Medical research
Promising treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome
A study, published today in PNAS, has found a potential treatment for patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Jun 11, 2019
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Medical research
Gene therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in mice
An experimental cure for Type 1 diabetes has a nearly 80 percent success rate in curing diabetic mice. The results, to be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston, offer possible hope of ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Genetics
New genetic links to MS also play roles in other autoimmune diseases
Results of the largest genomics study of multiple sclerosis patients ever undertaken have identified more than two dozen new genetic variants linked to disease risk, including some previously implicated in other autoimmune ...
Aug 10, 2011
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Diabetes
Experimental combo treatment worsens type 1 diabetes
(HealthDay)—A treatment regimen that is effective in preventing diabetes in a mouse model of the disease leads to worsening disease in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online June 20 in Diabetes.
Aug 24, 2012
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Neuroscience
New stroke treatments becoming a reality
Scientists led by the President of The University of Manchester have demonstrated a drug which can dramatically limit the amount of brain damage in stroke patients.
Jul 26, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinical trial demonstrates that rilonacept significantly reduces gout flares
A phase II clinical trial found that rilonacept, an inhibitor of the protein interleukin-1 (IL-1), significantly reduced acute gout flares that occur when initiating uric acid-lowering therapy. Results of the trial—the ...
Jan 5, 2012
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Immunology
High-salt diet and ulcer bug combine to increase risk of cancer
Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now Timothy L. Cover and colleagues of Vanderbilt University show that high dietary salt combined ...
Apr 18, 2013
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Ophthalmology
Topical use of arthritis drug provides relief for dry eye disease
Dry eye disease (DED) is a common condition that causes discomfort, visual disturbance and potentially damaging ocular surface inflammation that greatly impacts a person's quality of life. An estimated nine million people ...
Apr 18, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research reveals blood platelets play important role in Kawasaki disease
Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's investigators have advanced our understanding of the role that blood platelets play in Kawasaki disease, a serious illness that primarily affects children younger than 5 years old and causes ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Canakinumab allows discontinuation of corticosteroids in patients with SJIA
Study findings first presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrate the efficacy of canakinumab at tapering corticosteroid (CS) use in patients with SJIA.
Jun 13, 2013
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