UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BUFFALO, N.Y. — For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), hearing a doctor tell them they are experiencing brain atrophy — an important, predictive biomarker of MS disease progression — can trigger debilitating fear and anxiety. Now a team of University at Buffalo researchers working alongside people with MS and their advocates has...
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Should Patients Stand for Office BP Readings?
Megan Brooks September 14, 2022 Standing office blood pressure (BP) readings, alone or in combination with seated BP readings, outperform seated BP readings for the initial diagnosis of hypertension, a new study suggests. Combining three standing and three seated BP measurements in the same visit may lead to a “quicker diagnosis and save people a trip back...
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Clinical trial will have patients grow multiple mini-livers internally
By Michael Irving August 29, 2022 An upcoming clinical trial will investigate growing new mini-livers in patients to treat end-stage liver disease Depositphotos A new experimental treatment could help treat end-stage liver disease – by growing tiny new livers elsewhere in the patient’s bodies. The technique, pioneered by cell therapy company LyGenesis, is due to...
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Music helps patients with dementia connect with loved ones
People with dementia often lose their ability to communicate verbally with loved ones in later stages of the disease. But a Northwestern Medicine study, in collaboration with Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA), shows how that gap can be bridged with a new music intervention. In the intervention — developed at ITA and called “Musical...
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Could patients draw blood at home?
Blood draws are essential, but this doesn’t make them anyone’s favourite pastime: they are time-consuming and involve needles. Is there a way to make it in a do-it-yourself (DIY) fashion? Can we collect blood samples at home? While this method will be far from omnipotent for the unforeseeable future, it might have its merits. The...
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Sensor could help patients stay on top of their meds
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY IMAGE: A TINY, TOUCH-BASED SENSOR USES SWEAT TO DETECT THE LEVEL OF LITHIUM IN THE BODY. CREDIT: JIALUN ZHU AND SHUYU LIN CHICAGO, Aug. 21, 2022 — Lithium can alleviate the symptoms of bipolar disorder and depression — if taken in just the right amount. Too little won’t work, while too much...
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Patients did DIY blood draws in a new vaccine stud
By Nicole Wetsman Aug 3, 2022, 4:26pm EDT Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Here’s how a research study to test for antibodies might normally go: participants who sign up go to a medical office and get their blood drawn. Depending on the type of study, they might have to go back and forth multiple...
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Researchers: Breast cancer drug could help more patients
by Carla K. Johnson This undated photo provided by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca in June 2022 shows production of their Enhertu, an antibody-chemotherapy drug administered intravenously. Credit: Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca via AP For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very...
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Patients with metastatic prostate cancer living significantly longer
SWOG CANCER RESEARCH NETWORK Access to therapies approved over the last decade has significantly lengthened median survival times in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. That conclusion comes from a large randomized clinical trial that tested a new treatment for these patients. The S1216 study was conducted by researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a...
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Patiromer helps patients stay on optimal heart failure therapy
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY Patients taking renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) medications for heart failure had significantly lower blood potassium levels when taking patiromer—a drug that helps to prevent the body from absorbing too much potassium—compared with a placebo, in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session. The results suggest patiromer,...