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Sales of respiratory medications key to predicting disease mortality, UK study finds

Sales of respiratory medications key to predicting disease mortality, UK study finds

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers examined the impact of integrating non-prescription pharmaceutical sales to enhance weekly recorded mortality from respiratory diseases in England, using almost two billion transactions from a United Kingdom (UK) high street store between March 2016 and March 2020. Study: Assessing the worth of integrating national longitudinal shopping data […]

I’ve Tackled Triathlons, Marathons, and Mountain Races—All While Living With Crohn’s Disease

I’ve Tackled Triathlons, Marathons, and Mountain Races—All While Living With Crohn’s Disease

Managing my symptoms of this inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) requires a ton of my energy, so I really like that running takes among the power away from my diagnosis and provides it back to me. I fell into the game after I joined the highschool track team, and in college, I ran alone for fun […]

UCSF dementia experts to affix peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s disease conference

UCSF dementia experts to affix peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s disease conference

Dementia experts from UC San Francisco will join their peers from across the globe on the annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in Boston from Oct. 24 to 27. Presentations cover breakthroughs in therapies that clear amyloid – a trademark of Alzheimer’s – and a symposium on patients with early Alzheimer’s symptoms who […]

Mental health support crucial for individuals with heart problems

Mental health support crucial for individuals with heart problems

Positive mind and social connection key to recovering from heart problems Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of over 4 million people in Australia living with heart problems (CVD) is crucial to them avoiding further heart attacks or strokes. That’s the message this World Heart Day (Friday, September 29) from the Heart Foundation because it […]

Stair climbing linked to reduced risk of heart disease, study finds

Stair climbing linked to reduced risk of heart disease, study finds

Forget walking 10,000 steps a day. Taking a minimum of 50 steps climbing stairs every day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease, based on a brand new study from Tulane University. The study, published in Atherosclerosis, found that climbing greater than five flights of stairs day by day could reduce risk of heart […]

Photobiomodulation in sleep has more therapeutic effects for Alzheimer’s disease than in wakefulness

Photobiomodulation in sleep has more therapeutic effects for Alzheimer’s disease than in wakefulness

It’s well-known that sleep is the most effective medication. Nevertheless, it continues to be unknown why the brain recovers higher in sleep and whether these processes might be controlled. Recent discoveries have shown that the lymphatic system of the brain is activated during sleep, which contributes to the removal of metabolites, toxins and unnecessary molecules […]

Eating your greens could trump genetics in fighting fatty liver disease, latest study suggests

Eating your greens could trump genetics in fighting fatty liver disease, latest study suggests

A recent BMC Medicine study investigates the association between a plant-based food plan and genetic predisposition with the chance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Study: Plant-based diets, genetic predisposition and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Image Credit: zarzamora / Shutterstock.com Background NAFLD is amongst probably the most common chronic liver disorders, affecting around 32.4% of […]

AR headset proven effective digital tool for improving posture in individuals with Parkinson’s disease

AR headset proven effective digital tool for improving posture in individuals with Parkinson’s disease

An augmented-reality headset is an efficient digital tool for improving posture and gait in individuals with Parkinson’s disease, in accordance with a recent Cleveland Clinic trial. Findings were published in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. Augmented reality, or AR, allows users to finish digital programs projected into the world around them. The “Dual-task augmented Reality Treatment” […]

Study upends common belief in what triggers Parkinson’s disease

AR headset proven effective digital tool for improving posture in individuals with Parkinson’s disease

A brand new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a standard belief in what triggers Parkinson’s disease. Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is widely accepted as the primary event that results in Parkinson’s. But the brand new study suggests that a dysfunction within the neuron’s synapses -; the tiny gap across which a neuron can send an impulse […]

Study evaluating intranasal anti-CD3 for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease published within the PNAS journal

UCSF dementia experts to affix peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s disease conference

Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies via novel routes of drug delivery, today announced acceptance of a publication, “Nasal Administration of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (mAb) ameliorates disease in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease”, within the preeminent journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), that […]