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Ventricular Tachycardia, Fatal Irregular Heart Beat Treatable With Radiation Therapy

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 19, 2019

Medical researchers from Washington University have successfully treated patients suffering from a potentially deadly irregular rapid heart rhythm called ventricular tachycardia with a single high dose of radiation aimed at the heart according to results of a phase one/two study. The radiation used is similar to those used to treat cancer. Radiation oncologist Dr Clifford Robinson and cardiologi...

Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Be Relieved By Adopting Vegan Diet

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 18, 2019

Medical researchers from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences have demonstrated in a latest study that adopting a plant-based diet could well relieve the swollen joints and pain of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Rheumatoid Arthritis is autoimmune disease caused by the inflammation of the joints causing a cluster of joint pains. It affects millions of peopl...

Medical Researchers At Singapore Develops Cancer Drug With Less Renal Toxicity

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 18, 2019

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a new anti-cancer drug that has less toxic side effects to the kidneys unlike conventional cancer drugs used I chemotherapy or other cancer treatment protocols. The newly developed drug works like a ‘targeted arrow’ that is delivered directly to the mitochondria, the powerhouses of cancer cells. Once the drug rea...

Drug Resistant Typhoid Emerging in Pakistan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Philippines, Travelers Warned to Be Cautious

Source: Thailand Medical news Sep 17, 2019

Since 2016, an XDR (extensively drug resistant) group of related typhoid organisms (known as a clade) has emerged in Pakistan and has been reported as resistant to all first-line antibiotic agents. The diseases is also rapidly emerging in countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Philippines with several cases being reported of foreign travelers from England, Germany, US and Australia and ev...

5G Consequences On Human Health

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 16, 2019

5G wireless technology is gradually making its way across the world and while many governments and telcos say that radiofrequency waves have no effect on human health, new and emerging studies are saying otherwise. 5G refers to the fifth generation of mobile technology that promises faster browsing, streaming, and download speeds, as well as better connectivity. 5G is like a natural evolu...

Novel AI Technology Platform For Advanced Heart Attack Prediction

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 16, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new technology using artificial intelligence (AI) which could identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack at least 5 years before it strikes, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The team of researchers have developed a new biomarker, or 'fingerprint', called the fat radiomic profile (FR...

Phase I Trial Proves Ventrigel, A Heart-Repair Hydrogel Is Safe and Effective

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 15, 2019

The University of California San Diego and its commercial medical tech company called Ventrix, has successfully conducted a first-in-human,US FDA-approved Phase 1 clinical trial of an injectable hydrogel that repairs damaged heart tissue and restore cardiac function in heart failure patients who previously suffered a heart attack. The hydrogel is a revolutionary material that is capable of r...

US FDA Says Gastric Reflux Drug, Zantac (Ranitidine) Found To Contain Carcinogen

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 14, 2019

The US FDA has issued an alert as of yesterday that compound that causes cancer has been found in some ranitidine heartburn and gastric reflux and ulcer medicines, including the brand-name drug Zantac, and that investigations are underway. Patients anywhere in the world taking Zantac or Ranitidine are advised to contact their doctors or hospitals immediately. Preliminary tests found low levels ...