Thailand Medical News

Breaking News: First Case Of Dengue Fever Spread By Sex Revealed!

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 09, 2019 5 years ago

Health authorities in Spain confirmed on Friday a case of a man spreading dengue through sex, a world first for a virus which until recently was thought to be transmitted only by mosquitos. The shocking case concerns a 41-year-old man from Madrid who contracted dengue after having sex with his male partner who picked up the virus from a mosquito bite during a trip to Cuba, said Dr Susana Jimene...

Study Shows that Cystatin C Blood Test Better Predicts Both Kidney Disease And Cardiovascular Risk.

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 09, 2019 5 years ago

University of Glasgow researchers have found a better way to test for kidney disease using a simple blood test that is affordable and although it is available in hospital laboratories in UK, US and certain parts of Asia, is not yet widely used. The team have highlighted that Cystatin C, a simple blood test which could easily be adopted routinely in the global healthcare setting is a bet...

Prodrug Glutamine Antagonist Slows Tumor Growth, A Potential Breakthrough For Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 09, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from Johns Hopkins have developed a compound that blocks glutamine metabolism and can slow tumor growth, alter the tumor microenvironment and promote the production of durable and highly active anti-tumor T cells. The drug, a "prodrug" version of the glutamine antagonist DON, was designed so that the active form of the drug is functional within the tumor. In theory, this...

How Low Can Some American Doctors Get, Prescribing PPIs to Babies And Young Children!

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 08, 2019 5 years ago

I read with aghast a new medical study in which PPIs were linked to a variety of adverse effects in children as young as a few months old to three years of age! What disturbed me was not about the adverse effects which we are all already aware about from the tons of clinical and medical studies but rather why are doctors and pediatrics prescribing PPIs to children as young as those ages in the fir...

Stay Away from MLM Or Direct Sales Companies Selling Health Supplements Or Wellness Programs

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 08, 2019 5 years ago

Over the last 3 decades we have seen so many multi-level marketing (pyramid selling) groups come up with various health scams selling health supplements that they claim prevents or cures a multitude of ailments and diseases along with claims that their products are made through the most rigorous processes and are made from the purest and most potent ingredients and have been tried and tested...

TNF Inhibitors Use In Children With Inflammatory Diseases Linked To Higher Incidence Of Psoriasis

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 08, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have discovered that children with either inflammatory bowel disease, chronic noninfectious osteomyelitis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis developed psoriasis at an increased rate compared with the general public, with the highest rates seen among those treated with TNF inhibitors. Dr Lisa H. Buckley of the Children’...

Legionaires’ Disease On A Record Increase

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 08, 2019 5 years ago

The number of cases of Legionnaires' disease reached a record high in 2018 not only in the US but globally, more than eight-fold increase since the numbers began to climb nearly two decades ago. Figures from the first 8 months of 2019, shows that it is also increasing and might it another record high. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week 9,933 cases in 2018 of...

Abbott Discovers New Strain of HIV

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

Abbott announced today that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L.1 The findings, published today in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), show the role next-generation genome sequencing is playing in helping researchers stay one step ahead of mutating viruses and avoiding n...

Biogen and Samsung Bioepis Enter Into Commercialisation Deal For Ranibizumab and Aflibercept

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

Pharma giant, Biogen has signed a commercialisation agreement with Samsung Bioepis for biosimilar candidates SB11 (ranibizumab) and SB15 (aflibercept). SB11, referencing Lucentis, is in Phase III clinical trial and SB15, referencing Eylea, is a pre-clinical candidate. The deal will allow Biogen to commercialise the biosimilars in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. Lucentis ...

Brain Vascular Deterioration Due To Aging Can Be Prevented By Rapamycin

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from the University Of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio have just-released a study that shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin. This new finding holds implications for aging in general and perhaps offers an avenue to prevent Alzheimer's dementia in some people, said research first author Candic...

New Alternative To Antibiotics Discovered By McMaster University And Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

A research collaboration involving scientists from Canada and America have jointly discovered a new bacteria-killing toxin that shows promise of impacting superbug infectious diseases. Dr Whitney and his PhD student Shehryar Ahmad The discovery of this growth-inhibiting toxin, which bacteria inject into rival bacteria to gain a competitive advantage is set to create a new alternativ...

