Medicine News and Research

RSS

Discovery of a T cell subset points to new treatment for COPD exacerbations

Respiratory viral infections pose significant morbidity and mortality to patients with chronic lung diseases like emphysema and COPD, causing exacerbations that drive destruction of normal lung tissue, and leading to one of the most common diagnoses for hospital admissions.

24 Feb 2023

Physical activity more effective than counseling or medications to manage depression

University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counseling or the leading medications.

24 Feb 2023

Predicting the likelihood of kidney cancer recurrence by looking at DNA mutations

A decade-long international study into kidney cancer has shown that doctors can predict the likelihood of a patient's disease returning by looking at DNA mutations in their tumors.

24 Feb 2023

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Patients with hypertension paired with a community health worker (CHW) through their primary care practice were more than three and a half times as likely to achieve blood pressure control within six months compared to patients who were not.

23 Feb 2023

Mystical and insightful psychedelic experience may be linked to positive mental health outcomes

A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study.

23 Feb 2023

UMSOM researchers unravel the molecular components involved in abdominal aneurysms

When the artery that supplies the stomach and the liver forms a bulge that ruptures, this medical emergency results in the deaths of 50 percent of patients before they reach the hospital.

23 Feb 2023

Cleaner air improves lung capacity of children and adolescents

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal reports.

23 Feb 2023

$3 million NIH grant funds new study on how dance can promote cognitive health

Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine will receive $3 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help researchers take the next steps in nearly a decade of research that indicates dance can promote cognitive health.

23 Feb 2023

DNA sequencing may help predict a patient’s risk of kidney cancer recurrence

Studying the mutations in kidney cancer after surgery could help to better predict the risk of the disease coming back, according to the latest results of a decade-long international study.

23 Feb 2023

Novel fatty liver organoid models could aid in drug discovery and testing

Researchers from the Organoid group (former Clevers group, Hubrecht Institute) together with researchers from the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology established novel human organoid models of fatty liver disease.

23 Feb 2023

Skipping meals can trigger a negative effect on immune cells

Fasting may be detrimental to fighting off infection, and could lead to an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

23 Feb 2023

New ensemble learning model could predict dementia in older drivers with excellent accuracy

Using ensemble learning techniques and longitudinal data from a large naturalistic driving study, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have developed a novel, interpretable and highly accurate algorithm for predicting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers.

23 Feb 2023

Oleic acid: Principal component of olive oil responsible for many health-promoting properties

Oleic acid, the principal component of olive oil, has properties that help to prevent cancer and Alzheimer's disease and to lower cholesterol.

23 Feb 2023

Preventative antibiotic given during labor can reduce the risk of sepsis and death

A single oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin given during labor can dramatically reduce the risk of sepsis and death among women following childbirth, according to a large multi-country clinical trial, as a UN report warns of "stagnation" in maternal health.

23 Feb 2023

Study identifies a potential new targeted drug for treating acute myeloid leukemia

Targeted drugs have been developed to supplement chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. These drugs only affect cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone.

23 Feb 2023

Young people with good sleep habits less likely to die early

Getting good sleep can play a role in supporting your heart and overall health-;and maybe even how long you live-;according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Places with higher economic connectedness tend to have lower rates of premature cardiovascular deaths

Places with higher rates of economic connectedness-;linkages between people of lower and higher socioeconomic status as indicated by Facebook friendships-;had significantly lower rates of premature death related to heart disease, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Disabilities in people with heart disease underreported in clinical trials

Disabilities were underreported in clinical trial data and commonly used as a basis for exclusion from trial participation in an analysis of 80 recent trials involving cardiovascular outcomes, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Overly restricting dietary sodium can be harmful to people with heart failure

For people with heart failure, restricting dietary sodium intake to levels below the standard recommended maximum of about 2.3 grams per day does not bring additional benefits and may increase the risk of death, according to findings from nine randomized controlled trials in a new meta-analysis presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Is the advantage conferred by the heterologous regimen conserved after a booster dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine?

Researchers compared the efficacy of a third COVID-19 vaccine dose and that of homologous and heterologous regimens.

23 Feb 2023

Medicine News and Research

Discovery of a T cell subset points to new treatment for COPD exacerbations

Physical activity more effective than counseling or medications to manage depression

Predicting the likelihood of kidney cancer recurrence by looking at DNA mutations

Community health worker-led intervention effective in achieving blood pressure control among South Asian Americans

Mystical and insightful psychedelic experience may be linked to positive mental health outcomes

UMSOM researchers unravel the molecular components involved in abdominal aneurysms

Cleaner air improves lung capacity of children and adolescents

$3 million NIH grant funds new study on how dance can promote cognitive health

DNA sequencing may help predict a patient’s risk of kidney cancer recurrence

Novel fatty liver organoid models could aid in drug discovery and testing

Skipping meals can trigger a negative effect on immune cells

New ensemble learning model could predict dementia in older drivers with excellent accuracy

Oleic acid: Principal component of olive oil responsible for many health-promoting properties

Preventative antibiotic given during labor can reduce the risk of sepsis and death

Study identifies a potential new targeted drug for treating acute myeloid leukemia

Young people with good sleep habits less likely to die early

Places with higher economic connectedness tend to have lower rates of premature cardiovascular deaths

Disabilities in people with heart disease underreported in clinical trials

Overly restricting dietary sodium can be harmful to people with heart failure

Is the advantage conferred by the heterologous regimen conserved after a booster dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine?

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Latest News