Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects 5% to 10% of adults in the United States every year. One-half of the patients with MDD seen in medical settings not recognize as having depression; and only 1 in 5 receive adequate treatment. However, the growing concern for undetected and untreated depression in medical settings has led; to the…
Skin barrier; In infants who develop eczema are more likely to develop food allergies, hay fever and asthma as they grow older, a progression known as the atopic march. Donald Leung, MD, PhD, head of Pediatric Allergy & Clinical Immunology at National Jewish Health, has identified itching and dry cracked skin of eczema patients as…
B-cell anomalies play a role in the pathogenesis of membranous nephropathy. B-cell depletion with rituximab may therefore be noninferior to treatment with cyclosporine; for inducing and maintaining a complete or partial remission of proteinuria in patients with this condition. Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is a kidney disease that affects the filters (glomeruli) of the kidney; and…
Our lungs work tirelessly all through the day to keep us breathing, seamlessly expanding and contracting. When lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred, it can lose its flexibility, making it harder to breathe. Lung scarring can lead to diseases like pulmonary fibrosis, and potentially life-threatening complications. Lung fibrosis can also develop in patients with a…
Endurance and resistance training exercises program can shrink cardiac adipose tissue; but they don’t work equally well on both kinds of fat around the heart, which in excess are emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Both kinds of exercise were associated with reduced mass of epicardial adipose tissue, which lies directly on the myocardium and…
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis; and mortality in an epidemiological study. It shows that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease; was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Using population registers, the researchers studied approximately 469,000 people living in Skane, Sweden; who…
Lung cancer patients whose radiation treatments are halted by hurricanes or other natural disasters may not live as long as patients who complete treatment without interruptions, a U.S. study suggests. Cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy particularly vulnerable in disasters because they need reliable electricity for daily treatments, researchers note in JAMA. Previous research has linked…
As women tend to have a greater immune responses to a flu vaccination compared to men; but their advantage largely disappears as they age and their estrogen levels decline; In general, adaptive immune response to vaccines are lower in both aging males and females; as compared with their younger adult counterparts. The evaluating responses to the…
As biological marker is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition of an disease. In this the study explaining; the abnormal accumulation of proteins in the brain is a biological marker for Alzheimer’s disease. The study identifying differences in the spread of a protein calling tau which is linking to cognitive impairment between…
The frequency of Anti-VEGF Injections (vascular endothelial growth factor); has grown exponentially with the introduction of bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and most recently aflibercept. The cost associated with these medications has garnered significant national attention; warranting a granular analysis of their use. However, three % of ophthalmologists perform 17% to 31% of all anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)…
In a study conducted by MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital, a new type of device has successfully use for the very first time to strengthen the weakened heart muscle in cardiomyopathy patients. An implanted pulse generator exercises the heart muscle using a microcurrent, thus stimulating the damaged heart muscle to regenerate. Ideally, this can save the…
The researches find that the Focusing initially on patients with diffuse large-B cell (DLBC) lymphoma, the researchers were able to improve significantly on predicting event-free survival at 24 months over any factor alone; including an established risk prediction score. The team also tested the model in patients with chronic lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL); and found that…