Microorganisms in the lungs could impact lung cancer progression and prognosis Kumar Jeetendra | November 11, 2020 Bottom Line: Enrichment of the lungs with oral commensal microbes has been correlated with advanced stage disease, worse prognosis, and tumor progression in patients with lung cancer. Journal in Which the research was Published: Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research Author: Leopoldo Segal, MD, director of the Lung Microbiome Program, …
Polypill in addition to headache medicine and polypill alone reduced cardiovascular sickness hazard Kumar Jeetendra | November 17, 2020 A single, daily pill combining blood pressure and cholesterol medications, as well as the addition of a daily dose of aspirin, reduced cardiovascular disease events in people at risk for heart disease, according to late-breaking study presented today in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020. The virtual conference, …
Dexamethasone use could reduce immune checkpoint inhibitor viability in glioblastoma patients Kumar Jeetendra | November 25, 2020 Bottom Line: One of patients with glioblastoma getting an immune checkpoint inhibitor, people who obtained the corticosteroid dexamethasone at baseline for cerebral edema had significantly worse overall survival. Journal Where the Study was Released: Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research Author: David A. Reardon, MD, clinical director of the …
Free radicals might be significant for the brain to stay versatile Kumar Jeetendra | December 6, 2020 Reactive oxygen molecules, also known as”free radicals”, are generally considered dangerous. Researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) at TU Dresden published the findings in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The researchers focused on the”hippocampus”, a brain region that is regarded as the control center …
CRISPR-based test could give fast, affordable testing to help control COVID-19 spread Kumar Jeetendra | December 7, 2020 Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and obtaining a read-out on your mobile phone in 15 to 30 minutes which tells you if you’re infected with the COVID-19 virus. This has been the vision for a group of scientists at Gladstone Institutes, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and University of …
FDA cautions medical services suppliers and clinical lab staff about SARS-CoV-2 viral transformation Kumar Jeetendra | January 10, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers that the FDA is monitoring the potential effect of viral mutations, including an emerging version from the United Kingdom known as the B.1.1.7 variant, on approved SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests, which false negative results can occur with almost any molecular test …
Viveo Health Partners with Doceree and Credihealth to Strengthen its Network in India Kumar Jeetendra | January 22, 2021 Mumbai, 22nd January, 2021: Within a month of setting its footprint in the Indian market, Estonia based global e-health innovator company Viveo Health, today announced two major partnerships with the Indian companies “Doceree” and “Credihealth”. Trusted by thousands of health professionals in over 40 countries around the world, Viveo Health is committed to provide world-class …
New gene based vaccine procedure gets award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Kumar Jeetendra | January 29, 2021 The AAVCOVID vaccine application, a novel gene-based vaccine plan that utilizes an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, was granted an award for up to $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will assist the effort to bring further preclinical validation into the AAV vaccine platform. An AAVCOVID vaccine candidate is set to …
Research investigate how the current practice of nephrology may have bigoted philosophies Kumar Jeetendra | January 31, 2021 There is a growing awareness of systematic inequality and structural racism in American society. Science and medicine are no exception, as evidenced by historical cases of discrimination and overt racism. In a perspective piece in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), take an honest look …
Active way of life related with lower risk of death from a heart failure Kumar Jeetendra | February 13, 2021 An active lifestyle is linked with a lower chance of dying immediately from a heart attack, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Heart disease is the leading cause of death globally and prevention is a major public health priority. …
First smart speaker for contactless observing of both reguilar and unpredictable heartbeats Kumar Jeetendra | March 9, 2021 Wise speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, have proven adept at monitoring certain health care issues at home. By way of instance, researchers at the University of Washington have shown that these devices can detect cardiac arrests or track babies breathing. But what about monitoring something even smaller: the moment motion of individual …
Pregnancy builds the danger of first-time symptomatic kidney stone Kumar Jeetendra | April 15, 2021 Though researchers have long known that several physiological and anatomical changes occur during pregnancy which could contribute to kidney stone formation, evidence of the connection has been lacking. An observational study that reviewed the medical records for nearly 3,000 female patients from 1984 to 2012 finds that pregnancy increases the risk of a first-time symptomatic …
