A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer's disease finds that it is safe and well-tolerated, and researchers say the drug should be tested in a ...
May 29, 2020
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The amount of scarring in damaged kidneys as a result of diabetes or acute injury, is a key factor in determining treatment. But it has not been possible, using traditional techniques, to quickly and accurately assess how ...
May 28, 2020
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"We have seen this before." Global health scholars have issued a clarion call about the needless loss of life expected because of a foreseeable prospect of "slow and inadequate access to supplies" to control COVID-19 in sub-Saharan ...
May 8, 2020
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As governments from countries including the U.S., Germany, Italy and the U.K., explore the possibility of issuing so-called "immunity passports," a leading global health and legal scholar warns that such action poses significant ...
May 5, 2020
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Studies have correlated a relationship between smoking or vaping nicotine with misuse of other substances, such as alcohol and prescription drugs. Lately, misuse of prescription benzodiazepines (such as alprazolam or Xanax, ...
Feb 26, 2020
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An online survey of nearly 500 veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) suggests a high burden of disease almost three decades after the conflict.
Feb 5, 2020
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A bacteria typically linked to periodontal disease, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nuc), could play an important role in the rising incidence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of 45. Another type of bacteria, Moraxella ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Mice given a new drug targeting a key gene involved in lipid and glucose metabolism could tolerate a high-fat diet regimen (composed of 60% fat from lard) without developing significant liver damage, becoming obese, or disrupting ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the offspring of mice at high risk of the disease because of the high fat diet ...
Dec 30, 2019
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A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found, in animal models, that they can "switch off" epileptic seizures. The findings, published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
Dec 16, 2019
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