High-dose hemodiafiltration (HDF) produced substantially better survival compared with conventional, high-flux hemodialysis in people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in CONVINCE, a randomized, multicenter trial of 1360 patients treated for a median of 30 months. The results show that high-dose HDF, with a convection volume of greater than 23 L/session, improved overall survival by 23%
This Morning: Dr Zoe outlines common causes of night sweats There’s nothing wrong with sweating. The natural practice is your body’s way of regulating body temperature. As the water in the sweat evaporates, the surface of your skin cools. Something that is more than welcome during the current heatwave. While this normal practice can be
It’s not easy to distinguish between the dozens of subtypes of limb girdle muscular dystrophy—a rare, genetic muscle disease characterized by weakness in the hips and shoulders that causes difficulty walking and lifting the arms. Until now, determining the subtype has not been critical in caring for patients, because no specific treatments have been available.
Lesbians, gays and bisexuals are experiencing more mental health and substance use issues than their heterosexual peers, researchers say. According to a new government report released Tuesday, this includes major depressive episodes, serious thoughts of suicide, and more misuse of alcohol and drugs. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health includes a question about
As the body ages, organ function progressively declines and the risk for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, increases. Understanding how the body ages is an intense area of research as it will potentially illuminate ways to promote healthy aging. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Breastfeeding can improve the number of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and increase insulin sensitivity in mothers, helping to protect them against type 2 diabetes in later years, suggests a mice study presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill. Many previous studies in women have shown that prolonged breastfeeding
A treatment for a rare cancer-like lung disease found in women of childbearing age may have been discovered by University of Cincinnati researchers. The rare lung disease is called lymphangioleiomyomatosis or LAM, and the cause of it is unknown with no cure established. New UC research, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
University of Sydney and Fudan University scientists have discovered human brain signals traveling across the outer layer of neural tissue that naturally arrange themselves to resemble swirling spirals. The research, published today in Nature Human Behaviour, indicates these ubiquitous spirals, which are brain signals observed on the cortex during both resting and cognitive states, help
A new platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) matrix is becoming a promising and affordable alternative for treating chronic diabetic ulcers (diabetic foot), a pilot study conducted in São Paulo, Brazil, suggests. The authors used a third-generation PRF (Progressive PRF or PRO-PRF) created by researchers from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). PRF is a concentrate obtained
In this review published in The Lancet, researchers performed a double-blinded, phase III randomized trial to gather safety and immunogenicity data for a live-attenuated vaccine (LAV) candidate 'VLA1553' for the chikungunya virus. They reported data up to day 180 post-vaccination for 4,115 healthy participants. Study: Safety and immunogenicity of a single-shot live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine: a double-blind,
Oncologists commonly suffer “professional grief” when a patient dies — in fact, it is a “familiar, daily reality for the oncology clinician,” says one — but when it is also accompanied by a sense of emotional isolation, it can lead to reduced well-being and burnout. The issue was discussed at a special session at the
In a recent study published in the Nature Communications Journal, researchers examined the serum proteome of unvaccinated adults who had post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PASC) and were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain. Study: Persistent serum protein signatures define an inflammatory subcategory of long COVID. Image Credit: DmitryDemidovich/Shutterstock.com Background Long coronavirus
Food allergy has not been on the radar of most racial and ethnic communities. But a new Northwestern Medicine study -; the first population-based food allergy study in the U.S. to explore racial and ethnic differences in all age groups -; shows why it should be. The new study found the prevalence of food allergy
The chances of surviving massive blood loss from a traumatic injury such as a gunshot wound are around 50%. To survive, a patient needs two things to happen quickly: a large infusion of blood and coagulation at the wound to stop the bleeding. The problem is one of these solutions prevents the other. Introducing a
New research from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne, published in Science Advances, shows neurotypical workers and students taking cognitive enhancers, or “smart” drugs, may actually be inhibiting their performance and productivity. Drugs such as methylphenidate, sold under the brand name Ritalin among others, are commonly prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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