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Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 20, 2019  5 years ago
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect more than just your joints. In some people, the condition can damage a wide variety of body systems, including the skin, eyes, lungs, heart and blood vessels. An autoimmune disorder, rheumatoid arthritis occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body's tissues. The condition is characterized by pain a...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 20, 2019  5 years ago
A large comprehensive study involving more than than 1,000 elderly individuals assessed over six years have revealed no links between statin medication and cognitive decline, such as memory loss, presenting new advice amidst some consumer concerns that statins may have a negative impact on cognitive health. The international collaborative study, led by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Med...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
Findings from a new international study involving 5179 patients at over 320 hospital locations worldwide and involving more than 20 prestigious medical universities are creating a huge buzz in the medical industry especially in the field of cardiology. Costly bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: for decades, millions of Americans and millions worldwide have...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
Medical researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss. Using longitudinal data collected in the Nurses' Health Study II Conservation of Hearing Study (CHEARS), researchers examined three-year changes in hearing sensitivities and found that women whose eating patterns more closely adhered to commonly recommen...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
Medical researchers from Taiwan have discovered from a new research that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated with higher risks of developing thyroid cancer and leukemia. The finds of the study was published today in the medical journal, JNCI Cancer Spectrum. The medical researchers conducted study from a National Health Insurance dataset in Taiwan between 2000 and 2013. The study ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
A new German study has unveiled some disturbing news. Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause health effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed. This was shown by researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in a series of research studies. UFZ ecotoxicologist Prof. Dr. Matthias Liess told Thailand Medi...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
University of California researchers have developed a breakthrough stem cell therapy to improve memory and prevent seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury. In the research, the University of California (Irvine)  team transplanted embryonic progenitor cells (a specialized type of stem cells) capable of generating inhibitory interneurons, a specific type of nerve cell that controls th...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
A new study by researchers from the gastroenterology team at Henri-Mondor AP-HP Hospital and University Paris-Est Créteil, led by Professor Iradj Sobhani, together with teams from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit (U1202), led by Professor Philippe Sansonetti,holder of the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Chair at the Collège de France,have dem...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
The first contact lens indicated to slow the progression of myopia in children ages 8 to 12 years, called MiSight, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week. The disposable single-use soft contact lenses should be discarded after one-day use and are not intended to be worn overnight. They are indicated to correct and slow progression of myopia in children with he...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 19, 2019  5 years ago
Doctors are cautioning individuals after numerous incidences of health related incidences have risen with regards to usage of beddings, duvets and pillows that are filled with feathers. Cases of lung inflammations, allergies and other respiratory problems have risen not only in UK but also in the US, China, Australia and also other Asian countries.   Despite being a premium commodity as the...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
Salk Institute researchers have developed a new gene therapy to help decelerate the aging process. Aging is a leading risk factor for a number of debilitating conditions, including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, to name a few. This makes the need for anti-aging therapies all the more urgent.   The research findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, highligh...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
According to a new study on cancer trends in Canada from 1971 to 2015 published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association),the overall rate of new cancer cases is decreasing in men but increasing in women younger than 80 years, and obesity-related cancers are increasing in young people, according to a study on cancer trends. Dr. Darren Brenner, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
China has announced that a 55-year-old man has been diagnosed with pneumonic plague after killing and eating a wild rabbit, adding to two plague cases already discovered in the capital Beijing. A media statement from the health authority in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region north of Beijing said that as of Saturday the man was being treated at a hospital in the city of Huade. Health investi...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
The lemon water hype started about 4 years ago in the US and spread globally and started to rise increasingly in 2017 to the point that celebrities were swearing by it, commercial bottled versions started to appear in supermarkets, organic stores and wellness centres and even so called prominent medical news sites were disseminating fake news about its merits. (google search lemon water and you ca...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
