(CNN)Levels of air pollution well below what is considered safe by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization are causing an increased risk of diabetes worldwide, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet Planetary Health. In 2016 alone, the study found that air pollution contributed to 3.2 million new diabetes cases –14% of the...
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Patients could be spared life-long leukaemia treatment, clinical trial finds
People with a slow developing type of blood cancer may be able to safely come off ‘life-long’ daily treatment in the future and remain free from cancer, the latest results from a University of Liverpool clinical trial suggest. Credit: University of Liverpool Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is diagnosed in around 600 people each year in the UK. The outlook...
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New antibiotic approved for drug-resistant infections
A new antibiotic, developed with support from Wellcome, has been approved for patient use in the US. Urinary tract infections are caused by Enterobacteriaceae, such as E. Coli Credit: Carolina Biological Supply Company The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of plazomicin (opens in a new tab)(brand name ZEMDRI) for the treatment...
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Study shows blood test can differentiate between Zika and dengue
A new study from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine shows that, depending on the interpretation criteria, serological tests can distinguish recent Zika infections in areas where dengue is endemic. A new study from the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine shows that, depending on the interpretation criteria, serological tests...
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Human insulin as safe and effective to treat type 2 diabetes as costlier insulin analogs
Patients with Type 2 diabetes who were treated with the newer generation of insulin analog drugs did not have substantially better outcomes than those treated with less costly human insulin, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente. The study is published in the June 23 issue of Journal...
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Study finds significant proportion of older adults are deficient in vitamin B12 and folate
A new study by researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, has shown for the first time that a substantial number of adults over 50 are at risk of deficiency in vitamin B12 and folate (the natural vitamin linked to the dietary supplement, folic acid). The researchers found...
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This type of care can sharply reduce medical costs, so why aren’t doctors ordering it?
June 26, 2018, by Cathie Anderson, The Sacramento Bee Doctors can improve the quality of life for their seriously ill patients while also reducing the patients’ medical expenses if they make use of one particular care model, so why aren’t they using it? Credit: CC0 Public Domain The biggest hurdle might well be the words...
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Diabetes: The insulin pill may finally be here
Individuals with type 1 diabetes must inject themselves with the required dose of insulin daily to manage their condition. In the future, injections may no longer be necessary; scientists are developing a viable way of delivering insulin in pill form. Researchers have developed a pill for the oral delivery of insulin, and they hope that...
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Serotonin enhances learning, not just mood
The neurotransmitter serotonin is linked to the control of mood, though it also helps to regulate various other functions, such as sleep and sexual desire. New research has uncovered another role played by serotonin: boosting learning speed. Serotonin, a neurotransmitter that is key to the regulation of emotions, also plays a role in learning processes....
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Rare Immune Cells, Cytokine May Predict Response to Cancer Immunotherapy
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The presence of certain rare immune cells and a cytokine one of them produces may affect how well cancer patients respond to immunotherapies, according to a new study. While immunotherapies to jump-start T-cell responses have been successful in a portion of cancer patients, many don’t appear to respond to such treatments....