21 minutes of daily walk could save your health
Research on animal models, which was reported in the journal Nature Communications, suggested the possibility of treating TB with a single injection that lasts at least four months as opposed to the current standard of care, which necessitates strict adherence to a daily medication regimen. More than 1.5 million people worldwide passed away from TB […]
More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people are understanding that adapting to SARS-CoV-2 will likely be part of the “new normal.” Although there are some medicines available, new varieties are forcing researchers to consider new tactics. Despite the fact that there are COVID-19 vaccines, only a small portion of the world’s population […]
In the United States, only people with certain medical conditions at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 are currently eligible to receive the drug. Now, a new study suggests that expanding eligibility to include all people with COVID-19 could benefit everyone. Canadian researchers studied 41 trials that covered more than 18,000 people with non-severe COVID-19. They reported […]
The article was published in the journal Redox Biology. Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer that affects blood cells in your bone marrow, usually white blood cells. The team led by Dr. Lucas Pontel and including Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC), ICREA Research Professor, and Chairman of […]
This observational study, published June 30 in Nature-Scientific Reports, included over 900 people who reported microdosing Psilocybin during the past month, and a control group of 180 people who did not engage in microdosing psychedelics. There is a long history of using psilocybin-containing fungi to improve health and wellbeing in a variety of cultures. Psilocybin has resurfaced […]
The FDA approval is a development that is being cheered by many, but for Tonja Johnson, the founder of the vitiligo support group Beautifully Unblemished, there are mixed emotions. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder(the body’s immune system attacking healthy cells) affecting as many as 2 percent of the world’s population. It’s estimated that about 2 million adults in the United States […]
The groundbreaking preclinical study was written by researchers from Case Western Reserve University and UC, and it was published in the journal Cell Reports. An innovative new study from the University of Cincinnati offers hope that a new medication could aid in the repair of stroke-related damage. There are currently no FDA-approved medications that can […]
Annual wellness visits covered by Medicare reduce diabetes patients’ risk of amputation by more than one-third, a new study finds. A hypothesis confirmed that Annual Well Visits are associated with a reduced risk of major lower-extremity amputations, highlighting the importance of connecting patients to preventive care services. Study author Jennifer Lobo, a researcher in the University of […]
The research, published June 2 in Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, was co-led by the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Michelle Arkin, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Lea T. Grinberg, MD, Ph.D., a faculty member in the School of Medicine. For decades, scientists have struggled to understand Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form […]
According to a new study recently released from Denmark, commonly used diabetes drugs have been linked to crucial birth defects in the offspring of male patients who were taking it ahead of the babies being conceived. Around 120 million people are said to have been prescribed the drug across the globe. Metformin is one the […]
