FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on: March 15,2024

FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on:March 15,2024

New tool to analyze blood platelets holds major medical potential

by Carol Clark,Emory UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel technique to test platelet function within a person's blood sample is faster, easier and more precise than methods cur

Updated on: January 02,2024

New tool to analyze blood platelets holds major medical potential

by Carol Clark,Emory UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel technique to test platelet function within a person's blood sample is faster, easier and more precise than methods cur

Updated on:January 02,2024

Researchers develop framework to identify molecules responsible for chemotherapy resistance

JANUARY 18, 2024byKarolinska InstitutetCredit:iScience(2024). https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)00128-7Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab demonstr

Updated on: March 29,2024

Researchers develop framework to identify molecules responsible for chemotherapy resistance

JANUARY 18, 2024byKarolinska InstitutetCredit:iScience(2024). https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)00128-7Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab demonstr

Updated on:March 29,2024

New vaccine against fatal tropical disease and potential bioterror weapon demonstrates efficacy in animal studies

by Marcus Horwitz,University of California, Los AngelesBurkholderia pseudomallei infecting a human cell. The bacteria (red) are polymerizing actin (green). Credit: Christopher T. FrenchIn a mous

Updated on: March 28,2024

New vaccine against fatal tropical disease and potential bioterror weapon demonstrates efficacy in animal studies

by Marcus Horwitz,University of California, Los AngelesBurkholderia pseudomallei infecting a human cell. The bacteria (red) are polymerizing actin (green). Credit: Christopher T. FrenchIn a mous

Updated on:March 28,2024

Alarm over lax oversight of weight loss drug adverts that could harm patients

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUK organizations responsible for protecting the public from prescription-only drug adverts are putting patients at risk from the harms

Updated on: January 26,2024

Alarm over lax oversight of weight loss drug adverts that could harm patients

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUK organizations responsible for protecting the public from prescription-only drug adverts are putting patients at risk from the harms

Updated on:January 26,2024

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes, finds study

by Ben-Gurion University of the NegevCellulose degrading gut bacteria of hominids across evolutionary time. Previously unknown human gut cellulolytic ruminococcal species are highly prevalent in

Updated on: March 28,2024

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes, finds study

by Ben-Gurion University of the NegevCellulose degrading gut bacteria of hominids across evolutionary time. Previously unknown human gut cellulolytic ruminococcal species are highly prevalent in

Updated on:March 28,2024

New technique reveals earliest signs of genetic mutations

by NYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these chan

Updated on: June 15,2024

New technique reveals earliest signs of genetic mutations

by NYU Langone HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these chan

Updated on:June 15,2024

FDA approves new antibiotic for three indications

by Lori SolomonThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the antibiotic Zevtera (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection) for three different indications, including treatment of adults wi

Updated on: April 28,2024

FDA approves new antibiotic for three indications

by Lori SolomonThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the antibiotic Zevtera (ceftobiprole medocaril sodium for injection) for three different indications, including treatment of adults wi

Updated on:April 28,2024

Siris tree leaves hold promise for stopping spread of breast cancer cells, say researchers

by University of SharjahAlbizia lebbeck—Shirish/Siris Tree. Credit: Wikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 4.0Albizia lebbeck is the scientific name of the siris tree, which may hold the promise of wor

Updated on: April 06,2024

Siris tree leaves hold promise for stopping spread of breast cancer cells, say researchers

by University of SharjahAlbizia lebbeck—Shirish/Siris Tree. Credit: Wikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 4.0Albizia lebbeck is the scientific name of the siris tree, which may hold the promise of wor

Updated on:April 06,2024

Study reveals potential to reverse lung fibrosis using the body's own healing technique

byUniversity of MichiganGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI172826The most common type of lung fibrosis—scarring of the lungs—is idiop

Updated on: April 28,2024

Study reveals potential to reverse lung fibrosis using the body's own healing technique

byUniversity of MichiganGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI172826The most common type of lung fibrosis—scarring of the lungs—is idiop

Updated on:April 28,2024

Epilepsy drug shows promise in slowing joint degeneration in osteoarthritis

by Yale Universitya, Safranin O and Fast Green-stained sections of knee joints of mice with the indicated genotype (n = 8). Scale bar, 50 µm.b–e, OARSI score (b), osteophyte development (c)

Updated on: January 26,2024

Epilepsy drug shows promise in slowing joint degeneration in osteoarthritis

by Yale Universitya, Safranin O and Fast Green-stained sections of knee joints of mice with the indicated genotype (n = 8). Scale bar, 50 µm.b–e, OARSI score (b), osteophyte development (c)

Updated on:January 26,2024

Study finds Paxlovid treatment does not reduce risk of long COVID

byUniversity of California, San FranciscoIn all models, treatment with oral nirmatrelvir was not associated with lower odds of patient reported Long COVID symptoms with confidence intervals that

Updated on: January 26,2024

Study finds Paxlovid treatment does not reduce risk of long COVID

byUniversity of California, San FranciscoIn all models, treatment with oral nirmatrelvir was not associated with lower odds of patient reported Long COVID symptoms with confidence intervals that

Updated on:January 26,2024