Jeff Evans September 16, 2021 Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission had a rate of flare following vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine that appears to be on par with rates seen with other vaccines in patients with RA, according to results from a small Italian...
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New cancer treatment destroys tumours in terminally ill, finds trial
Exclusive: combining immunotherapy drugs may prove effective treatment with fewer side-effects than chemotherapy As well as boosting the long-term survival chances of patients, the immunotherapy treatment also triggered far fewer side-effects than the often gruelling nature of chemotherapy, pictured. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Andrew Gregory Health editor Mon 11 Oct 2021 07.19 EDT A new...
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A rare feat: Material protects against both biological and chemical threats
by Megan Fellman, Northwestern University Programmable crystalline sponge-textile composite for elimination of biological and chemical threats. Credit: Northwestern University A Northwestern University research team has developed a versatile composite fabric that can deactivate both biological threats, such as the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and chemical threats, such as those used in chemical warfare. A material...
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One cell in 10,000
Cancer cells aren’t good citizens—they’re selfish and lazy, loitering around in clusters, stealing resources from neighboring cells, and refusing to contribute to the good of the community. But the vast majority aren’t murderers. Out of every 10,000 cells that make up a tumor, 9,999 are basically innocent. Deadbeats, sure, but not criminals. That one, though? It’s...
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Summary of the Leucadia Therapeutics Hypothesis and Evidence on the Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease
The Leucadia Therapeutics staff has been working for a few years now to prove the founder’s hypothesis on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. In this view, the primary problem is impaired drainage of cerebrospinal fluid. As the drainage path through the cribriform plate is blocked by slow ossification of channels, metabolic waste builds up in...
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Osmophobia prevalent in patients with migraine headache
(HealthDay)—Osmophobia is prevalent among patients with different migraine subtypes, and it also occurs in some patients with tension-type headaches, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in the Journal of Headache and Pain. Marianna Delussi, from Aldo Moro University in Bari, Italy, and colleagues conducted an observational retrospective cohort study involving patients aged 18 to...
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COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020: study
by Lancet COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020, with women and younger people most affected. Credit: The Lancet Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the first global estimates of...
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Retraining the Brain May Eliminate Chronic Back Pain
Megan Brooks October 06, 2021 Psychological therapy that changes an individual’s beliefs about pain not only provides lasting chronic pain relief but also alters brain regions related to pain generation, new research shows. In the first randomized controlled test of pain reprocessing therapy (PRT), two thirds of patients with chronic back pain (CBP) who received 4 weeks...
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How the world’s biggest brain maps could transform neuroscience
Alison Abbott A human brain slice is placed in a microscope to visualize nerve fibres. Credit: Mareen Fischinger Imagine looking at Earth from space and being able to listen in on what individuals are saying to each other. That’s about how challenging it is to understand how the brain works. From the organ’s wrinkled surface,...
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Why Do We Dream?
By Dr. Osman Shabir, Ph.D. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Dreams are periods of mental activity that occur during sleep in which the sleeping person experiences imaginations and visions. The science behind dreams is limited, and the exact function remains unclear – but research has shed light on some of the mechanisms behind dreaming. Image...