A poor diet and other risk factors result in liver disease. This crucial metabolic organ could become fatty and inflamed. In the long term, this might result in irreversible and life-threatening organ damage (cirrhosis of the liver or 'shrunken liver').
Approximately half a million Danes are currently prescribed some ACE inhibitor to reduce their blood pressure. Worldwide, that number is around 40 million. Sometimes, this type of medication can cause life-threatening, swelling of the head and neck area.
A Yale-led research team developed a new RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, to treat mice infected with West Nile Virus. The innovative approach reduced the virus in the brain, allowing the immune system to destroy the virus and develop long-term protection against West Nile Virus disease, the researchers said.
A new study, published in Arthritis Research and Therapy, suggests that antibodies and their corresponding receptors (CXCR3 and CXCR4) are linked with the severity interstitial lung disease related to systemic sclerosis.
A new study presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) looked at soccer athletes who sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction to better understand the average return to play time and their risk of injury following a revision ACL reconstruction.
Bladder-preservation therapy appeared associated with worse overall survival (OS) compared with radical cystectomy among patients with stage II to stage III urothelial carcinoma, two studies published in the journal Cancer reports.
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have developed a new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test that may increase diagnostic accuracy and reliability while improving patient comfort and reducing test time, according to a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
The IBM scientists designed a new synthetic molecule, called a polymer, that can kill five deadly types of multidrug-resistant microbes. The new material, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could be developed into a drug to treat patients with antibiotic-resistant infections.
A study led by researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center has revealed that a combination therapy using two existing drugs could provide an effective treatment for most kinds of lung cancer by blocking their “escape route”.
Three-quarters of schizophrenia patients suffer from a range of sleep disturbances such as sleeping too long and having difficulty falling asleep, according to a study presented at the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) 2018 Biennial Meeting. The study finding sheds a light on an underexamined area in major psychiatric disorders.
A new study, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, has found that mountain climbers who unconsciously hold their breath at high altitudes may suffer heart arrythmias and sleep apnea that could be harmful to their health.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine discovered an association between high fitness levels and low heart disease. Regular exercise could reduce the risk of heart disease even in those who are genetically predisposed to heart disease, according to a study published in the journal Circulation.