Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cancer therapies show promise in combating tuberculosis
What could cancer teach us about tuberculosis? That's a question Meenal Datta has been chasing since she was a graduate student.
Mar 25, 2024
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News tagged with regulatory agencies
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinics continue marketing unproven stem cell interventions as treatments for COVID-19 and long COVID
Researchers have identified 38 businesses engaged in direct-to-consumer marketing of purported stem cell treatments and exosome therapies for preventing and treating COVID-19 even though these "interventions" have not been ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
From promise to practice: A dose of reality for psychedelic therapies
Psychedelics stand at a pivotal crossroad in mental health, offering the prospect of novel therapeutic avenues to address multiple mental conditions, from treatment-resistant depression to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Health
Air pollution may increase risk for dementia
Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Apr 5, 2023
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Medical research
Misinformation on stem cell treatments for COVID-19 linked to overhyped science, researchers argue
The global race to develop new stem cell-based COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic was filled with violations of government regulations, inflated medical claims and distorted public communication, say the authors of a ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Health
Study finds BPA levels in humans dramatically underestimated
Researchers have developed a more accurate method of measuring bispehnol A (BPA) levels in humans and found that exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical is far higher than previously assumed.
Dec 5, 2019
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Health
Bioethicists call for oversight of consumer 'neurotechnologies' with unproven benefits
The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or "read" one's emotional state. However, many of these increasingly popular ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Medical research
Assessing the impact of fast-track drug approval programs
Over the past decade, regulatory agencies such as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States and the and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the European Union have put programs in place to get new drugs ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Vaccination
COVID-19 offers lessons to improve vaccine equity in Global South
Emory University's Rebecca Martin urges action to advance health security and health equity by improving access to and pathways for the delivery of vaccines. Martin and co-authors of the BMJ Global Health analysis, "Lessons ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Medications
Gabapentinoids associated with severe exacerbation of COPD
A population-based cohort study of more than 10,000 persons using gabapentinoids found that their use was associated with an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. This study supports ...
Jan 15, 2024
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