Thailand Medical News

Chinese Coronavirus Now In The Middle-East, The Land Of MERS Virus, After UAE Reports Cases, Tibet Reports First Case

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 29, 2020 5 years ago

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, has announced the first case of the new coronavirus in the UAE in members of a family arriving from the Chinese city of Wuhan. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry added that "the health condition of those infected are stable and they are currently under medical observation." The Health authorities refuse...

New Artificial Intelligence Platform Can Indicate Treatment Outcome For Diabetes-Related Vision Loss

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 29, 2020 5 years ago

A novel protocol that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze retinal images could one day help doctors select the best treatment for patients with vision loss from diabetic macular edema. This diabetes complication is a major cause of vision loss among working-age adults. Typically, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents are widely used as the first line of therapy...

Researchers From Cedar-Sinai Discover That Parkinson’s Disease May Start Before Birth And Are Also Developing Potential New Treatment

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 29, 2020 5 years ago

Individuals who develop Parkinson’s disease before age 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades, according to new Cedars-Sinai research. The new research points to a drug that potentially might help correct these disease processes. Typically, Parkinson’s occurs when brain neurons that make dopamine, a substance that helps coordinate musc...

John Hopkins Researchers Develop New Diagnostic Blood Test To Identify Gastric Cancer Recurrence

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 29, 2020 5 years ago

Medical and oncology researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, working with colleagues in the Netherlands, have developed a new ultrasensitive blood test that can predict recurrence of gastric cancer in patients after surgery. A description of their test, which is still experimental, was published online in the journal Nature Communications. The medical inve...

Coronavirus Epidemic Updates: Deaths 132, Infected 5974, Critical Condition 673, Under Observations 147,420, New Cases In France, Taiwan, Malaysia, In India 5 Highly Suspected Cases Pending Test Results

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 29, 2020 5 years ago

The death from the 2019-nCoV virus epidemic in China has now risen to 132 with more confirmed infected cases materializing (confirm infected means those that have had the test to confirm that they are carrying the coronavirus while more than 147,420 patients are displaying symptoms all over China but have yet to have the test done as test kits are currently in scarcity. All new deaths originated f...

AI Based Aesthetic Study Shows That Rhinoplasty Helps In Maintaining A Youthful Appearance

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

From filler, facelifts to facials, there's no shortage of ways to reduce the inevitable signs of aging. But there's one aesthetic surgical procedure that most people don't think about as a tool that can make women and even men look years younger. Rhinoplasty, or cosmetic nose surgery, may make a woman or man look up to three years younger, according to a new study led b...

Landmark Study Shows That Single Dose of Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin Produced Antianxiety and Antidepressant Effects That Last for Years

Source: Thailand Medical news Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

Researchers from New York University Grossman School of Medicine, following up on their landmark 2016 study, found that a one-time, single-dose treatment of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, combined with psychotherapy appears to be associated with significant improvements in emotional and existential distress in cancer patients. These effects persisted nearly five years after...

China Coronavirus Epidemic Escalating, Dead 121, Infected 5017, Critical 642, 142,670 Under Observation 142,670, New Cases In Singapore,& Thailand, Japan Reports First Domestic Infection

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

In less than a mere 8 hours since morning, the China coronavirus epidemic seems to be escalating at an even faster rate, current death toll in China now stands at 121 (all new deaths were in Hubei), number infected have risen to 5017, those in critical condition 672 and more than 172,670 patients are under observation all over China for being suspected of having the virus but pending t...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Expedite Radiation Therapy For Cancer Patients

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

AI or artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner and thereby decrease the odds of the cancer spreading or metastasizing by instantly translating complex clinical data into an optimal plan of attack. Typically cancer patients must wait several days to a week to begin radiation therapy while doctors manually develop treatment plans. But new research ...

Breaking News : 6 New Cases Of China Coronavirus In Thailand, Bringing Total To 14 While Numerous Suspected Cases Sprouting All Over The Country

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

The Permanent Secretary From The Ministry Of Public Health, Thailand, Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai has just announced that 6 more cases of individuals have been confirmed to be infected with the new 2019-nCov virus from China. Of the six, 5 were a family from Hebei that came to Thailand for a more than a week now and initially never had any symptoms when they entered Thailand. Another also a Chinese n...

Common Green Algae Improves Gastrointestinal Health According To New Study

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

For many years, a widespread, fast-growing algae plant called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii the green, single-celled organism, which primarily grows in wet soil, has served as a model species for research topics spanning from algae-based biofuels to plant evolution. While other species of algae have been used as dietary nutraceuticals that provide beneficial oils, vitamins, proteins, c...

New Study Shows That Amlodipine, A Blood Pressure Drug Lowers Risk Of Gout

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

Typically affecting more than 7 million adults in the United States, and about 52 million people wordwide, gout is characterized by a sudden onset of pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints and caused by the formation of urate crystal in small spaces between joints that builds up when high amounts of uric acid circulate in the blood. While gout is linked to consuming some foods, including red m...

Death Toll In China now 106, Infected more than 4,000, Critical condition 532, Under Observation 68,300, Sri Lanka and Germany Confirms First Cases

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 28, 2020 5 years ago

Sri Lanka and Germany has officially announced that both countries now have one case each of individuals infected with the new 2019-nCoV virus while Sri Lanka has another 17 individuals under observation while Germany has about 6 more under observation. The number of coronavirus infected cases internationally stands as :Thailand (8 cases), Hong Kong (8 cases), United States (5 ca...