Ayurvedic medicine is an alternative or complementary form of medicine, which may be useful in treating various conditions, such as GERD, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and more. Ayurvedic practitioners have been using plants, diet, exercise, and lifestyle to treat various conditions for more than 3,000 years, and they consider it a holistic, whole-body healing system. Research...
Some research links vitamin D to eczema due to its immune-regulating properties and ability to affect gene expression. Supplementing vitamin D may be helpful for those who are deficient, and a doctor can test and advise about this. Eczema commonly affects infants and children but can persist into adulthood. Vitamin D may be a helpful...
Ewen Callaway A tray holds supplies for administering monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19.Credit: Kayana Szymczak/Bloomberg/Getty A first-of-its-kind analysis has a clear message about when to give the COVID-19 therapies called monoclonal antibodies: the earlier people get this type of treatment, the better they fare1. The study, based on dozens of clinical trials, also suggests that...
By Reginald Davey Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Clinical trials are a central part of the drug and medical intervention development process. Different trial designs can be used by clinical researchers, with open-label trials one such design. This article will discuss what open-label trials are. Image Credit: PopTika/Shutterstock.com The Importance of Clinical Trials and Good Trial...
Each year in the US, more than 300 children and young adults under 24 and more than 3,000 adults die of asthma—attacks that are often preventable. “The number is likely higher, however. A person might suffer a fatal asthma attack outside of a hospital, but if they were in cardiac arrest upon arrival at the...
Cells are much more precise in how they ingest substances than previously thought, new research finds, opening the door to potential treatments for several diseases. “Structural Basis of an Endocytic Checkpoint That Primes the AP2 Clathrin Adaptor for Cargo Internalization,” published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, sheds light on endocytosis – the intake of external...
The amygdala is a small structure deep in the brain important for interpreting the social and emotional meaning of sensory input, such as recognizing emotion in faces and interpreting fearful images that let us know about potential dangers in our surroundings. Historically, the amygdala has been thought to play a prominent role in the difficulties...
When mice with atopic dermatitis – a common type of allergic skin inflammation – are treated with drugs that target the immune system, their thickened, itchy skin generally heals quickly. But scientists have now discovered that the same treatment in obese mice makes their skin worse instead. That is because obesity changes the molecular underpinnings of allergic...
When most people think of cirrhosis, the first organ that comes to mind is the liver. However, hepatic encephalopathy can be described as a disorder caused by severe liver disease that impacts the nervous system and ultimately, the brain. “Hepatic encephalopathy generally occurs in patients with chronic liver disease,” said Elliot Tapper, M.D., a hepatologist and...
GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH Replacing table salt with a reduced-sodium, added-potassium ‘salt substitute’ is cost-saving and prevents death and disease in people at high risk of having a stroke, according to new research. Salt substitution has been shown to reduce stroke risk by 14 percent and the number of strokes and heart attacks combined...