Breaking News: Heat Resistant Plastics Called Polyamides Used In Cooking Utensils Can Seep To Foods To Cause Liver And Thyroid Issues.

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

A recent study conducted in Germany By the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has found that cooking spoons, spatulas or whisks made from heat resistant plastics called polyamide (PA), can have components of this plastic migrate from the utensils into the food and consequently ingested by consumers. These plastic components are oligomers. They are composed of a few similar...

New Drug Delivery System To Help Treatment Of Inflammatory Diseases

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from Washington State University has developed a new drug delivery system using nanoparticles to assists in the treatments for diseases associated with inflammation, including sepsis, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, acute lung injury, and atherosclerosis. Senior author Zhenjia Wang Credit: Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences The new drug delivery ...

US FDA Issues Warning That Biotin Supplements Affects Various Laboratory Diagnostic Blood Tests Results

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 07, 2019 5 years ago

The US FDA has issued a warning this week that Biotin (Vitamin B7) supplements can interfere with the results of certain critical laboratory tests and also diagnostic blood tests results with regards to test for troponin levels. The troponin levels in a blood sample is used to determine or assess whether a heart attack is impending or has taken place and also to assess the degree of antic...

Dengue Epidemic In Pakistan, More Than 44,000 Individuals Infected!

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

Pakistan is the second Asian country having a dengue epidemic besides Philippines. A record-breaking 44,000 people have been infected with mosquito-borne dengue in Pakistan this year, a senior health official said on Wednesday, as increased outbreaks linked to rising temperatures and erratic rainfall ravage other parts of Asia. Philippines had more than 249,547 cases since the start of the year, w...

First Gonorrhea Vaccine Prototype Shows Positive Preclinical Efficacy

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

A medical research team from The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has developed the first prototype vaccine candidate for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that affects men and women. Untreated, gonorrhea can cause infertility in women and also a host of other long term medical complications and issues. Dr Peter A...

Breaking News: Dental X-Rays Increase Cancer Risk

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

A new research study by a medical team at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) have showed that repeated exposures to dental X-rays are associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer and meningioma. Globally, about 347,000 new cases of thyroid cancer and 189,000 cases of meningiomas are diagnosed each year and the incidence of both cancers has increased in many countries during ...

New Simple Urine Tests To Detect Cervical Pre-Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

Medical researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a non-invasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and vaginal samples collected by the females themselves. Dr. Belinda Nedjai said that self-sampling test had proved popular with females taking part in the study and this meant that it was likely to improve participation in cervical cancer&n...

Healthcare Professionals Lack of Awareness Put Patients With Wet Macular Degeneration At Risk Of Avoidable Blindness

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from Royal Holloway and London University led by Professor Clare Bradley has collaborated with other researchers in a new study that has found healthcare professionals and the general public still lack awareness of the most common form of sight loss: age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the UK. The problem is even worst in the US and simply depressing in Asia. The preventive st...

New Drug For H Pylori : Talicia Gets US FDA Approval, But Thailand Medical News Warns That It Contains PPIs

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 06, 2019 5 years ago

Talicia, a new drug to treat Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infections in adults that is manufactured by Israel-based RedHill Biopharma has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. H pylori bacteria infects more than 50% of the global population, including 35% in the US. Among the many digestive problems that it causes, it also leads to ulcers and in certain cases gastric can...

Pregnant Women Warned To Stay Away From CBD Or THC Use During Early Pregnancy As Both Can Disrupt Fetal Development

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 05, 2019 5 years ago

A new study by researchers from the University of North Carolina published in Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal, shows how a one-time exposure during early pregnancy to cannabinoids (CBs) both synthetic and natural can cause growth issues in a developing embryo. The researchers are the first to show in animal models that components of marijuana, including its cannabinoids THC...

