Thailand Medical News

Study By Oregon Health & Science University Shows That Single Dose Of Antibodies Can Knock Out HIV In Newborns

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

New nonhuman primate research suggests for the first time that a single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby. The findings are being published in the journal Nature Communications. The time or period when that single dose is given is key, however. The study found rhesus macaque newborns did not develop the monkey form of HIV, called SHIV, whe...

Research Shows That Progesterone From Migratory Cells Increases Miscarriage Risk

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

Roughly about twenty percent of confirmed pregnancies end in miscarriage, most often in the first trimester, for reasons ranging from infection to chromosomal abnormality. But some women have recurrent miscarriages, a painful process that points to underlying issues. Clinical studies have been uneven, but some evidence shows that for women with a history of recurrent miscarriage, taking progestero...

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) May Benefit Women With Fibromyalgia

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

A simple treatment involving electrical nerve stimulation helped women with fibromyalgia in a recent clinical trial. The findings are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Typically, fibromyalgia is characterized by pain and fatigue, particularly during physical activity. Besides widespread pain, individuals with fibromyalgia also have sleep problems. Transcutaneous electrical nerve ...

Antipsychotic Medications Prescribed To Hospitalized Older Adults For Delirium Linked To Cardiopulmonary Arrest

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

The mental state of Delirium (sudden confusion or a rapid change in mental state) remains a serious challenge for the healthcare system. Delirium affects 15 to 26 percent of hospitalized older adults and can be particularly problematic because those experiencing the condition may interfere with medical care or directly harm themselves or others. Aside from behavioral therapy and physical restra...

Researchers Discover Two Genes That Slow Down Intestinal Tumor Development

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

According to new research from the Francis Crick Institute, UK, benign intestinal tumors with mutations that delete or inactivate two particular tumor-suppressing genes develop more quickly towards cancerous forms. Typically, there are various types of cancer that affect the intestines, including cancers in either the small or large intestines. These intestinal cancers can develop from initiall...

Study Shows That 50 Percent Of Women With Heart Failure Get The Wrong Treatment

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

Statistically more women than men die of heart failure. The reason is that only 50 percent of the heart failure cases among women are caused by having a heart attack, which can be treated with modern methods. In the case of the remaining other half of women experiencing heart failure, the cause is generally related to having untreated high blood pressure leve...

New York University Develops New Imaging System And Artificial Intelligence Algorithm That Accurately Identifies Brain Tumors

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

A new method of combining advanced optical imaging with an artificial intelligence algorithm produces accurate, real-time intraoperative diagnosis of brain tumors, a new study finds. The study examined the diagnostic accuracy of brain tumor image classification through AI and machine learning, compared with the accuracy of pathologist interpretation of conventional histologic images. The result...

Millennials Have Worst Health Conditions Than Generation X

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 07, 2020 5 years ago

According to a new report by Moody's Analytics and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the health of millennials is deteriorating more rapidly than older generations' did, and that could have a devastating effect on the economy. The report paints a dismal picture of how the 2009 economic recession affected millennials' health. Mark Zandi, a chief economist f...