Psychology & Psychiatry
Psoriasis patients who meditate may ease symptoms, improve quality of life
Meditation may help patients manage psoriasis, according to a review published online Sept. 14 in Dermatology and Therapy.
Oct 21, 2022
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Diabetes
Resistance exercise offers more prolonged glycemic control
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 1 diabetes, resistance exercise is associated with a smaller initial decline in blood glucose compared with aerobic exercise, but offers a more prolonged reduction in post-exercise glycemia, ...
Dec 5, 2012
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Medications
New algorithm calculates drug synergy: Initial tests involve melanoma, lung cancer
Drug combinations used for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma aren't as effective as they could be. Oncologists haven't had the right tools to predict drug interactions, other than in costly ...
Feb 21, 2019
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Neuroscience
Model for producing brain's 'helper cells' could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's
A Swedish research team has published a new protocol with the potential for industrial-scale production of the brain helper cells known as astrocytes. Their work could help medical science develop treatments for such diseases ...
Feb 16, 2018
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Medications
This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.
Catherine Reitzel's multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting disorder that runs $10,000 for a three-day supply. And Mariana Marquez-Farmer would likely ...
May 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
No increased risk for appendicitis reported with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination
The risk for appendicitis is not increased in association with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination or with diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a research letter published online April ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Health informatics
Mortality disparities by education widened in the U.S. in 2020
In 2020, there was an increase in mortality disparities by educational attainment in the United States, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Oct 19, 2022
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Medications
Viral rebound uncommon after molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy
Patients with COVID-19 taking molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir-ritonavir rarely have viral rebound, and rebound is not associated with increased mortality risk, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 9, 2022
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Medical research
Non-cocaine, topical anaesthetics can kill pain when repairing skin wounds
While some pain killers need to be injected into the damaged tissue in order to work, topical anaesthetics only need to be spread on the surface. The earliest examples of "topical" anaesthetics contained cocaine, but now ...
Jul 27, 2011
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Medications
5α-reductase inhibitors linked to depression, but not dementia
5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are associated with an increased risk for depression but seem not to be associated with dementia, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 29, 2022
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