The breakthrough discovery of the UM171 molecule, by Dr. Guy Sauvageau and Dr Anne Marinier, made headlines in 2014 following an article in Science journal.  Hailed by some as a revolution, even a miracle, in the field of blood stem cell transplantation, the UM171 molecule is delivering on its promise.   Results from a  two-year clinical trial, which used the UM171 molecule in blood...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 18, 2019  5 years ago
The latest edition of the IDF (International Diabetes Federation) Diabetes Atlas (the 9th edition) shows that more than 463 million people worldwide are currently living with diabetes.   China leads the lists with more than 116 million diabetics, followed by India with 77 million diabetics and America in third place with 31 million diabetics.   Though Thailand did not secure a place am...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 17, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from Murdoch University, Australia have conducted a new study that shows saffron may assist adults with depression when it is taken in conjunction with pharmaceutical antidepressants. Dr. Adrian Lopresti and Professor Peter Drummond, and UWA researcher Professor Sean Hood found greater reductions in depressive symptoms when adults with persistent depression, and currently ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 17, 2019  5 years ago
A disturbing discovery has unveiled that not only are many female hygiene products laden with numerous types of dangerous volatile organic compounds(VOCs) but these chemicals can actually end up in the bloodstream of the users where it can create untold health catastrophes. Many VOCs are carcinogenic ie cancer causing and they can also cause a variety of immunity related issues and are also end...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 17, 2019  5 years ago
Medical researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered an explanation for the correlation between mental sluggishness that often accompanies illness. Around 12 million UK citizens have a chronic medical condition, and many of them report severe mental fatigue that they characterize as 'sluggishness' or 'brain fog'. This condition is often as debilitating as the diseas...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 17, 2019  5 years ago
A panel of specialists from the US Food and Drug Administration has approved allowing Amarin Corp Plc's fish-oil derived drug, Vascepa to be used as an add-on therapy for reducing the chance of heart attack and stroke in high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease.   Everyone of the 16 panelists voted that the drug should be sold as a medicine to reduce the risk of cardiovascular eve...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 17, 2019  5 years ago
The human liver is the largest organ inside the body, and it plays a vital role. In fact, its function is so important that without it, the body would die within less than 24 hours. The liver serves as a processing plant for the nutrients obtained from food and a detoxification center for various chemicals and compounds produced in the body as a result of various cellular and internal processes an...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 16, 2019  5 years ago
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG's Adakveo (crizanlizumab) as new medicine that can help reduce extremely painful sickle cell disease flare-ups for patients 16 and older. The monthly infusion, which halves occurrences of sickle cell pain episodes, will carry a list price of roughly US$82,000 to US$114,000 per year, depending on dosing. Unfortunately, sickle cell dise...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 16, 2019  5 years ago
Medical researchers from Danish SSI and Imperial College London have recently published promising results from the first clinical trials of a vaccine against chlamydia. This represents a significant step toward a preventative treatment for the world’s most common sexually transmitted bacterial disease.   Currently, chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 16, 2019  5 years ago
Medical researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered that a type of immune cell known as a pancreatic islet macrophage is capable of promoting insulin production during the pre-diabetes phase. Assitant Professor Yusof Ali from NTU The medical researchers believe that the macrophages could be harnessed through new targeted treatments to prevent typ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
Medical and tech researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and Stanford University say 10 seconds is about how quickly it took a new system they studied that utilizes artificial intelligence to accurately identify key findings in chest X-rays of patients in the emergency department suspected of having pneumonia. The new study found that those ultra-quick findings may enable physicians read...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
In a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine comparing medical information from portable EKG patch data from men living with HIV and also men without it, the  researchers report they have found more variability of the electrical "reset" period between heartbeats known as the QT interval in men living with the virus, which may contribute to the increased...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
At least 42 people are with diagnosed with diabetes every five minutes globally. It is the world’s fastest growing chronic condition, but as its prevalence grows more individuals are adding dietary or health supplements to their diets in the hope of reducing their risk of the disease. But how effective are dietary supplements? Medical researchers from University of South Australia have co...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
