Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Design, synthesis, molecular modeling, and biological evaluation of acrylamide derivatives as potent inhibitors of human ...

Novel diarylamides as orally active diuretics targeting urea transporters

Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Discovery of novel diarylamides as orally active diuretics targeting urea transporters Urea transporters (UT) play ...

Endophytic fungi as promising producers of bioactive small molecules

Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Genome mining combined metabolic shunting and OSMAC strategy of an endophytic fungus leads to the ...

FAIR Health unveils three new enhancements to consumer platform, including shoppable services tool

New shared decision-making website for providers complements FAIR Health consumer websiteCredit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--April 8, 2021--The national, independent ...

Mechanism of abnormal movements induced by drug treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Credit: Hiromi Sano Okazaki, Japan -mm dd, 2021--Many people with Parkinson's disease develop abnormal movements called L-DOPA induced dyskinesia, a ...

Low-dose CT for right colonic diverticulitis an alternate diagnosis of appendicitis

American Journal of Roentgenology: IV contrast-enhanced 2-millisievert CT comparable to conventional-dose CT for diagnosis of right colonic diverticulitisCredit: American Roentgen ...

Scientists at IRB Barcelona identify a potential target to treat lung cancer

Credit: IRB Barcelona In cancer, personalised medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumour to find ...

IU School of Medicine researchers develop blood test for depression, bipolar disorder

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Worldwide, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime. While ...

One in ten have long-term effects 8 months following mild COVID-19

Credit: Ludvig Kostyal Eight months after mild COVID-19, one in ten people still has at least one moderate to severe ...

Parkinson’s discovery points to possible future treatment approaches

More than 20 years after the discovery of the parkin gene linked to young-onset Parkinson's disease, researchers at The Ottawa ...

U.S.-Mexico asthma study examines hygiene hypothesis amid pandemic

With a $15.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, a University of Arizona Health Sciences-led research team takes a three-pronged ...

Race and poverty appear to guide heart muscle DNA methylation in heart-failure patients

Differences in DNA methylation correlated with differences in heart-failure outcomes, as measured by two-year mortality.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Race ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine expert creates comprehensive guide to new diabetes drugs

Diabetes specialist Rita Kalyani outlines the current standards of care for diabetes managementCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine New medicines for people ...

Ultrasensitive, rapid diagnostic detects Ebola earlier than gold standard test

Portable platform detects early biomarkers of the Ebola virus faster than PCR, the current industry standardCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University ...

Surgical sutures inspired by human tendons

Next-generation sutures can deliver drugs, prevent infections, and monitor woundsCredit: Zhenwei Ma, McGill University Sutures are used to close wounds ...

Study shows why crossing obstacles is difficult for patients with Parkinson’s disease

The scientists detected incapacities related to gait timing and foot placement. Their discoveries serve as a basis for the development ...

AGS honors Dr. Helen Fernandez for outstanding contributions to geriatrics education

Credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH, ...

Urolithin A shows effective against muscular dystrophy

Credit: © Amazentis / EPFL Auwerx Lab Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing ...

Unraveling the mysteries of sleep disorders in multiple system atrophy

New study shows that in multiple system atrophy, sleep disorders are a common but scarcely studied symptom associated with disease ...

Crohn’s disease may be caused by immune signaling failure