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Health - Pharmacology - 27.12.2023
Does ’food as medicine’ make a big dent in diabetes?
Study of rigorous trial shows mixed results, suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease. How much can healthy eating improve a case of diabetes? A new health care program attempting to treat diabetes by means of improved nutrition shows a very modest impact, according to the first fully randomized clinical trial on the subject.

Health - Pharmacology - 22.12.2023
Bad prescription? Strategies to improve racial health disparities can backfire
Science study: Increasing policy support for reducing racial health disparities Journal of Communication study: Too close for comfort: Leveraging identity-based relevance through targeted health information backfires for Black Americans Strategies used by doctors to increase patient engagement with health information may work with white Americans, but can backfire with Black Americans.

Health - Pharmacology - 21.12.2023
New UT research into breast cancer and pancreatic cancer
KWF honors four projects in which UT researchers are involved. Three projects focus on patients with breast cancer, with two projects focusing on early monitoring of the side effects of chemotherapy and another project focusing on seeing whether tumor tissue remains during surgery. Another project uses advanced tissue culture models to enable the early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Pharmacology - Health - 19.12.2023
New oral treatment for COVID-19
New oral treatment for COVID-19
A clinical trial carried out by Hospital del Mar, Pompeu Fabra University, the Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela and the Pere Virgili Health Park investigated the efficacy and safety of a medicine for outpatients with COVID-19. The treatment acts on the replication mechanism of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease, and reduces the severity and duration of some of the symptoms.

Pharmacology - Health - 19.12.2023
How effective are opioid medications for cancer pain?
Review of opioid medicines for cancer pain challenges our understanding of their role The world's largest review on opioid medicines for cancer pain has found it is unclear whether some commonly used opioid medicines are better than a placebo and suggests that non-opioid medicines, including aspirin, may be as effective as opioids.

Health - Pharmacology - 19.12.2023
Study helps explain post-COVID exercise intolerance
Exercise intolerance is one symptom associated with long COVID. A new study helps explain its cause. Exercise intolerance, or the inability to perform physical activity at the expected or desired level, is one of the many symptoms associated with long COVID. In a study, Yale researchers help explain what specifically is driving this symptom, offering much needed information for patients and generating new directions for future research.

Health - Pharmacology - 19.12.2023
Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understood
By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated. Screening for colon cancer reduces cancer rates by substantially more than previous analyses of randomized trials suggest, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist that takes a new look at data from five trials.

Health - Pharmacology - 18.12.2023
’Unclear’ whether opioids are effective at treating cancer pain
The world's largest review on opioid medicines for cancer pain has found it is unclear whether some commonly used opioid medicines are better than a placebo and suggests that non-opioid medicines, including aspirin, may be as effective as opioids. Researchers examining the data on opioids for pain caused by cancer have found surprisingly large gaps in evidence regarding the true benefits of these medicines for cancer pain.

Pharmacology - Health - 18.12.2023
Antibiotic consumption rose massively in the first year of the pandemic
Antibiotic consumption rose massively in the first year of the pandemic
Antibiotics are useless against viruses, including the coronavirus. Nevertheless, doctors in Switzerland prescribed antibacterial drugs about twice as often in the first year of the pandemic as before, report researchers from the University of Basel. A risky practice, warns the research team . It was a time of great uncertainty: when the first coronavirus wave rolled across Switzerland in spring 2020, there were neither diagnostic tests nor a vaccine nor effective medication.

Health - Pharmacology - 18.12.2023
Combating Over-Prescription of Antibiotics in Children: A Swiss-Tanzanian Digital Health Innovation with Promising Results
Combating Over-Prescription of Antibiotics in Children: A Swiss-Tanzanian Digital Health Innovation with Promising Results
A large-scale study by the DYNAMIC project has produced promising results: the use of a new digital clinical decision-making tool has led to a twoto three-fold reduction in the prescription of antibiotics. These results, just published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine, marks an important step towards curbing bacterial antimicrobial resistance.

Health - Pharmacology - 15.12.2023
The keto diet protects against epileptic seizures. Scientists are uncovering why
Health + Behavior UCLA study involving pediatric patients and mice identifies beneficial changes to gut microbiome The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is more than just a trendy weight-loss tactic. It has also been known to help control seizures in children with epilepsy, particularly those who don't respond to first-line anti-seizure medications.

Health - Pharmacology - 14.12.2023
Nanoparticles amplify potential cancer vaccine power
New method developed by Johns Hopkins researchers could enhance the body's ability to fight cancer and make vaccines more effective in targeting tumors Johns Hopkins researchers have identified minuscule particles that supercharge therapeutic cancer vaccines, which train the immune system to attack tumors.

Health - Pharmacology - 13.12.2023
Teen drug use remains below pre-pandemic levels
New data show relatively low use of illicit substances, yet overdose death rates among adolescents have risen in recent years The percentage of teenagers reporting they used any illicit substances in 2023 held steady below the pre-pandemic levels reported in 2020, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future survey.

Health - Pharmacology - 13.12.2023
Women with PCOS can stress less about fertility
Researchers from The University of Queensland have found that women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) respond well to fertility treatments and have the same birth rate as women without the condition. Dr Katrina Moss from UQ's School of Public Health said the findings should offer some reassurance for women with PCOS who are concerned about their fertility.

Health - Pharmacology - 12.12.2023
New study by Med Uni Graz on COVID-19 vaccination
New study by Med Uni Graz on COVID-19 vaccination
Sneezing on the bus, coughing on the streetcar, catching a cold at work - a record number of sick notes and wastewater analyses show an unprecedented viral load throughout Austria. The winter, and with it the new COVID-19 wave, has hit Austria hard. The virus, which has been keeping us on our toes since the beginning of 2020, is once again sweeping through the country, even if its progress is to be slowed down with the help of vaccinations and precautionary measures.

Health - Pharmacology - 07.12.2023
In cancer treatment, new evidence that the neighborhood matters
Yale co-led research has identified interactions between tumors and surrounding tissues that can help predict cancer prognoses and inform treatments. The advance of any cancer is determined not only by the molecular characteristics of the tumor itself but also by its interaction with the cells that surround it.

Health - Pharmacology - 06.12.2023
Researchers redesign future mRNA therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful immune responses
Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell's decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body. They have identified the sequence within the mRNA that causes this to occur and found a way to prevent 'off-target' immune responses to enable the safer design of future mRNA therapeutics.

Pharmacology - Health - 06.12.2023
New approach to drug discovery: pain medication with fewer side effects developed
People with chronic pain are often dependent on drugs from the class of opioids with sometimes considerable side effects. Accordingly, in recent years the search for safer alternatives has been the focus in drug discovery. As part of an international study led by MedUni Vienna, an opioid-like molecule has now been developed which, as shown in animal models, can effectively alleviate pain but with fewer undesirable side effects.

Health - Pharmacology - 06.12.2023
Towards a new leukemia therapy?
Towards a new leukemia therapy?
A major discovery in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of leukemia. Research led by François Fuks - Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, ULB Faculty of Medicine, ULB Cancer Research Center and Institut Jules Bordet, H.U.B . In Belgium, around 1,300 new cases of leukemia are diagnosed every year, a type of blood cancer that affects the entire population.

Health - Pharmacology - 05.12.2023
Tight bonds helped British variant of coronavirus
Tight bonds helped British variant of coronavirus
A key factor in the rapid spread of the so-called British coronavirus variant appears to be stronger attachments between the virus and human cells. In a study led by Utrecht University professor Jan Lipfert, scientists show that the variant has a significantly stronger attachment to human cells compared to the original strain.
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