High cumulative oxytocin doses during labour tied to adverse postpartum outcomes suggests a new study published in the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. The reproductive hormone oxytocin facilitates labour, birth and postpartum adaptations for women and newborns. Synthetic oxytocin is commonly given to induce or augment labour and to decrease postpartum […]
Age is not a contraindication for microvascular reconstruction of advanced oral cancer suggests a new study published in the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. Flap complications continue to be a challenge in microsurgical reconstruction for older adults.They aimed to evaluate the impact of age on surgical outcomes after microvascular reconstruction. They […]
China: An analysis based on data from a retrospective cohort study revealed an independent connection between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and regression to normoglycemia in Chinese adults with prediabetes, revealing a specific non-linear relationship and threshold effect. In their study, published in Scientific Reports, the researchers observed a significant positive connection between HDL-C levels and […]
Biologic drug abatacept which used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at risk, reveals new clinical trial. Results from a Phase 2b clinical trial, published today in The Lancet by researchers led by King’s College London, provides hope for arthritis sufferers after it was shown that the […]
People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study from Uppsala University confirms previous research on whether herpes can be a possible risk factor for dementia. The researchers studied 1,000 70-year-olds from Uppsala […]
A recent study published in the Nature Aging journal unveiled the promising use of proteomics in predicting the onset of dementia which offers hope for early detection and intervention. The study analyzed data from the UK Biobank which included a total of 52,645 adults without dementia and tracked 1,417 incident cases over a span of 14.1 […]
Subcutaneous injection of the immunotherapy nivolumab (brand name Opdivo) is noninferior to intravenous delivery and dramatically reduces treatment time in patients with renal cell carcinoma, as seen in the results of a large phase 3 clinical trial reported today at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California. […]
Women who receive an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination or booster during pregnancy can provide their infants with strong protection against symptomatic COVID-19 infection for at least six months after birth, according to a study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. These findings, published in Pediatrics, […]
New findings from researchers at the University of British Columbia suggest that cannabis could play a role in addressing the ongoing opioid overdose crisis. A new publication from Dr. Hudson Reddon, alongside UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Zach Walsh and UBC Vancouver’s Dr. M-J Milloy, observed that using cannabis is associated with decreased use of crystal methamphetamine […]
Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased susceptibility to respiratory infections. Daily supplementation has been proposed as a potential intervention to reduce this risk, but the evidence remains uncertain. Recent research has suggested that daily vitamin D supplementation might reduce the risk of acute respiratory infections among individuals with vitamin D deficiency. However, the […]