American College Of Physicians (ACP) Updates Guidance For Colorectal Cancer Screening Due To Growing Incidence Rates

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 05, 2019 5 years ago

As a result of a growing incidence rate of colorectal cancer in the US and also globally, the American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new revised guidelines that has been published in the Annals Of Internal Medicine. The guidelines states that doctors should screen for colorectal cancer in average-risk adults who do not have symptoms between the ages of 50 and 75. The frequency of...

Phase 3 Trial For Sanofi’s Toujeo In Children And Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Show Positive Results

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 05, 2019 5 years ago

Pharma giant Sanofi has announced that its Toujeo (insulin glargine 300units/mL) is effective at reducing average blood sugar (HbA1c) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, compared to insulin glargine 100units/mL (Gla-100). In the Phase III EDITION-JUNIOR study of 463 children and adolescents over the age of six, Toujeo met its primary endpoint of non-inferior reduction of HbA1c compa...

Pernicious Anemia, A Vitamin B12 Deficiency That Is On An Increase

Source:Thailand Medical News Nov 05, 2019 5 years ago

Around 5.2 percent of individuals globally suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency. The condition is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global health problem that could impact millions of lives. Vitamin B12 deficiency is typically characterised by symptoms such as extreme tiredness, lack of energy, muscle weakness, and even problems with memory. Not only ...

China Breakthrough! : Epidermal Display Screens For On Your Skin Flexible Medical Devices And Soon To be Powered By The Human Body!

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 04, 2019 5 years ago

Chinese researchers from Nanjing University in China have developed a way to place displays on human skin that are flexible, safe, and don’t require a lot of power to run. They are even working out a way to power the devices using energy produced form the human body! The technology will certainly have implications for the field of wearable devices by allowing already existing flexible medica...

Neural Stem Cell Treatments Holds Hope But Just Need More Clinical Studies

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 04, 2019 5 years ago

A genetic linked disease called Pelizaeus-Merzbacher that leaves neurons without their myelin coating basically has devastating consequences for boys as it’s X-linked. Dr Nalin Gupta, a professor of neurological surgery and pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in a phone interview with Thailand Medical news commented. “These children have severe developmenta...

Researchers Identify Gut Bacteria That Increases Risk Of Developing Colorectal Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 04, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from University of Bristol (UK) led by Dr Kaitlin Wade, in the first study to use a technique called Mendelian randomisation to investigate the causal role played by bacteria in the development of colorectal cancer, found evidence that the presence of an unclassified type of bacteria from a bacterial group called Bacteroidales increased the risk of colorectal cancer by between 2-...

Worrisome Trend Of People Moving Towards Alternative Medicine and Homeopathy , US FDA Reacting To Numerous Negative Incidences From Homeopathy

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 04, 2019 5 years ago

There is a growing and dangerous trend of more and more people moving towards unproven and often dangerous alternative medicine platforms such as homeopathy, herbal medicine and also health supplementation to treat their medical conditions and not even consult a proper licensed physician. While the later two are not so bad as long as there is scientific research to back it up and also a physician ...

New Drug Combo To Fight Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 03, 2019 5 years ago

A new study led by Rice University bioscientist Dr Natashat Kirienko and postdoctoral researcher Svetlana Panina found that mitocans, anti-cancer drugs that target mitochondria, are particularly adept at killing leukemia cells, especially when combined with a glycolytic inhibitor, while leaving healthy blood cells in the same sample largely unaffected. The published findings, an open ...

Most Private Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers In Thailand Are Illegal

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 03, 2019 5 years ago

An investigative study into private drug rehabilitation centers in Thailand* have revealed a shocking fact, majority of them are illegally run. Of the more than 38 private drug rehabilitation centers (or drug rehabs as they are often called) run in Thailand, it was found that only 12 actually met the right legal requirements. Over the last decade as a result a of few American and British c...

GSK’s Gepotidacin For Gonorrhea Progresses Into Phase Three Trial

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 03, 2019 5 years ago

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has initiated a Phase III trial of first-in-class antibiotic gepotidacin in patients with urogenital gonorrhea as a result of recent, positive Phase II results. The EAGLE-1 study compared GSK’s novel antibiotic with the standard of care for this sexually transmitted infection which is ceftriaxone combined with azithromycin in 600 patients. The primary endpoint will b...

