Reports and Proceedings KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET ANDERS KJELLBERGCREDIT: MARTIN STENMARK High-dose pressurized oxygen can stress out old immune cells, leaving behind a younger, better functioning immune system. It helped with acute COVID, and now Anders Kjellberg is testing the method for post-covid as well. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, giving patients 100 percent oxygen at a pressure corresponding...
by Leslie Orr, University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA wearable, app-controlled wireless device that stimulates nerves in the legs and feet may help individuals with cancer who suffer from burning and shooting pain and cramping in their lower limbs brought on by chemotherapy, a new study showed. The clinical trial, led by Wilmot...
by Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum Once one fear has been conquered, this can also have an effect on other fears. Credit: RUB, KramerIt has long been assumed that it is necessary to use different exposure therapies to treat different fears. A new study from Ruhr University Bochum challenges this view. Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also help...
by University of Massachusetts Amherst Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While we often think of diseases as caused by foreign bodies—bacteria or viruses—there are hundreds of diseases affecting humans that result from errors in cellular production of proteins. A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst leveraged the power of cutting-edge technology, including an...
by University of Leeds Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Personalized treatment for the most common form of adult leukemia helps patients survive for longer and stay in remission, a phase 3 trial has found. The trial, by the University of Leeds, is published in the New England Journal of Medicine and has been presented at the 65th...
by Higher Education Press Manganese therapy enables the reversal of atherosclerotic plaque. Credit: Yawei Wang, Xin Feng, Wenjing Zhou, Runze Huang, Yating Hu, Hui Hui, Jie Tian, Xiao Wang, Xiao-Wei Chen Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continue to rank as the top killer in the modern world. This deadly disorder often starts with the buildup of lipid...
Peer-Reviewed Publication RCSI PROFESSOR GERRY MCELVANEY, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, RCSI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES AND SENIOR CO-AUTHOR OF A NEW STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, THAT HAS SHOWN THE SURVIVAL BENEFIT OF AUGMENTATION THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WITH THE GENETIC LUNG CONDITION AATD. CREDIT: RAY LOHAN/ RCSI...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Endoscopic image of a bowel section known as the sigmoid colon afflicted with ulcerative colitis. The internal surface of the colon is blotchy and broken in places. Credit: Samir/Wikipedia The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mirikizumab, on October 26, 2023, a highly effective new treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC),...
Ute Eppinger October 05, 2023 Thyroxine and L-thyroxine are two of the 10 most frequently prescribed medicinal products. “One large health insurance company ranks thyroid hormone at fourth place in the list of most-sold medications in the United States. It is possibly the second most commonly prescribed preparation,” said Joachim Feldkamp, MD, PhD, director of the University...
by National Institutes of Health Bone scans of a patient before (left) and after (right) a six-month denosumab treatment show reduced turnover within fibrous dysplasia lesions (dark-colored patches). Credit: Alison Boyce, NIDCR A clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health found that a medication, denosumab, significantly reduced abnormal bone turnover in adults with fibrous...
