Thailand Medical News

Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome Have Increased Risk Of Blood Clot Recurrence

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 10, 2020 4 years ago

Individuals with metabolic syndrome—a set of conditions including obesity, impaired glucose metabolism, elevated levels of fats and cholesterol in the blood, and high blood pressure, are more likely to experience recurrent blood clots, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances. Among patients diagnosed with a type of blood clot known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), those...

21-Gene Recurrence Score Used By Oncologists Can Also Be Used For Radiation Decision-Making

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 10, 2020 4 years ago

A recent research shows that a test oncologists commonly used to guide chemotherapy treatment for post-breast cancer surgery patients may also help them decide whether radiation therapy may be of benefit. Commonly known as the 21-gene recurrence score, the test is a personalized analysis of the activity of 21 genes found in a patient's breast tumor tissue. The score can be...

Individuals With Heart Disease Have Higher Risk Of Kidney Failure

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 10, 2020 4 years ago

A new study indicates that cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, and stroke are each linked with a higher risk of developing kidney failure. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of JASN, highlight the importance of protecting the kidney health of individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. The kidneys and the heart ...

New Study Shows Drinking Green Tea Linked With A Longer and Healthier Life

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 10, 2020 4 years ago

According to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), drinking green tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life. First author Dr. Xinyan Wang, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing told Thailand Medical News, “Habitual tea consumption is associated with lower risks...

Golodirsen (Vyondys 53): Second Drug For Treatment Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gets US FDA Approval

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

Australian medical research led by Professor Steve Wilton and Professor Sue Fletcher and licensed to Sarepta Therapeutics has delivered a second treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, with the drug gaining accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Basically affecting boys, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness...

China Issues Statement That New Strain Of Coronavirus Is Behind Mysterious Viral Pneumonia Outbreaks

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

Health authorities in China have announced that the mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS, which killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago. Medical scientist Dr Xu Jianguo told the Thailand Medical News that experts had "preliminarily determined" a new type of coronavirus was behind the outbreak, ...

New Study On Understanding Mechanisms Of Antiviral Drugs Sheds Light of Ways to Develop Newer Anti-Resistant Drugs For HIV And Hepatitis B

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

A research discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers is expected to open the door for new and more potent treatment options for many of the more than 45 million people worldwide infected with the HIV virus and for others chronically ill with hepatitis B. Professor Dr Zucai Suo of the FSU College of Medicine. Credit: Colin Hackley/FSU Their study has established for t...

New AI Platform To Diagnose And Grade Prostate Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

Medical and tech researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Tampere University in Finland have developed a method based on artificial intelligence (AI) for histopathological diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer. The AI-system has the potential to solve one of the bottlenecks in today's prostate cancer histopathology by providing more accurate diagnosis and better treatment decision...

Korean Molecular Neurobiologists Identifies Gene Interactions Responsible For Cognitive Defects In Down Syndrome With New Potential Treatments In The Pipeline

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

Memory and learning impairments in a Down syndrome mouse model were reversed by correcting expression of a gene that influences the generation of new neurons in the brain. The finding could pave the way to treat the cognitive impairment associated with Down syndrome in humans. Typically, adult neurogenesis is the process of generating new neurons in the adult brain. Defects in this proces...

New Next Generation Wound Gel That Treats And Prevents Infections Including Those Caused By Multi-Resistant Bacteria

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

Medical Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new hydrogel based on the body's natural peptide defense. It has been shown to prevent and treat infections in wounds. The formulation kills multi-resistant bacteria, something that is increasing in importance with antibiotic resistance growing globally. Dr Artur Schmidtchen, Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at Lund Uni...

New Non-Toxic Drug: SVC112, Derived From Flowers Of Bouvardia Ternifolia Plant Targets Cancer Stem Cells And Prevents Metastasis

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 09, 2020 4 years ago

The flowers of the firecracker bush (Bouvardia ternifolia), native to Mexico and the American Southwest, which are red and tube-shaped is now the attention of cancer researchers all around the world. These flowers provides the chemical bouvardin, which the lab of University of Colorado Cancer Center and CU Boulder researcher, Dr Tin Tin Su, Ph.D., and others have shown to slow a cancer's...

Galen Pharma Buys Swedish POA Pharma In A Multi-Million Pound Deal

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

Galen Pharma, a Northern Ireland-based, globally focused pharmaceutical sales and marketing firm has acquired Swedish-headquartered POA Pharma in a multi-million pound takeover agreement. This takeover allows Galen to expand its global footprint further into Scandinavia and Northern Europe. POA Pharma has offices and facilities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The buy out will also broad...

South Korea Reports First Case Of Mysterious Viral Pneumonia From China

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

Health authorities in South Korea has put a 36-year-old Chinese woman under isolated treatment amid concerns that she brought back a form of viral pneumonia that has sickened dozens in mainland China and Hong Kong in recent weeks. The South Korea Centers of Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said that the woman, who was diagnosed with viral pneumonia on Tuesday following two business t...

Australian Researchers Discover Link Between Bacterial Exposure And Celiac Disease

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

Researchers from Monash University, Australia have identified bacterial exposure as a potential environmental risk factor in developing coeliac disease, a hereditary autoimmune-like condition that has a global incidence of about 1.1% of the world population. In Australia, it is estimated that half of all Australians are born with one of two genes that cause coeliac disease, and approximate...

Gene Therapy To Treat Cocaine Addiction

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

In an attempt to try out a new radical approach to treat cocaine addition, researchers at the Mayo Clinic are seeking approval for first-in-human studies of a single-dose gene therapy. To support the safety and efficacy of this approach they have demonstrated the successful delivery of a gene coding for an enzyme that metabolizes cocaine into harmless byproducts in mice. The study is published in&...

Using Troponin Levels To Rule Out Ischemia Is Not Reliable

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

According to a new Swiss study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, even very low concentrations of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) cannot safely rule out inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD). Typically, troponins are proteins found in the cardiac and skeletal muscles. When the heart is damaged, it releases tr...

New Ketone Monoester Drinks To Control Blood Sugar

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

As more people with diabetes and pre-diabetes are looking for strategies to help control blood sugar, new research from University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus suggests that ketone monoester drinks, a popular new food supplement may help do exactly that. Dr Jonathan Little, Associate Professor at UBC Okanagan's School of Health and Exercise Sciences and study lead author told Tha...

Supplements Containing Zinc And Folic Acid Fail To Improve Male Fertility

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

Folic acid and zinc, a pair of dietary supplements long touted as an effective treatment for male infertility, failed to improve pregnancy rates, sperm counts, and sperm potency in a new study conducted at University of Utah Health and other medical centers in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health. According to the researchers, the finding presents the most definitive evidence to date...

UCL Researchers Discover How To Activate CD4 T Cells To Target Cancer Cells, Paving The Way For New Potent Cancer Therapies

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

Oncology researchers at the University College of London (UCL) have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in mice which could hold the key to new powerful therapies against cancer. The new study built on previous research, also led by Professors Sergio Quezada and Karl Peggs (both UCL Cancer Institute), which found that following immunotherapy so...

Researchers Show That The Hormone Relaxin Rejuvenates Electrophysiological Aspects Of The Heart

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 08, 2020 4 years ago

When a healthy human heart ages, it becomes more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases. Though researchers have discovered that relaxin, an insulin-like hormone, suppresses atrial fibrillation (AF), inflammation, and fibrosis in aged rats, the underlying mechanisms of these benefits are still unknown. In a new Scientific Reports paper, University of Pittsburgh graduate student Dr Brian...