In an effort to reduce chronic pain, many people look for hope by paying $20 to thousands of dollars for a tube of prescription topical pain cream or gel. Now, results of a rigorous federally funded study mandated by Congress shows no statist significant statistically significant difference between relief offered by these creams and placebos,…
Moyamoya disease is a disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted. Blood flow is blocked by the constriction, and also by blood clots (thrombosis). Patients with Moyamoya Disease (MMD) need the hemodynamic evaluation of vascular territories at risk of stroke. Today’s investigative standards include H215O PET/CT with pharmacological challenges with acetazolamide (ACZ). Recent…
In an effort to further individualize therapy and avoid over-treating patients, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report a new study using PET scans has identified a biomarker that may accurately predict which patients with one type of HER2-positive breast cancer might best benefit from standalone HER2-targeted agents, without the need for standard…
Compounds found in fish oil prevent pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, neonatal death, and stillbirth, in mice when the complications are caused by a common oral bacteria, according to research published today in the journal JCI Insight. The study, by scientists at Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine and Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, suggests…
Bacteria, often synonymous with infection and disease, may have an unfair reputation. Research indicates there are as many; if not more; bacterial cells in our bodies as human cells; meaning they play an important role in our physiology. In fact; a growing body of evidence shows that greater gut microbiota diversity (the number of different…
Around one in six have had an abortion by their mid-30s; according to our new research published today in the Australia New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Narratives about abortion often stigmatize women who have had one or seek to access to one. But our research shows; women from all walks of life may have an abortion: married, single,…
Making the decision to operate on a baby or toddler can be complex and confronting for parents. It involves weighing the risks versus the expected benefits for the child. One of the questions impacting the decision has traditionally been whether general anesthesia is safe for vulnerable, rapidly developing brains. Negative effects Parents in this situation…
The Grim Reaper arrives for each of us eventually wouldn’t it be nice to know when? Now UCLA researchers have developed a new tool to help you plan ahead for your date with the Angel of Death. Named after the grim reaper, the biomarker known as DNA methylation GrimAge, allows one to predict lifespan and…
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth can spread beyond the lung by the process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in the lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas. The two main types are small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung carcinoma…
DNA replication is more prone to errors at times of stress leading to mutations that could cause disease. Cells go to great lengths to keep their genomes intact. But when resources are scarce, errors start creeping into the DNA code with potentially catastrophic consequences, new research suggests. At no time is the DNA more vulnerable…
Anti-inflammatory biologic drugs used to treat severe psoriasis have the potential to prevent heart disease in patients with the skin condition, according to research published today in Cardiovascular Research, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). During one year of treatment, biologic therapy improved coronary artery plaque similar to the effect of a low-dose…
An educational intervention aimed at rural Chinese primary care doctors reduced antibiotic prescriptions for childhood upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) by 36%, even a year after the intervention ended, according to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Xiaolin Wei from Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto in Canada, Qiang…