Close to 1,300 cases of vaping-linked illness now identified (HealthDay)—The number of Americans sickened with a severe lung injury tied to vaping just keeps rising, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Oct 11, 2019 0 2
Researcher briefs FDA on need for patient identity management Patient identity management is a gaping hole in the American electronic healthcare system, one that needs to be addressed to improve the quality of real-world data according to Regenstrief Institute research scientist Shaun ... Oct 11, 2019 0 0
Adipogenic progenitors keep muscle stem cells young In adult skeletal muscle, loss of myofiber integrity caused by mechanical injuries or diseases are repaired by resident muscle stem cells, called satellite cells, which promptly exit from quiescence after disruption of muscle ... Oct 11, 2019 0 3
Conclusions from a behavioral aging study on male and female F2 hybrid mice on age-related behavior Due to strain-specific behavioral idiosyncrasies, inbred mouse strains are suboptimal research models for behavioral aging studies. Oct 11, 2019 0 0
Encyclopedic tumor analysis for guiding treatment of advanced, broadly refractory cancers RESILIENT was a single arm, open label, phase II/III study to test if label agnostic therapy regimens guided by Encyclopedic Tumor Analysis can offer meaningful clinical benefit for patients with relapsed refractory metastatic ... Oct 11, 2019 0 0
Study questions 'cross-transfer' benefits of special exercise technique A paper recently published by researchers from the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine questions the effectiveness of a patented exercise system for relieving ... Oct 11, 2019 1 16
Blood test raises hopes of tackling 'silent killer' It is the 'silent killer' that claimed the life of Albert Einstein and affects 1% of men over the age of 65, but researchers at the University of Dundee believe they may be able to reduce the number of fatalities caused by ... Oct 11, 2019 0 4
Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way to effectively transport medication into the brain—which could lead to improved treatments for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Oct 11, 2019 0 130
Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure New research from King's College London published in EBioMedicine, has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in rodents and produces impressive ... Oct 11, 2019 0 3
SGLT2 inhibitors protect against kidney disease in T2DM (HealthDay)—A class of diabetes drugs, called sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, protect against kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a review published online Sept. 5 in The Lancet ... Oct 11, 2019 0 2
