Category: Research

January 24, 2023

Clinical trials should be a time of promise for better patient outcomes, as they explore new ways to potentially help patients suffering from a variety of conditions. Instead, this phase of treatment development is often met with exasperation as patients, […]

January 24, 2023

Now scientists have evidence that a group of neurons in a bow-shaped portion of the brain become hyperactive after chronic exposure to stress. When these POMC neurons become super active, these sort of behavioral problems result and when scientists reduce […]

January 18, 2023

As they grow older, many Americans begin to think about the best time to retire. Yet a new study throws some warning signs around that decision — as retiring early could actually worsen people’s health. A recent paper published in […]

December 29, 2022

Some 90,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the United States each year — which is roughly a 50% increase from previous estimated incidence rates, according to a recent 2022 Parkinson’s Foundation-backed study. “The soaring numbers of Parkinson’s […]

December 20, 2022

As respiratory viruses continue to spread, the “tripledemic” is causing infections to spike across the country and putting strain on the nation’s health workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans that the high level of […]

December 15, 2022

Since the 1960s, researchers have postulated that major depression stems from disruptions in the serotonin neurotransmitter system, but the evidence for that idea, though plentiful, was indirect. In fact, a recent comprehensive analysis of existing studies concluded that there was […]

December 14, 2022

Patients with treatment resistant depression have a 23 per cent higher risk of death than other depressed patients. They also have twice as much outpatient care and spend three times the number of days in inpatient care. These are findings […]

December 13, 2022

Patients suffering from chronic illness are often eager to participate in clinical trials with the hopes of finding a more effective treatment for themselves and others with their condition. This is especially true in the case of rare diseases, as […]

December 7, 2022

Millions of Americans live with acute and chronic pain that affects every aspect of their lives. Pain by itself is an important marker of how a patient is feeling and indicates what kind of medical intervention might be necessary. The […]

December 2, 2022

In addition to heavily increased rates of anxiety and depression, researchers at Stanford University discovered the COVID-19 pandemic aged teenagers’ brains by almost three years, according to a study published Thursday. In “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health […]

November 30, 2022

Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19, but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. Today in the U.S., nearly one in five children experience a mental health disorder. What’s just as alarming is that for […]

November 29, 2022

Perhaps you already have a polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis and a doctor has told you that you’ll likely have a hard time getting pregnant. Or maybe you’ve been trying to get pregnant for a while and are beginning to […]

November 29, 2022

When Jerry Bilinski, a 67-year-old retired social worker, scheduled cataract surgery with Carolina Eye Associates near his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he expected no drama, just a future with better vision. Cataract procedures are among the most common surgeries […]

November 16, 2022

Gene therapy has become a therapeutic alternative for patients with various pathologies such as diabetes, cancer, and orphan diseases. These innovations are classified into three large groups: gene therapy, cell therapy, or tissue therapy, also called tissue engineering. Cell therapy […]

November 15, 2022

A recently conducted study that evaluated young patients after they underwent double mastectomies as they transitioned into becoming male indicates that their quality of life drastically improved. The study from Northwestern Medicine, published in The Journal of the American Medical […]

November 11, 2022

Three respiratory viruses are circling at a high rate right now — the flu, COVID-19 and RSV (or respiratory syncytial virus). These viruses have similar symptoms in most healthy adults but can impact certain populations (children, older adults or immunocompromised […]

November 8, 2022

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have started investigating whether there might be faster and more efficient ways to develop and improve mental health interventions. In the journal Psychological Medicine, they present the “leapfrog design” as a means to efficiently […]

November 8, 2022

The social environments we grow up in are critical when determining our wellbeing and health later in life. Most Americans (67%) report experiencing at least one traumatic event in childhood, and a new study shows that these experiences have significant […]

November 3, 2022

Dutch company Enzyre has raised $11.85m (€12m) in a Series A financing round to accelerate the development of its ambulant diagnostic technology platform for haemophilia patients. Led by new investor Oost NL, the financing round also saw participation from Demcon […]

October 25, 2022

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