Written by Jennifer Clements, MD, MSEd, NBHWC | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Key takeaways: Earwax is naturally made by the body to protect the ears. But too much earwax can lead to hearing changes and discomfort.Safe home remedies for earwax removal include ear drops and irrigation. Don’t use instruments or objects to remove...
by Tohoku University Osmotic pressure-and-viscosity-modified Docetaxel via lymphatic drug delivery system (LDDS) can inhibit tumor growth in the lymphatic system and prevent distant metastasis. Increases in osmotic pressure and viscosity lead to significant tumor inhibition in the sentinel lymph node (LN) and its’ downstream LN. Moreover, we found the underlying mechanism of increased osmotic pressure and...
by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to machine learning algorithms, short pieces of DNA floating in the bloodstream of cancer patients can help doctors diagnose specific types of cancer and choose the most effective treatment for a patient. The new analysis technique, created by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and published recently in...
POSTED BY JEFF KOSLOFSKY-U. ROCHESTER An expert has some tips on how to treat eczema this winter. In the winter, the cold, dry air and indoor heating can wreak havoc on sensitive skin, especially for those with hand or facial eczema. Turning up the thermostat keeps us warm in winter, but it can make eczema...
by Emmanuel Barraud, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne The development of flexible electrodes has led to the first clinical applications in paraplegic patients and then in a Parkinson’s patient. Credit: EPFL – CC-BY-SA 4.0Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch and their research team have been breaking new ground in the treatment of neurological disorders for over a decade....
by Nottingham Trent University Live-cell cytotoxicity analysis shows that carnosine induces the death of PC346Flu1 (A) and TRAMP-C1 (B) cells. Carnosine inhibited cell growth in a dose- and time-dependent manner due to the relatively different growth rates of the cells studied. The higher the dose of carnosine, the shorter the time required to reach cell death...
by University of California, San Francisco In all models, treatment with oral nirmatrelvir was not associated with lower odds of patient reported Long COVID symptoms with confidence intervals that cross 1, which suggests that treatment is not beneficial in reducing the risk of Long COVID. Model 3, the prespecified primary result, includes age, sex, and time...
by First Hospital of Jilin University Locally estimated scatter plot smoothing estimated risk of steatosis (panels A and B) and advanced fibrosis (panels C and D) according to the CLivDlab and CLivDnon-lab scores. The shaded area represents 95% CIs. The dashed vertical lines show the cutoffs of the CLivD score separating minimal-risk, low-risk, intermediate-risk and...
A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 23, entitled, “Angelica gigas extract inhibits acetylation of eNOS via IRE1α sulfonation/RIDD-SIRT1-mediated posttranslational modification in vascular dysfunction.” Angelica gigas NAKAI (AG) is a popular traditional medicinal herb widely used to treat...
First Hospital of Jilin UniversityIschemic cholecystitis is a form of gallbladder inflammation that occurs without gallstones or another form of external compression. It is caused by poor perfusion to the gallbladder tissue. This new research is important because it helps to better understand the cause of ischaemic cholecystitis and to develop more effective treatments for...
