Perri Blumberg Sun, November 5, 2023 Lemon water seems to be quite the craze on social media lately — but is the citrus-infused concoction really a boon for your health? “Drinking lemon water is currently being encouraged by several social media influencers,” April Wiles, a North Carolina-based registered dietitian and owner of thegenxdietitian.com, told Fox...
by Amy Norton Newer oral medications for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) do work quite well in the “real world,” despite some doubts that they would, according to a new study. The study, of 622 adults with RA, found that most were doing well on medications called JAK inhibitors, a relatively new drug class for the arthritic...
Tara Haelle October 25, 2023 Acute stress in pri- and postmenopausal women is associated with more depressive symptoms, while chronic stress showed greater association with memory and concentration problems, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Menopause Society (formerly the North American Menopause Society). “This work suggests that markers of hypothalami-pituitary-axis activation that capture...
Eve Bender October 30, 2023 TOPLINE: Ketamine was no more effective than placebo in reducing depressive symptoms in surgical patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), results of a new study, which contradict prior research, suggest. Although symptoms improved in both study groups, investigators say participants’ expectations of an improvement from ketamine may be driving that result. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY:...
Some common causes of pain on the left side of the body include infection and injury to internal organs, muscles, or nerves. In some cases, this pain resolves on its own. However, other cases may require immediate medical intervention. It is best to contact a doctor for an accurate diagnosis. The doctor may perform a...
To help rein in prescription drug costs, which is a big pain point for employers, new players like Amazon Pharmacy and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company will need to focus on specialty drugs, analysts say. (Amazon Pharmacy)Leveraging its logistics and supply chain muscle, now including drone delivery, Amazon wants to make it faster and...
Megan Brooks November 02, 2023 An investigational natural killer cell (NK) therapy has shown promise in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), in a small phase 1 proof-of-concept clinical trial. SNK01, being developed by NKGen Biotech, is an autologous, nongenetically modified NK cell product that has enhanced cytotoxicity and activating receptor expression. “When we give these enhanced...
Megan Brooks October 31, 2023 TOPLINE: New research suggests terminating metformin may raise the risk for dementia in older adults with type 2 diabetes, providing more evidence of metformin’s potential neuroprotective effects. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: The findings “corroborate the largely consistent evidence from other observational studies showing an association between metformin use and lower dementia incidence...
Heidi Splete November 02, 2023 TOPLINE: Strength training at any point in life is associated with a lower risk of knee pain and osteoarthritis, contrary to persistent assumptions of adverse effects. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “Our findings support the idea that the medical community should proactively encourage more people to participate in strength training to help reduce...
Megan Brooks October 25, 2023 T3D-959, an oral dual delta/gamma peroxisome proliferator-activated nuclear receptor (PPAR) agonist, has shown promise in a phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled study of adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Topline results provide “clinical evidence of a modification of multiple AD pathologies associated with amyloid plaque burden,” said John Didsbury, PhD, chief executive officer...
