Lolita Osorio April 11, 2022 Dr Robin Carhart-Harris New research points to a general mechanism that may explain how psychedelics act on the brain to alleviate depression and potentially other psychiatric conditions marked by fixed patterns of thinking, including rumination and excessive self-focus. Led by investigators from the University of California San Francisco and Imperial...
Month: <span>May 2022</span>
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‘Where Does It Hurt?’: Primary Care Tips for Common Ortho Problems
Roxanne Nelson RN, BSN April 29, 2022 Knee and shoulder pain are common complaints for patients in the primary care office. But identifying the source of the pain can be complicated, and an accurate diagnosis of the underlying cause of discomfort is key to appropriate management — whether that involves simple home care options of...
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FDA Clears Mavacamten (Camzyos) for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Megan Brooks April 29, 2022 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved mavacamten (Camzyos, Bristol Myers Squibb) to improve functional capacity and symptoms in adults with symptomatic New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to III obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM). Mavacamten is the first FDA-approved allosteric and reversible inhibitor selective for cardiac myosin...
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Many pathologists agree overdiagnosis of skin cancer happens, but don’t change diagnosis behavior
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON As the most serious type of skin cancer, a melanoma diagnosis carries emotional, financial and medical consequences. That’s why recent studies finding that there is an overdiagnosis of melanoma are a significant cause for concern. “Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of disease that will not harm a person in their lifetime. If melanoma...
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Patients with metastatic prostate cancer living significantly longer
SWOG CANCER RESEARCH NETWORK Access to therapies approved over the last decade has significantly lengthened median survival times in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. That conclusion comes from a large randomized clinical trial that tested a new treatment for these patients. The S1216 study was conducted by researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a...
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Mapping study yields novel insights into DNA-protein connection, paving way for researchers to target new treatments
by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new genetic mapping study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health traces links between DNA variations and thousands of blood proteins in two large and distinct populations. The results should help researchers better understand the molecular...
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New insights on the importance of skull channels for brain health
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) that previously discovered tiny channels in the skull have now found that cerebrospinal fluid (also known as “brain water”) can exit the brain into the skull’s bone marrow through these channels. The discovery, which is published in Nature...
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EEN BRAINS TUNE OUT MOM’S VOICE MORE STARTING AT 13
For the study in the Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers used functional MRI brain scans to give the first detailed neurobiological explanation for how teens begin to separate from their parents. “Just as an infant knows to tune into her mother’s voice, an adolescent knows to tune into novel voices,” says lead author Daniel Abrams, clinical associate...
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Shorter life expectancy for people with fatty liver disease
In a new study published in the journal Hepatology, a research group at Karolinska Institutet shows that people with fatty liver disease are expected to live almost three years shorter than the general population. People who have been diagnosed with so-called fatty liver, run an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease and loss in life expectancy, compared...
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Reducing sedentary time mitigates the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
UNIVERSITY OF TURKU A new study suggests that reducing daily sedentary time can have a positive effect on the risk factors of lifestyle diseases already in three months. Spending just one hour less sitting daily and increasing light physical activity can help in the prevention of these diseases. Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are...