Medicine Cost: Major Cause For Poverty
Spending on medicines alone has pushed 38 million people to below poverty line in India in 2011-12, of the 55 billion people impoverished due to total health costs including lab tests and others, said a report.
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Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery And Development, New Centre Developed
Neglected tropical diseases are a group of chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect poor and underserved communities. These diseases affect more than 1 billion people globally, yet are rarely the target of new drug discovery efforts.
Protect Key ACA Provisions, Medical Societies Demand
Major physician and medical groups on filed a brief in a federal court to maintain key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including protections for people with preexisting conditions.
Mosquito Breeding: Bromeliads Are The Contributors
With vector-borne diseases posing an increasing public health threat to communities in South Florida and elsewhere, a new study led by public health researchers has revealed that ornamental bromeliad plants contribute to breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito — a key culprit for the Zika outbreak that hit Miami-Dade County and other areas of Florida and the Americas in 2016. Aedes aegypti was the most dominant species of mosquito in the study's test sites.
Individualization of HIV Therapy
New predictive computer models designed to optimize HIV therapy in countries with limited healthcare resources are published online in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC). The models, which were developed with data from tens of thousands of patients around the world, accurately predict how an individual on failing therapy will respond to any new combination of HIV drugs.
Stroke rehabilitation: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Helps In Recovery
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate motor skill recovery after a stroke by helping the brain reorganize itself more quickly.
Cancer Survivor Prepared For Triathlon Events
Coaches are helping breast cancer survivors prepare for one of several local triathlon events in the Milwaukee area. Piacentine and her colleagues wanted to know if better results could be achieved with the unique triathlon program. Over 14 weeks, they provide five sessions per week — 2 supervised and three unsupervised. The events vary slightly but include a 0.25 to 0.5-mile swim, a 12 to 15-mile bicycle ride, and a 3.1-mile run.
Treatment of Advanced Cancers With A Virus
Early results from a small-scale clinical trial have revealed the potential of a virus to treat some advanced cancers. The findings, presented by scientists from the University of Leeds at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, revealed that the specifically-engineered virus was able to infiltrate tumor cells, begin to destroy them and also to boost the body's immune system.
Multi-drug-resistant, Colistin-resistant E. coli Bacteria Harboured
A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural village of Vietnam harbored multi-drug-resistant (MDR), colistin-resistant E. coli bacteria. Colistin is typically used as a last-resort treatment when there are no other therapy options available. The research is presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held from June 7th to June 11th in Atlanta, GA.
Artificial Intelligence In Diagnoses of Pathogens
Method created in Brazil combines mass spectrometry analysis of blood serum with an algorithm that recognizes patterns associated with diseases from various origins. Adoption of machine learning technique allows the program to adapt itself to possible viral mutations. The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
Mapping of Opioid Overdose Mortality in Ohio
More than 500,000 years of life expectancy were lost in Ohio during a seven-year period, according to a study conducted by The Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health (OAIPH) — a collaborative initiative formed by Ohio University's College of Health Sciences and Professions and the University of Toledo's College of Health and Human Services.
More Sleep Duration Have Ill Health Effects
Fewer than six and more than ten hours of sleep per day are associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health that involved 133,608 Korean men and women aged 40-69 years.