Thailand Medical News

China’s 2019-nCoV Epidemic Updates: 13 Cities Now Under Lockdown, Death Toll 31, 2 New Cases in Singapore and Additional cases in Korea and Japan

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

13 Cities in China are now on lockdown involving a population of about 35 million people. The cities include Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Chibi, Xiantao, Zhijiang, Qianjiang, Huangshi, Xianning and Yichang, HuangZhou, Yangxin and Xiushui. More cities are expected to be placed in lockdown over the weekened. So far as of 5pm (Bangkok Time) today, 31 people have died from the disease including t...

Fluctuations And Spikes In Blood Pressure Of Young Adults Indicates High Risk Of Future Cardiovascular Problems In Middle Age

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

Frequent fluctuations and wide swings in blood pressure readings among young adults are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease by middle age, a new analysis led by Duke University medical researchers shows. The research finding, published in JAMA Cardiology, suggests that the current practice of averaging blood pressure readings to determine...

Experts Warn That Climate Change Would Unlock New Microbes And Increase Heat-Related Deaths

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

An alarming article by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Professors published recently in The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, as well as threaten humans' ability to regulate body temperature. Candida auris-a new microbe All of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Distinguished Professors including Dr ...

Blood-Based Biomarkers That Can Identify Delirium Risk And Severity

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

Medical researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have identified blood-based biomarkers associated with both delirium duration and severity in critically ill patients. This finding opens the door to easy, early identification of individuals at risk for longer delirium duration and higher delirium severity and could potentially lead to new treatments of this ...

Breakthrough Research: Most Viral Disease Borne By Mosquitoes Can Be Prevented Using Aldara Cream

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

Aldara or Imiquimod, a skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral diseases such as Zika and dengue, according to new research from the University of Leeds. Their research findings have identified a new way we might prevent infection from a wide variety of dangerous viruses. Currently, the climate issues, coupled with an increasingly inter...

Belgium Researchers Discover New Way To Stop Metastasis By Preventing Cancer Cells From Accumulating Fat

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

Professor Dr Olivier Feron, an oncology researcher at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, in his research as to how understand how metastases form from a tumor, had previously also demonstrated that the most aggressive cancer cells use significant amounts of lipids as energy sources. Now, Prof. Feron has discovered that cancer cells store lipids i...

China’s 2019-nCoV Virus Updates: Death Toll Now 26 With More Than A Thousand Infected and New Cases In Vietnam and Singapore.

Source:Thailand Medical News Jan 24, 2020 5 years ago

Virus Spreading Globally While WHO Still Dragging New cases of individuals being infected with China’s 2019-nCoV virus are emerging in countries like Vietnam, and Singapore. To date so far the virus has emerged in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Thailand, US and Mexico. In the UK, fourteen cases are being investigated. Many are also concerned about the Philippines where the healthca...

More Chinese Cities On Lockdown , Besides Wuhan , Now Huanggang and Ezhou As Well While Infection Rates Are Soaring

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

The situation in China is now getting worrisome with more cities are on lockdown. Initially Wuhan with a population of 11 million was placed on lockdown. Now Huangggang with a population of 7.5 million and Ezhou with a population of I million is also being placed in lockdown. Speculations are that certain parts of Shanghai , Shenzhen and even Beijing will be next. Chinese Army ...

HIV Breakthrough: Researchers Reverse HIV Latency Paving Way For Potential Cure

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

More than 42 million people are infected with HIV worldwide, about 1.5 million people in the United States alone. Currently, people with HIV take antiretroviral therapy (ART), which can suppress HIV to undetectable levels in blood, but the virus persists throughout the body in latently infected resting CD4+ T cells. The immune system cannot recognize these cells and no current therapies can elimin...

Key facts That All Thais And Non-Chinese Foreigners Should Know About The New Coronavirus Virus In China

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

The new virus in China that is currently the centre of global attention is called the 2019-nCo V virus, the name given by the WHO or The World Health Organisation. A Typical Coronavirus The virus belongs to a class of viruses called coronaviruses. Coronaviruses belong to the subfamily Coronavirinae in the family Coronaviridae, in the order Nidovirales. Coronaviru...

