Entries by aaron

Novel, oral GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly reduced HbA1c and weight in type 2 diabetes patients: Phase IIa trial

USA: Findings from a phase IIa trial revealed a significant reduction in weight and HbA1c (-3.26% and -1.02% placebo-adjusted change with 90 mg, respectively) after 12 weeks with a novel, oral GLP-1 receptor agonist in patients with type 2 diabetes. A clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company Structure Therapeutics Inc. provided a comprehensive development program update for […]

Environmental Metal Exposure Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk

A recent study by Nicolás Francisco Fernández-Martínez and team unveiled an important link between metal and metalloid (MM) exposure and the high risk of developing breast cancer. The findings were published in The Science of the Total Environment Journal. This meticulous case-control analysis involved 292 incident cases and 286 controls. They focused into the plasma […]

Children with severe Cerebral Palsy have poor bone mineralization

Researchers have found in a new study that Children with severe Cerebral Palsy were more likely to have poor bone mineralization.  The new study has been published in the Frontiers in Pediatrics. A study was conducted by researchers to describe bone health and associated factors in children with severe cerebral palsy. In a retrospective, single-centre […]

Inflammatory tongue conditions increase the risk of oral cancer

The prevalence of oral tongue cancers has risen among both male and female individuals in the United States since the 1980s, despite the reasons for this trend remaining unclear. In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that Inflammatory tongue conditions raised oral tongue cancer risks and preceded diagnosis by years, […]

Last date admission for NEET SS candidates will be 31st December 2023, says NMC

Through a recent notice, The National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed the candidates about the starting of the academic session 2023-24 for the Super Speciality Courses.  As per the notice, for the current academic session, i.e. for 2023-24, the Post Graduate Super Special Courses have already commenced from 25.11.2023, and the last date of admission […]

Mediterranean diet effective nutritional option for improving chance of success in IVF

Adjuvant therapies to help infertile women conceive by IVF – especially those whose treatments have been unsuccessful in the past – are now a common feature both before and during the treatment cycle. Now, a new analysis of the evidence for many nutritional supplements and diets thought to improve outcome in IVF has concluded that […]

Sleep Deprivation can affect our emotional health, finds study

“Slept like a baby” is most heard among people whose has a sound sleep,  however this sleep is lot among todays people where changing lifestyles and daily habit. Sleep loss does more than just make us tired. It can undermine our emotional functioning, decrease positive moods and put us at higher risk for anxiety symptoms, […]

Colchicine fails to prevent atrial arrhythmia recurrence after ablation for AF, finds trial

Canada: Colchicine administration for ten days following catheter ablation reduced post-ablation chest pain and increased diarrhoea, however, it failed to reduce atrial arrhythmia recurrence or atrial fibrillation (AF)-associated clinical events, a small pilot trial showed. “Through 14-day Holter monitoring, colchicine failed to prevent the recurrence of atrial arrhythmia after ablation (31% versus 32% with placebo; […]

Cardiosphere-derived stem cells effective for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

USA: Intravenous cardio-sphere-derived cells (CDCs) are safe in both the short and long term in subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to findings from Phase I clinical trial published in eBioMedicine, a Lancet journal. CDCs are heart-derived progenitor cells exhibiting immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, are anti-oxidative, anti-fibrotic, and anti-apoptotic to potentially impact several aspects […]