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Anti-inflammatory use during surgery could improve cancer outcomes

05.09.2018 Health Problems

The world’s first clinical trial (SURGUVANT) evaluating anti-inflammatory use at the time of surgery in colon cancer patients to improve their cancer outcome has been published in scientific journal, BMC Cancer. The research successfully tested an anti-inflammatory agent with anti-cancer properties known as Taurolidine in the SURGUVANT trial which was funded by a grant from Geistlich Pharma AG, Wolhusen, Switzerland. […]

Focused delivery for brain cancers

05.09.2018 Health Problems

A person’s brainstem controls some of the body’s most important functions, including heart beat, respiration, blood pressure and swallowing. Tumor growth in this part of the brain is therefore twice as devastating. Not only can such a growth disrupt vital functions, but operating in this area is so risky, many medical professionals refuse to consider it as an option. New, […]

Remission of schizophrenia seen with amisulpride, clozapine

05.09.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Remission can be achieved for most cases of schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder with amisulpride and clozapine, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in the The Lancet Psychiatry. René S. Kahn, M.D., from Brain Center Rudolf Magnus in Utrecht, Netherlands, and colleagues recruited 481 participants from 27 centers in 14 European countries and Israel. Patients aged 18 to 40 […]

Scientists engineer way to prevent immune response to gene therapy in mice

04.09.2018 Health Problems

Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have demonstrated that gene therapy can be effective without causing a dangerous side effect common to all gene therapy: an autoimmune reaction to the normal protein, which the patient’s immune system is encountering for the first time. The researchers showed this in a mouse model that accurately recapitulates Duchenne muscular dystrophy. One in every […]

Patients with new-onset AFib after TAVR at highest risk for complications

03.09.2018 Health Problems

Patients developing AFib after TAVR are at higher risk of death, stroke and heart attack compared to patients who already had AFib prior to the procedure, according to a study today in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. The paper is the first nationwide examination of patients who developed AFib for the first time following TAVR. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a […]

Dealing with Divorce and Separation

03.09.2018 Health Problems

If your parents were recently separated or divorced, you’re probably dealing with a lot of changes in your family life. Things may feel like they’re changing even if it’s been a while since your parents separated or divorced, or if their separation or divorce came as a surprise. You may be living full-time with one parent, or you may be […]

College Health: Mental Health Issues

03.09.2018 Health Problems

How can I develop a healthy social life at college? Definitely keep in touch with friends and family from home, but make sure you develop new friendships at school. You’ll probably meet friends at orientation, in the first few days of school, in your classes, at social events, in the cafeteria, in clubs or sports, and through other friends. Don’t […]

Study links aortic stiffness with lower cerebral blood flow

31.08.2018 Health Problems

Greater aortic stiffness is related to lower cerebral blood flow, especially among individuals with increased genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, according to research from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The study, published recently in Circulation, supports emerging evidence that arterial stiffness, a hypertension-related factor, may play a role in cognitive decline, said Angela Jefferson, Ph.D., professor of Neurology and director of […]

Research digs up the fat-fighting power of clays

31.08.2018 Health Problems

Investigating how clay materials can improve drug delivery, UniSA researcher and Ph.D. candidate, Tahnee Dening serendipitously discovered that the clay materials she was using had a unique ability to “soak up” fat droplets in the gut. Dening says this accidental discovery could potentially be a cure for obesity. “It’s quite amazing really,” Dening says. “I was investigating the capacity of […]

Using light to fight GVHD

31.08.2018 Health Problems

Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is used to treat chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)—a complication of bone marrow or stem cell transplant that occurs when donor cells attack the recipient. How ECP works is unclear, and standardized treatment guidelines have not been established. Vanderbilt medical student Jocelyn Gandelman, Madan Jagasia, MBBS, and colleagues conducted a prospective, multicenter clinical trial of ECP for cGVHD. […]

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