Follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe 50 years on

byUniversity of AucklandCredit: Bruno Abdiel from PexelsA study has found there are no adverse long-term cardiovascular health consequences for the now-adult children of mothers who were given c

Updated on: April 28,2024 0

Follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe 50 years on

byUniversity of AucklandCredit: Bruno Abdiel from PexelsA study has found there are no adverse long-term cardiovascular health consequences for the now-adult children of mothers who were given c

Updated on:April 28,2024 0

Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering

by Marisa Demers,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBy viewing the diagnostic laboratory data ecosystem as an integrated system, MIT researchers have identified specific changes that can lead

Updated on: June 04,2024 4

Improving patient safety using principles of aerospace engineering

by Marisa Demers,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBy viewing the diagnostic laboratory data ecosystem as an integrated system, MIT researchers have identified specific changes that can lead

Updated on:June 04,2024 4

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts 'fourth wave'

by Taylor Sisk, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainFrom 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.The arrival of presc

Updated on: March 28,2024 0

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts 'fourth wave'

by Taylor Sisk, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainFrom 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.The arrival of presc

Updated on:March 28,2024 0

Research sheds light on effectiveness of FDA's black box warning for asthma drug

by University of OklahomaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA University of Oklahoma study about a "black box warning" for the asthma drug Singulair continues to influence a national conv

Updated on: April 06,2024 0

Research sheds light on effectiveness of FDA's black box warning for asthma drug

by University of OklahomaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA University of Oklahoma study about a "black box warning" for the asthma drug Singulair continues to influence a national conv

Updated on:April 06,2024 0

Understanding what causes trastuzumab's cardiotoxicity

byMary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new meta-analysispublishedinOMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biologyhelps shed light on how changes in mitochondr

Updated on: March 28,2024 0

Understanding what causes trastuzumab's cardiotoxicity

byMary Ann Liebert, IncCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new meta-analysispublishedinOMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biologyhelps shed light on how changes in mitochondr

Updated on:March 28,2024 0

Clinical trial highlights possible treatment for anemia in myelodysplastic neoplasms

by Anne Grimm,Leipzig UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn patients affected by myelodysplastic neoplasms, the body does not produce enough functional blood cells. Patients suffer from

Updated on: January 26,2024 19

Clinical trial highlights possible treatment for anemia in myelodysplastic neoplasms

by Anne Grimm,Leipzig UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn patients affected by myelodysplastic neoplasms, the body does not produce enough functional blood cells. Patients suffer from

Updated on:January 26,2024 19

FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on: March 15,2024 12

FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on:March 15,2024 12

New study finds diabetes drug may reduce risk for colorectal cancer

byCase Western Reserve UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce

Updated on: January 26,2024 18

New study finds diabetes drug may reduce risk for colorectal cancer

byCase Western Reserve UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce

Updated on:January 26,2024 18

Tryptophan in diet and gut bacteria protect against E. coli infection, study shows

by Krishna Ramanujan,Cornell UniversityDietary Trp protects against infection with C. rodentium strain DBS100 in a mouse model of EHEC infection. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s4

Updated on: March 20,2024 20

Tryptophan in diet and gut bacteria protect against E. coli infection, study shows

by Krishna Ramanujan,Cornell UniversityDietary Trp protects against infection with C. rodentium strain DBS100 in a mouse model of EHEC infection. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s4

Updated on:March 20,2024 20

Preoperative GLP-1 agonist use does not increase aspiration

by Elana GotkinePreoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist use does not increase the risk for aspiration or subsequent pneumonia in patients undergoing various surgical procedures, according

Updated on: April 28,2024 0

Preoperative GLP-1 agonist use does not increase aspiration

by Elana GotkinePreoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist use does not increase the risk for aspiration or subsequent pneumonia in patients undergoing various surgical procedures, according

Updated on:April 28,2024 0

Researchers race to develop Paxlovid replacement

by Andrew Smith,Rutgers UniversityX-ray crystal structure of the covalent inhibitor Jun11313 with SARS-CoV-2 PLproand structure-based design of biarylphenyl SARS-CoV-2 PLproinhibitor

Updated on: January 26,2024 18

Researchers race to develop Paxlovid replacement

by Andrew Smith,Rutgers UniversityX-ray crystal structure of the covalent inhibitor Jun11313 with SARS-CoV-2 PLproand structure-based design of biarylphenyl SARS-CoV-2 PLproinhibitor

Updated on:January 26,2024 18

Calcium channel blockers key to reversing myotonic dystrophy muscle weakness, study finds

byUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy

Updated on: January 26,2024 7

Calcium channel blockers key to reversing myotonic dystrophy muscle weakness, study finds

byUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy

Updated on:January 26,2024 7