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Latests Medical News from around the world and also Thailand, bringing you updates, discoveries, studies and findings on various aspects and diseases in the medical world. Most of these articles are not only meant for Doctors In Thailand or Hospitals In Thailand but also for any patients or health conscious individuals wanting to know more.

Baclofen, Common Muscle Relaxant Causes Kidney Disease Patients To Be Confuse.

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...

Males Contracting HPV Linked Head And Neck Cancer On An Exponential Rise, Thanks To Porn and Oral Sex!

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...

Many Doctors Not Keeping Abreast Of Medical Reversals

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...

New Biomarker: iAP Accurately Diagnoses Deadly Infant Disease Called NEC (Necrotizing Enterocolitis).

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Sanofi: The Pharma Company With A Heart, Slashes TB Drug Prices

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 31, 2019 5 years ago

Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical giant today announced that it will slash prices of its TB drugs by almost 66 percent in a bid to help the global fight against Tuberculosis which is on the increase and has caused more than 1.8 million deaths in 2018 alone. Sanofi's rifapentine The move comes as the United Nations seeks to galvanize the campaign against TB and also as US researchers are dev...

New Non-Drug Curcumin Based Nanocapsules As Antibiotics To Fight Superbugs

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 31, 2019 5 years ago

Medical researchers from the universities of Leeds, Münster and Erlangen have uncovered a novel antibiotic-free approach that could help prevent and treat one of the most widespread bacterial pathogens, using nanocapsules made of natural ingredients. The Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterial pathogen carried by 4.4 billion people worldwide, with the highest prevalence in Afri...

New Target for Treatment Of Gout

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 31, 2019 5 years ago

A new joint study by research scientists from the Washington State University, Amity University and Stanford University have revealed a new therapeutic target for the treatment of gout, a common type of arthritis that causes episodes of painful and stiff joints. The new study reveals that blocking a signaling molecule known as TAK1 can suppress inflammation caused by gout. The research lay...

New Safer Noninvasive Method To Detect Liver Disease

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 30, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from Georgia State University have developed a safer and more sensitive contrast dye for MRI tests that can be used to provide the first effective, noninvasive method for detecting and diagnosing early-stage liver diseases, including liver fibrosis. Dr Jenny Yang, a Regents' Professor in Chemistry at Georgia State and the associate director of the university's Center for Dia...

New Vaccine For Killer Tuberculosis (TB) On The Horizon

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 30, 2019 5 years ago

Researchers from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said that they are closing in on a new game-changing vaccine for tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease that claimed some 1.8 million lives last year. The existing Bacille-Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine licensed for humans in 1921 is only proven to be effective for children under five for limited forms of tuberculosis. It does not protec...

Doctors Do Not Know How To Treat 300 Million Patients With 3,585 Rare Diseases!

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 30, 2019 5 years ago

Unknown to many despite all the advances in technology, pharmaceuticals, genetics and medicine, there are over 3585 rare diseases that modern medicine knows little about and neither do doctors know how to treat these diseases that affects more than 300 million people globally! Rare diseases represent a growing global problem. Until now, the lack of data made it difficult to estimate their...

Warning: Taking Excessive Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Can Lead To Eye Damage and Blindness

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 30, 2019 5 years ago

Unknown to many people, taking excessive or above the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) can lead to a serious eye condition known as niacin-induced cystoid maculopathy, a form of retinal swelling. If untreated or not diagnosed in time, it can lead to serious permanent eye damage and even blindness. Unfortunately, many people take Vitamin B3 to lower their cholesterol...

More Than A Third Of Patients On Blood Thinners Take OTC Products That Can Cause Dangerous or Fatal Interactions.

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 29, 2019 5 years ago

More than 33 percent of people prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants such as apixaban used over-the-counter products that could cause dangerous internal bleeding. People on these medications largely lacked knowledge of some potentially serious interactions. Direct-acting oral anticoagulants are the drug of choice for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrilla...

EDITORIAL: Are Bacteria, Viruses And Cancer Cells Having Their Own Research Labs Somewhere In The Universe Developing Their Resistance Strategies. Is Modern Medicine Looking At The Wrong Perspectives?

Source: EDITORIAl, Thailand Medical News Oct 29, 2019 5 years ago

I know that I might get criticized by some in the medical community as being the owner of numerous medical online portals and also medical print media, I should not be making such comments. But seriously think about what I am stating. This article is purely to invoke some deep and critical thinking. One cannot help but to question whether there is an inert superior intelligence in bacteria, vir...

Study Confirms Aspirin Helps To Decrease Rate Of Intracranial Aneurysm Growth

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 29, 2019 5 years ago

An international study involving medical researchers from the US and Japan have concluded that Aspirin helps decrease the growth of Intracranial Aneurysm. The researchers using big data analysis, conducted a database search to investigate whether aspirin can aid in the prevention of intracranial aneurysm rupture by hindering aneurysm growth. The researchers identified 146 patients harboring mul...

As Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Infections Increases, Price Of Treatments To Also Increase Drastically Worldwide

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 29, 2019 5 years ago

According to WHO, Tuberculosis was responsible for 1.5 million deaths in 2018. Despite advances in medical sciences, Tuberculosis infections are on the increase and spreading with drug resistant strains manifesting in numerous locations worldwide. A newly developed and approved three-drug treatment for tuberculosis will be available in 150 countries including South-East Asia, India and So...

Japanese Researchers Discover New Biomarker For Schizophrenia Using Hydrogen Sulphide in Human Hair

Source: Thailand Medical News Oct 29, 2019 5 years ago

Medical researchers from RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Tokyo have discovered a biomarker for schizophrenia. Working with animal models, postmortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, the researchers discovered that a subtype of schizophrenia is related to abnormally high levels hydrogen sulfide in the brain. Studies showed that this abnormality likely results from a DNA-modifying react...