(CNN)The first medical device to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was OK’d Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration. Designated for children ages 7 to 12 who are not currently on medication for the disorder, the device delivers a low-level electrical pulse to the parts of the brain responsible for ADHD...
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Atrasentan tied to lower risk for kidney events in T2DM with CKD
(HealthDay)—Atrasentan is associated with a reduced risk for renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to a study published online April 14 in The Lancet to coincide with the International Society of Nephrology World Congress of Nephrology, held from April 12 to 15 in Melbourne, Australia. Hiddo J.L. Heerspink, Ph.D., from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands,...
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Generic Anti-Overdose Nasal Spray Gets FDA Approval
To combat the problem of increasing death rate in the United States due to opioid overdose, the FDA has approved a generic variant of naloxone. Naloxone is a drug used to rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and prevent death. The medication will come in the form of a nasal spray and it will be easily administered by anyone to help a patient who...
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FDA Expands Lists Of Blood Pressure Drugs Recalled For Potentially Carcinogenic Ingredient
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited issued a voluntary recall of its losartan potassium and losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets due to potentially cancer-causing impurity. The U.S. Food and Drug Authority made the announcement on Thursday, April 18. A full list of all recalled medication is available on the federal government agency’s website. Blood Pressure Drugs Recalled The impurity found in the active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, is...
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Knee Bone Fabella Thought Lost To Human Evolution Shows Up In People With Arthritis
Fabella, a tiny bone in the knee thought lost to human evolution, is making a comeback. Researchers said that the bone is becoming more common in humans and they do not know why. Fabella: Appendix Of The Skeleton. The fabella can be found buried in tendon behind the knees. The bone, which is associated with...
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Can virtual reality boost positive feelings in patients with depression?
By MEGAN THIELKING @meggophone APRIL 22, 2019 Michelle Craske is asking patients to dive into coral reefs, ride on bullet trains rushing past pine trees, and cheer on soccer teams from the stands — at least virtually — in a bid to tackle a symptom long sidelined in depression treatment. The University of California, Los Angeles, psychiatry...
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Doctors, materials scientists hope a blood test will encourage more colon cancer screenings
by Nathan Collins, Stanford University Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and a growing problem around the world, but not because it’s a particularly difficult cancer to detect and halt. The problem, doctors and researchers believe, is that not enough people are being screened for early signs of the disease, either because they do not know the...
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Game that trains your brain by showing you real-time scans of your mind at work can boost your mental skills in less than an HOUR, experts say
Researchers asked 36 healthy adults to imagine moving their left hand Half were shown a display if they were activating the right parts of their brains The others were given false readings as a placebo to confirm the game’s impact Activity in the brains of those who weren’t given the placebo was stronger By TIM COLLINS FOR...
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Older adults starting dialysis die at higher rates than previously thought
Study results can help inform patient decisions, physician choice of treatment for end-stage kidney disease HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Older adults with end-stage kidney disease who start dialysis–a treatment that keeps their blood free of toxins–appear to die at higher rates than previously thought, according to findings of a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System...
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Asia’s diabetes epidemic preferentially kills women, the middle-aged: Study
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Asia and has dramatically increased the risk of premature death, especially among women and middle-aged people, a multinational study led by Vanderbilt University researchers has found. There is an urgent need to implement diabetes management programs tailored to Asian populations, the researchers reported today in JAMA Network Open, a...