medicine – Sivu 3

2023-09-19 @ 15.28.48 ∈ Suomeksi

Itsensä mittaaminen | Äkkikuoleman riskin voisi tunnistaa urheilukellolla tai älysormuksella

”Sydänperäisen äkkikuoleman riski voidaan arvioida parin minuutin leposykkeestä sykevälivaihtelun perustella jopa tarkemmin kuin perinteisellä kardiologisella rasituskokeella”, sanoo Monicardi-hankkeen johtaja, fysiikan professori Esa Räsänen.

2023-09-14 @ 17.43.40 ∈ In English

“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

More work is needed to study […] pGal compounds in humans, but initial phase I safety trials have already been carried out in people with celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that is associated with eating wheat, barley and rye, and phase I safety trials are under way in multiple sclerosis.

2023-09-13 @ 15.40.49 ∈ In English

New Blood Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has 91% Accuracy

Applying the AI algorithm, the test could accurately classify 91 percent of patients, and could even differentiate between mild, moderate, and severe ME/CFS patients with 84 percent accuracy. Further studies to validate the findings in larger cohorts will take some time.

2023-09-04 @ 17.57.29 ∈ Suomeksi

Naiskirurgit tekevät selvästi parempaa jälkeä kuin mieskirurgit, jättitutkimus paljastaa

Mieskirurgien potilaat kuolivat 25 prosenttia todennäköisemmin vuoden kuluttua leikkauksesta kuin naiskirurgien potilaat.

2023-09-02 @ 16.16.39 ∈ In English

Hundreds of Tough Mudder racers infected by rugged, nasty bacterium

Hundreds of people who participated in a recent Tough Mudder event—a very muddy obstacle course race—held in Sonoma, California, have fallen ill with pustular rashes, lesions, fever, flu-like symptoms, nerve pain, and other symptoms, local health officials and media outlets report.

2023-08-28 @ 19.00.02 ∈ In English

‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery

The doctors and scientists involved in her case hypothesise that a python may have shed the parasite via its faeces into the grass. They believe the patient was probably infected with the parasite directly from touching the native grass or after eating the greens.

2023-08-23 @ 16.42.53 ∈ In English

Hookworms successfully prevent type 2 diabetes in human trial

“The JCU trial provides sufficient proof of concept that infection with live hookworms is safe and appears to have some sort of beneficial effects on people’s metabolic health, which will hopefully be confirmed by future clinical trials designed to confirm efficacy and explore how hookworms influence metabolism[.]”

2023-07-21 @ 20.24.47 ∈ In English

First RSV vaccine to protect infants up 6 months of age and older adults - European Medicines Agency

EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Abrysvo, a vaccine to protect against disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Abrysvo is the first RSV vaccine indicated for passive immunisation of infants from birth through 6 months of age following administration of the vaccine to the mother during pregnancy.

2023-06-12 @ 11.11.40 ∈ In English

Cause and Cure Discovered for Common Type of High Blood Pressure

The cause is a tiny benign nodule, present in one-in-twenty people with hypertension. The nodule produces a hormone, aldosterone, that controls how much salt is in the body. […] The researchers also discovered that this form of hypertension could be cured by unilateral adrenalectomy – removing one of the two adrenal glands.

2023-05-26 @ 19.46.20 ∈ In English

Induction of a torpor-like hypothermic and hypometabolic state in rodents by ultrasound - Nature Metabolism

Using ultrasound to activate noninvasively specific neurons in the hypothalamus, a temporary hypothermic and hypometabolic state is induced in rodents.