medicine
2023-11-16 @ 12.46.15 ∈ In English
2023-11-15 @ 19.18.05 ∈ In English
New drug given every few months reduces high blood pressure in trial
People with high blood pressure may soon be able to swap the daily pills for an injection every few months. A phase 2 clinical trial has shown that a drug called Zilebesiran can drastically reduce blood pressure for long periods of time with no side effects.
2023-11-06 @ 20.33.58 ∈ In English
Dengue rates plunged after release of lab-altered mosquitoes – DW – 10/31/2023
Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria may be associated with a 97% drop in dengue infections in three cities in Colombia's Aburra Valley. Researchers for the non-profit World Mosquito Program released the results at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in late October.
2023-11-06 @ 20.20.54 ∈ In English
Invoking Betteridge’s law of headlines, I predict this will turn out to be correlation without causation.
2023-10-19 @ 12.23.37 ∈ In English
2023-10-03 @ 18.33.30 ∈ In English
Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer
It is almost two years to the day since the first vaccine - called RTS,S and developed by GSK - was backed by the WHO. […] The WHO said the effectiveness of the two vaccines was "very similar" and there was no evidence one was better than the other. However, the key difference is the ability to manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine - called R21 - at scale.
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.