Reserve University to research, develop, and market artificial platelet technologies to treat patients with various bleeding disorders. The core technologies were developed in the laboratory of Professor Anirban Sen Gupta, a pioneering researcher in platelet-inspired technologies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the...
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Vitamin D linked to low virus death rate
A new study has found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries. The research, led by Dr Lee Smith of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Mr Petre Cristian Ilie, lead urologist of Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust,...
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Scientists recreate DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking
CREDIT: PHIL ROBERTS Researchers from the University of York have recreated how toxins from smoking cause unique patterns of DNA damage. The discovery could help scientists better understand the cause of bladder cancer and the link to smoking. The causes of bladder cancer remain largely unknown, however smoking is seen as the main risk factor...
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COVID-19 study shows that men have over double the death rate of women
The COVID-19 pandemic has exploded across the globe, leaving healthcare staff, policy makers and ordinary people struggling. We still don’t completely understand why some people are more severely affected by the virus than others. So far, the elderly and those with certain pre-existing conditions appear to be at greater risk. A new study in open-access...
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Breast cancer drug slows prostate cancer progression in major trial
By Nick Lavars Scientists are reporting some promising findings from a large prostate cancer trial, where patients were administered a drug typically used to treat breast cancer. The drug proved more effective than standard hormone treatments at applying the brakes to the disease, with the scientists hopeful it can lead to approval this year of...
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Measles infection wipes our immune system’s memory leaving us vulnerable to other diseases
by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Scientists have shown how measles causes long-term damage to the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to other infections. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Amsterdam and their collaborators revealed that the measles virus deletes part of the immune system’s memory, removing previously existing immunity to other infections, in...
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Student correctly guesses mystery disease on Netflix series ‘Diagnosis’
by Virginia Commonwealth University Lilian Fung was taking a break from studying when she came across a column in The New York Times Magazine called “Diagnosis” that described hard-to-solve medical mysteries. The column, written by Lisa Sanders, M.D., tells a patient’s story and crowdsources diagnoses from readers. Fung, a third-year medical student in the Virginia Commonwealth University...
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Big Three’ Diseases Account for Most Diagnostic Error Harm
Miriam E. Tucker WASHINGTON — Misdiagnosis-related harms are concentrated in the “big three” areas of vascular events, infections, and cancers, new research suggests. The findings, from an analysis of nearly 12,000 malpractice claims, were presented here on Thursday at a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM), which funded...
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Muscle-wasting sarcopenia is now a recognised disease—but we can all protect ourselves
by Robin Daly And Andrea B. Maier, The Conversation As we grow older, the size and strength of our muscles progressively deteriorates. This can affect our capacity to perform everyday activities like standing up from a chair, climbing stairs or carrying groceries. For some people, muscle wasting becomes more severe, leading to falls, frailty, immobility and a loss of autonomy. People who experience...