by Mike Addelman, University of Manchester Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study by clinical scientists at the University of Manchester has shown that schizophrenia may—in some part—be caused by disordered functioning of the immune system. The first ever trial in schizophrenia of the powerful immune suppressant drug, Methotrexate, produced what the team described as ‘promising’ effects on what...
Smoking habits trump asthma, obesity in risk factors for otherwise healthy population UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals indicates that youth may not shield people from serious disease. The study looked...
Smoking habits trump asthma, obesity in risk factors for otherwise healthy population UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals indicates that youth may not shield people from serious disease. The study looked...
A drug approved to treat a severe form of asthma dramatically improved the health of people with rare chronic immune disorders called hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) in whom other treatments were ineffective or intolerable. This finding comes from a small clinical trial led by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part...
