People with occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) can experience seizures that affect their vision and other symptoms. While it is treatable, occipital lobe epilepsy symptoms can be similar to and mistaken for several other conditions. Epilepsy is a condition where a person can experience recurring seizures. Occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) is a type of epilepsy that...
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Diamonds are forever? World’s first carbon-14 diamond battery produced – biomed tech
New battery lasts thousands of years Scientists and engineers from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Bristol have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery. This new type of battery has the potential to power devices for thousands of years, making it an incredibly long-lasting energy source. The battery leverages...
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New Approaches to Research Beyond Massive Clinical Trials
Maurie Markman, MD DISCLOSURES | December 02, 2024 Hello. I’m Dr Maurie Markman, from City of Hope. I want to briefly present a fascinating effort, one that needs to be applauded and applauded again, and then we need to scratch our collective heads and ask, why did we do it and what did we learn? I’m referring...
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Iron Overload: The Silent Bone Breaker
Edited by Javed Choudhury December 04, 2024 5354 Added to Email Alert TOPLINE: Patients with serum ferritin levels higher than 1000 μg/L show a 91% increased risk for any fracture, with a doubled risk for vertebral and humerus fractures compared with those without iron overload. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “The main clinical message from our...
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Plant-Based Diet Improves Uric Acid Levels, Gout Symptoms
Jim Kling November 25, 2024 1208 Added to Email Alert A Mediterranean-inspired plant-based diet improved self-reported measures of gout as well as uric acid levels, a pilot study has found. There hasn’t been a lot of research on diet in gout, according to Anna Kretova, RD, who presented the study at the annual research symposium...
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Teenage girl gets long-awaited Duchenne treatment
Sarah Jenssen is the rarest of the rare — a girl with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which almost always afflicts boys, as STAT wrote about in 2019. She wasn’t eligible to enroll in clinical trials for cutting-edge Duchenne therapies, but her family was elated when the FDA this year approved a gene therapy called Elevidys from Sarepta...
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BIOTECH REVIEW DEAL
BIOTECH REVIEW DEAL — Lawmakers are floating a compromise to break an impasse on legislation that would hamper Chinese biotech firms’ ability to do business in the U.S., three people familiar with the negotiations told Ben.The BIOSECURE ACT, which the House passed 306-81 in September, would halt federal contracts for companies partnering with specific Chinese biotech companies...
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Men Who Heavily Drink Carry Higher Risk for Late AMD
Edited by Javed Choudhury November 22, 2024 033 Added to Email Alert TOPLINE: Moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk for progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in men. Geographic atrophy (GA) progression developed more quickly in women. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “Although some of these associations may also relate to confounding,...
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For AF, LAA Rivals Anticoagulants After Ablation
Ted Bosworth November 20, 2024 538 Added to Email Alert A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device provides long-term thromboembolic protection that is equivalent to direct oral anticoagulants after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), along with a lower risk of bleeding, according to the multicenter, randomized OPTION trial. Based on this trial, which is the first to...
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New ‘Touchless’ Blood Pressure Screening Tech: How It Works
Christina Szalinski November 26, 2024 2233 Added to Email Alert When a patient signs on to a telehealth portal, there’s little more a provider can do than ask questions. But a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology could allow providers to get feedback about the patient’s blood pressure and diabetes risk just from a video call...