University of Queensland medical scientists have discovered markers in the blood that can differentiate between a benign mole and a melanoma, while also identifying if the cancer has spread to other areas of the body. By identifying the biomarkers, the team has developed a new simple blood tests that could be the latest diagnostic standard for the early detection of melanoma in the eye. ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from Cornell University lead by Dr. Luis M. Schang has identified a new mechanism that plays a role in controlling how the herpes virus alternates between dormant and active stages of infection. The ever prevalent herpes virus causes cold sores and genital sores, as well as life-threatening infections in newborns, encephalitis and corneal blindness. Treatment of the virus is difficu...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
A new study by the University of Rochester Medical Center New indicates that the benefits of a dietary compound on kidney health may depend on an individual's genetics. The findings may be helpful for tailoring interventions to prevent or treat kidney disease. GSTM1 or Glutathione S-transferase mu-1 is an enzyme that plays a role in ridding the body of toxins and combatting oxidative stress...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from the University of Bristol, in a new study, has found that tobacco smoking increases the risk of developing depression and schizophrenia. It is known that smoking is much more common amongst people with mental illness especially depression and schizophrenia. However, most studies that have looked at this association have not been able to disentangle whether this is a cause-...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 15, 2019  5 years ago
Quercetin is found in larger amounts in apples, onions, cherries, berries, broccoli and tea. Just as in the case of resveratrol, many biological functions have been attributed to it, such as anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antihyperternsive, antihypercholesterolemic, antiaterosclerotic and antiobesity functions. Apart from their low bioavailability, phenolic compounds occur in small quantities i...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
BREAKING NEWS: WHO and China authorities have confirmed that two people in Beijing have been diagnosed with the pneumonic plague, a rare instance of the highly-contagious disease that is fatal if left untreated. The two individuals were being treated at a central hospital in China's capital city, home to over 27 million inhabitants. Many suspect that there are more individuals affected and tha...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
The Senza Omnia spinal cord neurostimulation system for chronic pain management by Nevro, a firm based in Silicon Valley, has secured US FDA approval. The stimulator device can deliver traditional spinal cord stimulation at frequencies below 1.5 kHz, along with Nevro’s proprietary HF10 stimulation that goes up to 10 kHz. Both low and high frequency therapies can even be provided at the sa...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
Forget about health wearables, the next big wave in smart technologies to monitor and improve health may involve the humble toilet and it might even have potential to outperform all other smart devices. A team of metabolism scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research, are working to put the extensive range of metabolic health information conta...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
CRISPR Technology, the gene-editing tool has been heralded as a scientific miracle destined to eradicate diseases from sickle-cell anemia to cancer. And the same time its controversial aspects in that it can be the genetic scissors that tailor the human gene pool is a cause of concern as being an ethically risky technology that can create designer babies. Researchers from Case Western Reserve U...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have identified a molecule named ALCAM (Activated Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule), which, once blocked, delays the progression of the multiple sclerosis. More than 4.8 million people live with multiple sclerosis globally, with about 300 new cases being diagnosed per week in the US and about 440 per week in Canada. S...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 14, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from Houston University College of Pharmacy, led by Associate Professor Gomika Udugamasooriya, have discovered a new biomarker for cancer stem cells called plectin, a protein found on cancer stem cells. They have also at the same time identified possible therapeutic drug candidates. University of Houston College of Pharmacy associate professor Gomika Udugamasooriya. Credit: Universit...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 13, 2019  5 years ago
In a surprising survey, it came to light that almost 65% of breast cancer patients in Asia are not aware that chemotherapies, radiation or even immunotherapies will damage their heart nor are they forewarned by their doctors or oncologists and neither is proper monitoring of heart issues after post cancer treatments, put into place by the medical professionals. Most cancer therapies can impact ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 13, 2019  5 years ago
A new clinical study from Northwestern Medicine and Mayo Clinic has shown that hematopoietic stem cell transplant is able to reverse a debilitating neurological disease formerly classified as a rare subtype of multiple sclerosis (MS) known as neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Most of the patients who underwent the stem cell protocol,  maintained treatment success 5 years after the transplant and we...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 13, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a way to combine the anthrax toxin with a growth factor to kill bladder cancer cells and tumors. Anthrax may soon help more people win the fight against bladder cancer, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says strikes about 72,000 Americans each year and kills about 16,000 and is one of the most expensive cancers to treat....