Researchers Discover Enzyme Called Dicer That Could Potentially Prevent And Treat Eye Macular Degeneration

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

Medical researchers have successfully treated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in mice after finding an unexpected link between the two main forms of the blinding eye disease, the leading cause of vision loss in people 60 and older. Dr Brad Gelfand has discovered an unexpected connection between the two main forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Credit: Dan Addison/UVA Dr Brad ...

New Polymer Nerve Guide Allows Damaged Nerves To Regrow

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created a biodegradable nerve guide ie a polymer tube filled with growth-promoting protein that can regenerate long sections of damaged nerves, without the need for transplanting stem cells or a donor nerve. Dr Lauren Kokai, Ph.D., (left) developed the technology used for this project when she was a graduate studying und...

Early Childhood Exposure To Chickenpox Linked To Decreased Risk Of Shingles

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

Individuals who are exposed to as a child, with chickenpox (varicella) are around 30% less likely to develop shingles (herpes zoster) over 20 years, finds a study in The BMJ. The study results support the theory that re-exposure to the herpes zoster virus in adulthood (after chickenpox infection as a child), boosts immunity to shingles, but does not provide complete protection. I...

2019-nCoV: New Coronavirus In China Outbreak Traced To Snakes

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

Often, emerging viral infections from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections, pose major threats to global public health, and understanding their origins can help investigators design defensive strategies against future outbreaks. A recent study provides important insights on the potential origins of the most recent outbreak of viral pneumonia in China, which started in the middle of Decemb...

17 People Now Dead In China As New Coronavirus Strain Is Fast Spreading And Wuhan City Is In Shut Down

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 23, 2020 5 years ago

The number of deaths in China as a result of the new coronavirus is fast increasing by the hour and so has the number being infected. According to Chinese officials the number has now jumped to 17 deaths with hundreds more in critical conditions and the number of infected is rising exponentially. The Chinese government is also imposing a “defacto city shutdown and quarantine”. Wuhan...

New Imaging Biomarkers Redefines Breast Cancer Classification With Detailed Accuracy

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

Most often breast cancer progression can vary significantly between patients. Even within the same tumor, different areas may be composed of different types of cells and characterized by different tumor structures. This heterogeneity makes it challenging to ascertain the severity of a tumor and assess its molecular subtype, thereby affecting the precision of diagnosis and the choice of the most ef...

Biotechnology Researchers Develop New Hydrogel That Enables Manufacture Of Ingestible Medical Devices That Are Broken Down By Light

Source: Thailand Biotech News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

Biotechnology researchers have created a new light-sensitive material could eliminate some of the endoscopic procedures needed to remove gastrointestinal devices. Many medical devices can be inserted into the gastrointestinal tract to treat, diagnose, or monitor GI disorders. Many of these have to be removed by endoscopic surgery once their job is done. However, MIT biotechnology engine...

Medical Controversy: Are HPV Vaccines Really Effective As All Past Studies Had Methodological Flaws

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

A recent analysis of the clinical trials of HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer raises doubts about the vaccines' effectiveness. The findings of the analysis, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, assessed 12 published Phase 2 and 3 randomised controlled efficacy trials of the HPV vaccines Cervarix and Gardasil. The detailed analysis, carried out by researchers...

Death Toll In China Now Nine, About 450 Infected While Warning Emerging That The Virus Is Mutating

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

China reported on Wednesday that more than 450 people infected across country, as US and Macao report first cases. The current death toll from a new pneumonia-like virus originating in China rose to nine on Wednesday, with more than 450 people affected across the country. Meanwhile, newly confirmed cases in the U.S. and Macao underscored concerns over how the coronavirus was spreading ahead...

Researchers Discover New Potential Drug To Prevent Liver Damage, Obesity And Glucose Intolerance

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

A new study by researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center show that animal models given a new drug targeting a key gene involved in lipid and glucose metabolism could tolerate a high-fat diet regimen (composed of 60% fat from lard) without developing significant liver damage, becoming obese, or disrupting their body's glucose balance. Currently, the US CDC estimates th...

Swedish Researchers Identify Proteins That Protect Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the scientific journal PNAS reports that endogenous proteins that play a vital part in allergies and parasitic infection can prevent the immune system from wrongly attacking the body and causing inflamed joints, The medical researchers hope that the results will give rise to new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. Typically, i...

New Antivirals Produced From Bananas Able To Fight Deadly Flu And Might Also Combat Other Viruses Including Coronaviruses.

