New research links vagus nerve stimulation to reduced gut inflammation in mice
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have found that tapping into the nervous system could help reduce the gut inflammation that drives inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Oral microbiome varies with life stress and mental health symptoms in pregnant women, study finds
The number and type of microbes present in the saliva of pregnant women differ according to whether they are experiencing life stress and symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finds a ...
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Report addresses responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research
A report released from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Health and Medicine Division addresses the responsible use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and is a call to action for biomedical ...
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Not all patients want faster cancer drug approvals without certainty they work
Patients with cancer could be willing to wait for greater certainty of the benefit of new cancer drugs before they are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), suggests a new study from the London School of ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Low-dose ketamine shows promise for pain relief in emergency department patients
A study that investigates low-dose ketamine (LDK) as an adjunct to morphine for treating acute pain has been published in the Academic Emergency Medicine journal.
Nov 19, 2024
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A new discovery about pain signaling may contribute to better treatment of chronic pain
When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have now pinpointed the exact location of a specific calcium channel, ...
Nov 18, 2024
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AI algorithm successfully matches potential volunteers to clinical trials
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help speed up the process of matching potential volunteers to relevant clinical research trials listed on ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Experimental oxytocin-based drug offers new hope for gut disorders
University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.
Nov 18, 2024
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More than half of psychedelic-related poison center cases result in medical treatment, study finds
More than half of psychedelic exposures reported to poison centers across the U.S. between 2012 and 2022 had symptoms that required medical treatment or resulted in residual or prolonged symptoms or death, according to a ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your bladder to beat back harmful microbes
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from urinary tract infections every year. Some groups are especially prone to chronic UTIs, including women, older adults and some veterans.
Nov 18, 2024
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Study identifies data accessibility problems in clinical trials for new medicines
While substantial progress has been made in sharing data from clinical trials, many top-selling medicines still fall short when it comes to making data publicly accessible, according to new Flinders University research.
Nov 18, 2024
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Basic research leads to drug candidates for fatal lung disease
During the 1990s, medicinal chemist Anders Hallberg was working in his lab at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. He was exploring a hormonal system in the body that regulates blood pressure, among other things, by designing ...
Nov 18, 2024
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A new experimental infection model in flies offers a fast and cost-effective way to test drugs
Researchers at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital have characterized and developed a new study model using Drosophila that will enable the evaluation of various infectious agents.
Nov 15, 2024
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Steroid and surfactant mix fails to impact bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants
Research led by the Royal Women's Hospital, Australia, has found that early intratracheal administration of budesonide mixed with surfactant may have little to no effect on improving survival free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia ...
Study examines development of early COPD in ages 30 to 55
Researchers are exploring how small airway abnormalities in younger smokers could help identify who is at risk of developing COPD and establish how the chronic lung disease progresses. The article is published in the September ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Transparency and reporting characteristics of randomized controlled trials with Chinese herbal medicine
In 2017, the CONSORT-CHM Formulas 2017 extension was introduced to enhance the reporting transparency of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formulas. This development aimed to detail ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Air pollution linked to increased miscarriage risk
A team of medical and environmental researchers at the Medical School of Yan'an University, working with a colleague from Yan'an University Affiliated Hospital, has found a link between spontaneous miscarriages and exposure ...
Potential single-dose smallpox and mpox vaccine moves forward
Vaccines that prevent smallpox and mpox come in two varieties. One uses a single shot of a live virus but carries the risk of serious side effects; the other, which is newer and made with replication deficient virus, has ...
Nov 13, 2024
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Treatment advances and predictive biomarkers stand to improve bladder cancer care
Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to an editorial published in the New England Journal ...
Nov 13, 2024
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Research shows non-hallucinogenic marijuana constituent increases sleep in rats
Research by scientists at the University of Sydney has identified a constituent in the cannabis plant that improves sleep. Their report is the first to use objective measures to show the component, known as cannabinol (CBN), ...
Nov 12, 2024
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How immune cells 'sniff out' pathogens: Signaling study could speed up the search for new drugs
Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, and what is the relationship between the scale ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Researchers discover why taking a mushroom supplement slows or prevents prostate cancer from getting worse
Researchers at City of Hope now understand why taking an investigational white button mushroom supplement shows promise in slowing and even preventing prostate cancer from spreading among men who joined a phase 2 clinical ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Study identifies top ten priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric medication
The global consumption of psychiatric medication is increasing by 4% annually, with the greatest increase observed in antidepressant use. For people who wish to reduce and/or stop taking medication, there are many gaps and ...
Nov 11, 2024
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