Smoking during pregnancy increases the chance that your baby will become obese. New research published in Experimental Physiology examined potential reasons for this phenomenon, using tissue which is normally discarded following birth
Marine carbohydrates have been utilized in cosmeceutical industries due to their chemical and physical properties. Fucoidans/alginate from brown algae, ulvans from green algae and carrageenans/agar from red algae are used as gelling, thickening and stabilizing agents
Merck & Co's blockbuster drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) met the main goal of phase 3 KEYNOTE-181 trial testing the treatment in patients with advanced esophageal or esophagogastric junction carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1, the US drugmaker said on Wednesday.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion on an orally available ghrelin agonist macimorelin (Macimorelin, Aeterna Zentaris) to be used in the diagnosis of patients with adult growth hormone deficiency.
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have created an easy-to-make, low-cost injectable hydrogel that could help wounds heal faster, especially for patients with compromised health issues.
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a program designed to enhance self-care and lead to more seamless management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults successfully reduced rates of emergency room visits and hospitalization, and the burdensome symptoms and limitations caused by the condition.
Compared with placebo, a single injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) may reduce signs of photoaging as perceived by recipients of the treatment, researchers say. Dr. Murad Alam of Northwestern University in Chicago and colleagues studied 19 patients (mean age, 46; 17 women) with bilateral cheek rhytids of Glogau class II or greater who received a 3 mL injection of PRP in one cheek and normal saline in the other.
In response to the opioid crisis, all 50 states have changed their laws to make naloxone, the overdose reversal drug, easier to get and use. Many states have issued standing medication orders so pharmacists can dispense the life-saving antidote without a prescription.
A drug increasingly used in combination with radiotherapy to treat a type of cancer that forms in the tonsils or the base of the tongue is inferior to a previously favored option, according to a large, clinical trial led by School of Medicine researchers that tracked patient survival and disease progression.
One day, MRI brain scans may help predict whether older people will develop dementia, new research suggests. In a small study, MRI brain scans predicted with 89 percent accuracy who would go on to develop dementia within three years, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California San Francisco
Monitoring cancer can often be an intrusive and exhausting process for patients. But with Brigham Young University chemistry professor Ryan Kelly's new research, there is hope for a simpler way: No more biopsies.
A Phase I/II study, led by investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reports an investigational drug called tagraxofusp has demonstrated high response rates in patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), a rare but highly aggressive—and often fatal bone marrow and blood disorder—for which there are no existing approved therapies.