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Friday, 19 April 2024

New Alzheimers drug: What you need to know about donanemabs promising trial results

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that it had seen encouraging clinical trial results of its new Alzheimer’s medication. According to the company, their experimental drug, donanemab, was shown in a late-stage trial to slow cognitive decline by 35%. While these results do sound promising, the full data…

Fecal microbiota transplants: Two reviews explore whats worked, what hasnt, and where we go from here

Fecal microbiota transplants are the most effective and affordable treatment for recurrent infections with Clostridioides difficile, an opportunistic bacterium and the most common cause of hospital-acquired intestinal infections. However, attempts to treat chronic noncommunicable diseases such as ulcerative colitis and metabolic syndrome via fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have yielded mixed…

'Surreal' moment transplant recipient is reunited with her organ

My heart really WILL go on: ‘Surreal’ moment transplant recipient, 38, is reunited with her OLD organ (which surgeons were forced to remove in 2007 in order to keep her alive!) Jennifer Sutton, was reunited with her heart that was removed 16 years ago She said: ‘It’s extremely surreal to see…

Breathtaking images show a baby boy being born INSIDE his amniotic sac

Womb with a view! Breathtaking images show a baby boy being born while still INSIDE his amniotic sac Jacqueline Melo Oliveira said her son looked ‘like a doll coming out of a bubble’ Normally, the amniotic sac cushioning the baby breaks at the start of labour  Breathtaking pictures have captured…

Study discovers long COVID risk and symptoms vary in different populations

While the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have passed, the effects of post-COVID conditions on public health remain. A new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators has found that the risk of long COVID and its symptoms present very differently across diverse populations and suggests…

Millions of Brits are prescribed antidepressants for pain every year

Millions of Brits are prescribed antidepressants for pain every year – despite ‘shocking’ lack of evidence that powerful drugs work, study claims 10 million antidepressant drugs were given for long term pain over 12 months Scientists are urging doctors to suggest lifestyle changes instead of medication Millions of antidepressants are being…

First open-source model for transdermal alcohol content detection

Indiana University’s Sina Kianersi, a recent School of Public Health-Bloomington doctoral candidate, has developed the first open-source model to translate transdermal alcohol content—data collected from skin secretions—into information that can be used by researchers. The monitors can help researchers studying alcohol use and the development of chronic disease. Kianersi, now…