Pregnant Women Should Avoid Paracetamol Which Is Linked to ADHD And Autism.

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 03, 2019 5 years ago

A recent study conducted by John Hopkins University that involved an international collaboration, shows that Acetaminophen (paracetamol) use during pregnancy may be linked to an increased risk of childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Paracetamol or acetaminophen is the most commonly used drug to prevent or reduce fever and to relieve pain ...

CRISPR Technology To Help Solve Depression

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 02, 2019 5 years ago

About 14 percent of Americans take antidepressant drugs for depression, anxiety, chronic pain or sleep problems. For the 15 million Americans who have clinical depression, roughly 40% do not find relief with antidepressants. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Sage Therapeutics in Boston are trying a different approach to alleviate depression. Most anti...

TMN Weekend Best Medical Study And Research Findings

Source: Thailand Medical News Easy Weekend Reads Nov 02, 2019 5 years ago

Study Discovers Fatty Acid Derivatives That Kills Colorectal Cancer Cells. Medical Researchers from York University, Canada have discovered that the fatty-acid derivative, palmitoylcarnitine destroys colorectal cancer cells by depleting glutathione access to tehse cells which are critical for their survival and growth. The HT29 and HCT 116 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells are sensitive to palmi...

Risk Of Dying In The Elderly Reduced By Being Physically Active

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 02, 2019 5 years ago

For the elderly, being physically active is an important part of overall good health. In fact, experts say that nine percent of all premature deaths are caused by not getting enough physical activity. Physical activity is known to reduce deaths from heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and mental illness. Medical research collated by academics from Brazil, analyzed the correlati...

Genetic Lung Fibrosis Treatable By New Three-Drug Combo

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 02, 2019 5 years ago

Clinical researchers from the University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have demonstrated through a phase three clinical trial that a three-drug combination improved lung function and reduced symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who have a single copy of the most common genetic mutation for the disease. The US FDA has also approved the therapy based on the results of this internation...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Discovers Way To Reverse Fibrosis

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified a way to slow and reverse the process of uncontrolled internal scarring, called fibrosis in cell and mouse models and are expected to start human trials soon. This is major breakthrough in future treating of fibrosis that affects millions worldwide. Pulmonary Fibrosis Fibrosis has few effective therapies, no cure and can be fatal when it...

Genetic Markers Of Multiple Sclerosis Severity Identified

Sourec: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have identified three so-called “complement system” genes that appear to play a role in debilitating forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) conditions including MS-caused vision loss. The researchers were able to single out these genes known to be integral in the development of the brain and immune systems by using DNA from MS patients along with high-...

New Liquid Biopsy That Can Predict Brain Cancer Prognosis

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a blood tests or rather to be more precise a liquid biopsy, that can predict brain cancer prognosis. The team are the first to demonstrate that glioblastoma (GBM) patients with a higher concentration of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) have a shorter progression-free survival after they are diagnosed compared to patients with less cfDNA, and that...

First Global Gayhealth Platform and Gay Medical Tourism Initiative To Be Launched

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Medical Spheres and Spheres Media Inc is proud to announce that it will be launching the first Global Gay Health platform www.gayhealth.news on the 1st Of January 2020 in New York. The platform will not only be an online portal but also a separate app in which individuals can check up about medical issues and also find online medical solutions and access to the nearest medical doctor in a total of...

Proton Radiation Treatment Can Benefit Patients With Liver Tumors

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Two new separate studies conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the other by a team from Univeristy Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common but often fatal type of liver cancer for which there are limited treatment options. The first study by Massa...

Effects Of African Swine Fever Crisis: Global Shortage of Heparin and Virologists Warns That A Mutation Affecting Humans Is Very Highly Possible.

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 01, 2019 5 years ago

Around one third of the world’s pigs are expected to die from African swine fever as authorities grapple with a complex disease spreading rapidly in the globalization era, the World Organization for Animal Health’s president, Dr. Mark Schipp commented yesterday during a press conference. From an initial expectation of 25 percent, the figure was upgraded to 33 percent or one third due t...