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

Unknown to most common people, what keeps most infectious disease researchers busy are not infamous viruses like Ebola. Instead,the influenza virus, commonly known as the flu, continues to be a clear and present danger to humanity. Dr David Markovitz, M.D., Professor of internal medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Michigan Medicine told Thailand Medical News, "In...

Pediatric Septic Shock Can Be Treated With In Vitamin C-B1-Steroid Combo

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

According to a recent study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, treating septic shock in children with a combination of intravenous vitamin C, vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone (a commonly used steroid) is associated with lower mortality. This is the first pediatric study of the safe and relatively inexpensive treatment for septic shock, and the preliminary data supports...

Study Shows That Chemicals In Sunscreens Gets Absorbed Into The Human Body In Very High Levels

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 22, 2020 5 years ago

A new study confirms that the chemicals in sunscreens such as avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, and ecamsule that help shield individuals from the sun's rays, are also absorbed into the body at levels that raise some safety questions. The study was done by the US FDA as a result of previous studies showing the same by private medical institutions. All studies past and new showed that the...

China Officially Reports That Number Of Cases Of Viral Pneumonia Is Now 291 With 6 Deaths

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

According to Chinese health authrorities, the number of people in China infected by a new SARS-like virus jumped to 291 on Tuesday. Since the last 24 hours, there has been nearly 80 new confirmed cases of the virus that has so far killed six people, with over 900 still under medical observation, said the National Health Commission. The recent confirmed cases are mostly in Hubei provi...

Research On Arrhythmia Could Reduce The Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Death

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

Approximately 31 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, with more than 50 per cent dying suddenly most likely due to the spontaneous onset of a heart rhythm problem, known as an arrhythmia. The link between the electrical signal that triggers the heart cell to contract (action potential) and consequent ability of the heart to pump blood has been known for nearly 40 years but understan...

Healthcare Professionals Concerned As More Than Two Million Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Report Use Of Cannabis In America

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

As more states in the US begin to legalize cannabis for medicinal and recreational use and more cannabis products become available for consumption, cannabis's cardiovascular effects are not well understood. In a review article published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, a team led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital reveals that more than 2 million adu...

Toxin From Coralberry Can Act As A Oncogenic Inhibitor to Treat Eye Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

Coralberry is a low-growing, shrub with stems that produce clusters of red fruits in the fall. It is a good food source for several species of bird. New research shows that the coralberry holds promise as a natural therapeutic adjuvant for combatting uveal melanoma (UM), the most aggressive variant of eye cancer. Research findings from the Universities of Bonn and Magdeburg, in colla...

Discovery Of Properties Of MAIT Cells During HIV Infection Can Facilitate Future Therapeutics

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

A novel study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet show that mucosa-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells) of the human immune system respond with dynamic activity and reprogramming of gene expression during the initial phase of HIV infection. The study fills a knowledge gap, as previously, the function of MAIT cells during this particular phase was not well understood. Enormous e...

Probiotic Drinks To Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 21, 2020 5 years ago

Probiotic beverages could become a promising new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria, after a team of scientists at the University of Birmingham engineered and patented a key genetic element that can tackle the genetic basis of resistance. The research team is now seeking funding for a clinical trial for the drink which has potential to work against many resist...

Antibiotic Compound In Cannabis Able To Destroy Drug Resistant Bacteria

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

An antibiotic compound made by cannabis plants has been found to wipe out drug-resistant bacteria, raising hopes of a new weapon in the fight against superbugs. Medical scientists screened and tested five cannabis compounds for their antibiotic properties and found that one, cannabigerol (CBG), was particularly potent at killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most ...

Medtech Startup Eko.Ai Raises US$ 4 Million To Automate Heart Disease Diagnosis and Management

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

A new medtech startup based in Singapore, EKO.AI has raised a US$4 million round co-led by Sequoia India and Singapore government-linked strategic investor EDBI. Partech Ventures, SGInnovate and Startup Health also participated in the round. Dr Carolyn Lam From Eko.Ai The startup Eko.Ai has developed a machine learning platform to automate the slow, manual and error-prone process of measuring a...

