Researchers are reporting that high intensity exercise can help ease symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Experts say the benefits are apparent in both the early and later stages of disease. They add that exercise helps people with Parkinson’s disease by improving brain function, balance, and mobility. Intensive exercise might slow the course of Parkinson’s disease (PD),
Australia’s world-leading HIV reductions in gay and bisexual men HIV diagnoses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Source: Read Full Article
Conflict experience and resolution underlying obedience to authority: A group of researchers from Regensburg, Göttingen and Würzburg took up this challenge and investigated the conflict experience of obedient participants using the so-called “bug destruction task.” Their findings have been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Almost all people reject violence against other people or other
Huge breakthrough for millions with high blood pressure: New injection given once every six months could scrap need for daily tablets One in three UK adults have high blood pressure – also known as hypertension But a trial of a new drug, zilebesiran, could revolutionise the future of treatment Just a single injection every six
New recommendations from the Joint British Thyroid Association/Society add to the increasingly general consensus that liothyronine (LT3) may be useful in combination with standard levothyroxine (LT4) in the treatment of hypothyroidism in some patients whose symptoms persist after standard treatment, despite a lack of evidence of benefit in clinical trials. “Most patients with primary hypothyroidism respond
According to a manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), lacking Medicare coverage could contribute to greater income-based differences in use of screening CT colonography (CTC) than of other recommended screening strategies or of diagnostic CTC. Noting that Medicare’s non-coverage for screening CTC may account for lower adherence with screening guidelines among lower-income
Scripps Research scientists have shown that analyzing a certain type of immune cell in the blood can help identify people at risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a life-threatening autoimmune disease. The new approach, if validated in further studies, could be used to select suitable patients for treatment that stops the autoimmune process—making type 1
Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are associated with more hair regrowth than placebo for patients with alopecia areata, according to a review published online June 27 in JAMA Network Open. Ming Liu, Ph.D., from Lanzhou University in China, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to evaluate the effectiveness and safety associated with JAK inhibitors for
Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has sought to understand ways to relieve the cost pressures on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The NDIS independent review has released its interim report, which noted many more young children with developmental concerns were entering the scheme than was
Reviewers’ Notes Advancements in technology and practice reported for the first time at AAIC 2023 demonstrate the simplicity, transportability and diagnostic value of blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's, including the future potential for at-home testing by a patient or a family member. These findings are timely and important with the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are among the leaders of a multi-institution research team that has built an atlas focused on the kidney’s myriad cells. The aim of the kidney tissue atlas is to further the understanding of kidney injury and disease. Building on previous work showing 30 cell types
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers used a murine model to demonstrate that functional excision of murine phosphatidylinositol transfer protein alpha (PITPNA) impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and decreased beta-cell number, which eventually led to hyperglycemia in mice. Further, they showed that a diminished expression of PITPNA in pancreatic islets of human patients with type 2
Antipsychotic drugs—used to treat the millions of people in the U.S. with schizophrenia—have lots of unpleasant side effects. The drugs also aren’t effective for many people. There is an urgent need to develop better drugs. A new finding from Northwestern Medicine scientists provides a new avenue to develop more effective drugs to treat the debilitating
Four out of five of people infected with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) won’t even know it—heartening news when you consider there’s no vaccine to prevent the disease nor targeted medications to treat it. However, the rest can develop a serious illness—particularly the approximately 1% who get encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that
Moms hold many hats, not least of which is photographer. But while our camera rolls are filled with pictures of our kids, we can’t help but wish for just one photo of us with our babies. That’s much easier said than done…and Chrissy Teigen’s latest post highlights the struggle. The Cravings author is mom to
Reviewers’ Notes Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $7 million, five-year funding award from PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to compare two sedatives used to place breathing tubes in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit (ICU). To provide support with a breathing machine, doctors must place a breathing tube into a patient's
When your mom is Kim Kardashian, your dreams aren’t as far out of reach as other people’s. Sure, you have to deal with annoying paparazzi sometimes, but you also get to do really cool things — like meet your celebrity idols! Kardashian’s eldest daughter North West, 10, who she shares with ex Kanye West, recently
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