NIH study examines effects of blood vessel damage following brain injury IMAGE: TRAUMATIC MICROBLEEDS APPEAR AS DARK LESIONS ON MRI SCANS AND SUGGEST DAMAGE TO BRAIN BLOOD VESSELS AFTER HEAD INJURY. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF LATOUR LAB/NINDS. Using advanced imaging, researchers have uncovered new information regarding traumatic microbleeds, which appear as small, dark lesions on...
More evidence linking common bladder medication to a vision-threatening eye condition
New study shows about a quarter of patients with significant exposure to the drug show signs of retinal damage SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 12, 2019 – A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the back of the eye that...
Novel Assay Reveals Optimal Treatment in Rare Blood Disorder
Liam Davenport April 04, 2019 GLASGOW — Combining prophylactic infusions and anti-platelet therapy normalises thrombus formation in patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) under shear flow conditions, reveals a novel assay developed by UK researchers that could revolutionise both the diagnosis and management of this rare condition. Congenital TTP is an inherited deficiency in ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and...
More aggressive blood pressure control benefits brains of older adults
by Lauren Woods, University of Connecticut A major UConn School of Medicine study published in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation shows that more aggressively controlling daily blood pressure in older adults can improve brain health. It’s been estimated that approximately two-thirds of people over the age of 75 may have damaged small blood vessels in the brain which...
Antidepressant Approvals Could Herald New Era in Psychiatric Drugs
Home Archive October 2019 Bio Business Antidepressant Approvals Could Herald New Era in Psychiatric Drugs The FDA has given the green light to the first major new classes of antidepressant therapies in decades, opening up new avenues for therapeutic development. Oct 1, 2019 BIANCA NOGRADY 1K ABOVE: © ISTOCK.COM, MARTIN BARRAUD As droughts go, the one plaguing...
Using AI to screen for diabetic eye disease feasible in the real world
New, automated system allows non-ophthalmologists to accurately detect diabetic retinopathy in 60 seconds SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 14, 2019 – New research shows that an automated, artificial intelligence (AI) screening system accurately detects diabetic retinopathy 95.5 percent of the time. The system doesn’t require the input of an expert ophthalmologist and it can provide a...
Chronic Back Pain Leads to Serious Vascular Diagnosis
Ryan Basore spent years struggling with backaches. The 42-year-old tried everything he could think of to alleviate his pain — from regular massages to yoga and swimming — but nothing helped. “The pain I was experiencing became a way of life,” he says. “I worked to get my muscles loose every day.” Little did the East Lansing,...
Increased risk of tularemia as the climate changes
by Stockholm University A bite from mosquitoes carrying the bacteria that cause tularemia is one common path of infection. Credit: Jolanta Dabrowska/Mostphotos Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method for statistically predicting impacts of climate change on outbreaks of tularemia in humans. The study has been published in the journal International Journal of Environmental Research and...
FDA Clears geko Muscle Pump Activator to Prevent VTE
OCTOBER 15TH, 2019 MEDGADGET EDITORS CARDIAC SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE, MEDICINE, REHAB Venous thromboembolism (VTE) too often strikes bedridden patients in the hospital, and this is one of the main reasons that patients are put back on their feet as soon as possible. Inflatable wraps placed around the legs, which can raise the pressure, are a common way to...
Online abortion medication demand highest in states with restrictive abortion policies
by University of Texas at Austin Demand for abortion medication through online telemedicine varies in the United States, according to new peer-reviewed research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin published in the American Journal of Public Health. During a 10-month period, 6,022 people living in the United States requested...