Ten Health Benefits Of The Moringa Leaf (Thai: Marum, มะรุม)

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

Moringa (Moringa oleifera, or M. oleifera, มะรุม) , also called Marum in Thai, is mainly touted for its high concentration of antioxidants, as well as its ability to lower blood sugar, improve heart health, and reduce inflammation as well as other health benefits. Although still new to the West, this small tree, moringa oleifera, has been highly valued for centuries i...

Researchers Discover Link Between Brain Receptors, Cannabis, Stress And Anxiety

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

A biomolecule produced by the brain that activates the same receptors as cannabis is protective against stress by reducing anxiety-causing connections between two brain regions, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report. This new research finding, published in Neuron journal, could help explain why some people use cannabis when they're anxious or under stress. It could als...

New Economical And Rapid Test For Myopia

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

The most common vision problem in the world: myopia or short/near sightedness, which causes damage to the eye and even blindness, just got easier to assess. New research at Flinders University in Australia has identified a new method to measure how it affects the eye, a new article in PLOS ONE reveals. The research was based on testing of 70 volunteers, with the Flinders ophthal...

Oxybenzone And Propylparaben Found In Consumer Goods Promotes Breast Cancer Even In Extremely Small Concentrations

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

A novel approach to studying the effects of two common chemicals used in cosmetics and sunscreens found they can cause DNA damage in breast cells at surprisingly low concentrations, while the same dose did not harm cells without estrogen receptors. The new research published in Environmental Health Perspectives, identifies a new mechanism by which estrogens and xenoestrogens-environm...

Higher Fat Content In Milk Associated With Accelerated Aging In Adults

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 20, 2020 5 years ago

A recent research shows drinking low-fat milk, both nonfat and 1% milk is significantly associated with less aging in adults. Study on 5,834 U.S. adults by Brigham Young University exercise Science Professor Larry Tucker, Ph.D., found people who drink low-fat milk experience several years less biological aging than those who drink high-fat (2% and whole) milk. Professor Larry Tucker Fr...

New AI Platform Can Detect Low Glucose Levels Via ECG Without The Need For A Blood Tests

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

A novel technology for detecting low glucose levels via ECG using a non-invasive wearable sensor, which with the latest artificial intelligence can detect hypoglycaemic events from raw ECG signals has been made by researchers from the University of Warwick. At the moment, continuous glucose monitors (CGM) are available by the NHS for hypoglycaemia detection (sugar levels into blood or...

Research From Cedars-Sinai Hospital Show That Female Blood Vessels Age Faster

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

Research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai showed for the first time that women's blood vessels, including both large and small arteries age at a faster rate than men's. The findings, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Cardiology, could help to explain why women tend to develop different types of cardiovascular disease and with different timing than men. Dr Susan ...

Research Indicates That Giving Infected Patients Combinations Of Antibiotics Enhances Resistance

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

A group of medical researchers from the Hebrew University and Shaare Zedek Medical Center has found evidence that suggests administering combinations of antibiotics to patients with bacterial infections might be promoting resistance transmission. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their research on patients with bacterial infections and what they learned. ...

Medical Scientists Discover Pathway To Reverse Genetic Defect Of Friedreich's Ataxia

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

Medical scientists at Tufts University have identified a molecular mechanism that could reverse the genetic defect responsible for Friedreich's ataxia, a neurodegenerative disease that leaves its victims with difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs and impaired speech caused by degeneration of nerve tissue in the spinal cord. The researchers report today in the Procee...

Resolution Of Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Further Improved By Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

AI and medical researchers of the ICAI Group–Computational Intelligence and Image Analysis–of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed an unprecedented method that is capable of improving brain images obtained through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using artificial intelligence. This novel model manages to increase image quality from low resolution to high r...

Mebendazole Found To Enhance The Effects Of Docetaxel During Chemotherapy In Prostate Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

Medical scientists at the University of Glasgow and Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute have tested close to 1000 existing medicines and discovered that a cheap drug commonly used to treat parasitic worm infection could be a game-changing treatment for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting men and the second most common cause of cancer death for men globally. &nbs...

Study Shows That Fish Oil Supplements Helps Males To Be More Fertile and To Have Larger Testicles

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2020 5 years ago

A new study by researchers from the University of Southern Denmark indicates that couples struggling to get pregnant might want to add a little more fish in their diet. Young males and middle aged males who take fish oil supplements appear to have better sperm quality and higher testosterone levels than those who don't, as well as larger testicles, the researchers report. Th...