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 13, 2019  5 years ago
Men taking testosterone hormones will double their risk of suffering a potentially life-threatening blood clot, according to a new study by researchers from the University Of Minnesota. The study showed that men had twice the risk for a deep vein blood clot if they'd been receiving testosterone during the previous six months, researchers reported the journal of JAMA Internal Medicine...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 12, 2019  5 years ago
A new joint study by the University of Leeds and the University of Aberdeen have identified potential environmental risk factors and new targets for treating an aggressive form of breast cancer.The  new data was presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Brighton. The study suggests that exposure to common chemicals in our everyday environment may increase the risk of dev...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 12, 2019  5 years ago
Despite articles from pathetic media sites famous for spewing out fake news to generate revenue through ads and paid content and also certain government agencies staff who are desperately trying to maintain their jobs although being incompetent, properly collated figures are indicating that Thailand’s medical tourism industry is actually taking a dive. In 2018, there were roughly only 302,2...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 12, 2019  5 years ago
A new study confirms that ultra-processed foods, which account for more than half of an average American's daily calories, and also globally these days, are linked to lower measures of cardiovascular health. The research is to be presented at the coming American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2019 which is from November 16 to 18 in Philadelphia. Medical researchers at the U.S. ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 12, 2019  5 years ago
Males who walk at least 30 minutes a day after a heart attack live longer than those who are less physically active following a heart attack, according to preliminary research to be presented at the coming American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2019 November 16-18 in Philadelphia. The main survival advantage is found in men who had a high level of physical activity prior to a hear...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 11, 2019  5 years ago
A new study demonstrates that women with HIV are more likely to enter the menopause transition at an average age of 48 years, 3 years younger than the general population. Study results are published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Typically, newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients who adhere to the latest therapy protocols are expected to...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 11, 2019  5 years ago
A recent study from ICES Western, Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has shown that patients with kidney disease who were prescribed a high dose of the drug baclofen were more likely to be admitted to hospital for disorientation and confusion, than those who weren't prescribed the drug. Their results are being published in the journal, JAMA and was being prese...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 11, 2019  5 years ago
More males are contracting HPV virus-related cancers in the head and neck not only in the US but also in countries like Brazil, Australia, UK, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and also China. Physicians are reporting a surge in the amount of head and neck cancers and although incidences are occurring in both females and males, there seems to be a high proportion of males developing it. HPV i...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 10, 2019  5 years ago
The US FDA approved a record-breaking 59 novel drugs in 2018 for a range of diseases, bringing hope to scores of health sufferers around the world. This number was a more than twofold increase from a decade prior, which saw only 24 new drug approvals. And while this rise in the production and dissemination of new biological agents and products is good news for the advancement of global h...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 10, 2019  5 years ago
A group of medical and genomic researchers in Maryland from a company called American Gene Technologies announced that they have the answer for curing HIV/AIDS using gene therapy. The company hopes to initiate medical trials of a new gene therapy drug that it says can cure HIV. American Gene Technologies (AGT), a Rockville-based medical research company, has submitted a Investigational New...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 10, 2019  5 years ago
A simple study involving randomly checking doctors in Asia about their knowledge of medical reversals by asking them questions on a few medical protocols revealed a disturbing trend that most were not aware of some of these medical reversals.   "Medical reversal" is a term that defines instances in which new and improved clinical trials show that current medical practices are...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 10, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers from Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU Biosustain have developed a new genome editing tool tool called the CRISPR-BEST. Although existing CRISPR technologies allow for better manipulation of genomes with many positive effects on modern drug development and the discovery of new and better antibiotics, significant problems such as genome instability and toxicity o...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 09, 2019  5 years ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) to be used for the treatment of anemia (lack of red blood cells) in adult patients with beta thalassemia who require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. Dr Richard Pazdur, M.D., director of the US FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence and acting director of the Office of Oncologic Diseases in th...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 09, 2019  5 years ago
Researchers and clinicians at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine have discovered a new biomarker, a protein called iAP for the noninvasive detection of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) that only mostly affects infants. The diagnostic study was one of the largest prospective clinical studies in premature infants yet, involved 136 premature infants. Necrotizing enterocolitis is a life-threa...

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