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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.

Thailand Medical Industry Has Great Potential To Assist GDP Increases

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 23, 2019 6 years ago

EDITORIAL The Thailand Medical Industry has great potential to help uplift the local economy over the next few years if more attention and also collaboration is under taken by the various government agencies in a more concerted effort. Thailand has to date more than 1,840 hospitals in the country with more than 37 percent of these being private hospitals, of which 70 percent of these are...

New Gene Therapy For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 23, 2019 6 years ago

Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common disorder that is caused by damage to the macula,the part of the eye that is responsible for our sharpest vision. It is the the leading cause of blindness and dry AMD, has no cure to date. Dry AMD It can take years for signs of dry AMD to be found in the eye and often by the time it is diagnosed the disease is irreversible. Even if ophthalmo...

New Treatment Protocol For Previously Untreatable Multiple Myeloma Using Selinexor

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 22, 2019 6 years ago

Multiple myeloma is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. It is the second form of mostly diagnosed type of blood cancer and very often becomes resistant to various existing treatments and become untreatable. Fortunately, Mount Sinai researchers have found a new type of therapy to be effective for patients with this particular type of blood bone marrow can...

Liver Cancer Incidence Reduced By Lipophilic Statins

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 21, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Harvard University, Boston, US have discovered through a study that lipophilic statins were associated with significantly reduced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence and mortality. Approximately 1.5 million cases of HCC are diagnosed worldwide each year, related primarily to chronic infection with hepatitis B virus or hepatit...

Cold Plasma, The New Space Age Protocol For Treating Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 20, 2019 6 years ago

The US FDA has approved the first ever clinical trial involving the use of cold plasma technology to treat cancer using equipment designed by a leading aerospace engineer. Cold plasma is a partially ionised gas comprising ions, electrons, ultraviolet photons and reactive neutrals such as radicals, excited and ground-state molecules but only about one particle out of 1 ∙ 109 is ionized. ...

Common Over The Counter (OTC) Diarrhea Drug, Loperamide Linked to Serious Cardiac Issues

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 19, 2019 6 years ago

Loperamide, sold under the brand name Imodium, is a oral medication used to decrease the frequency of diarrhea. It is often used for this purpose in gastroenteritis and also in inflammatory bowel disease. Loperamide or Immodium (In Thailand there are many generic versions of it with various packagings and brands) Unfortunately, the drug is not regulated and easily available at pharmacies withou...

US FDA Issues Warnings About Dangers Of Bogus ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ Sold Online

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 18, 2019 6 years ago

The US FDA has made announcements warning the public against purchasing or consuming a bogus but dangerous product sold online known as Miracle Mineral Solution(MMS) as a result of a high number of cases of health issues that arose from consumers who bought and drank it across several states the last few months. There has already been a number of cases of fatality and police are already inve...

Studies Show Need To Monitor Blood Uric Acid Levels Routinely

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 17, 2019 6 years ago

A new study shows that Medical Doctors have not been paying sufficient attention to blood uric acid levels and perhaps they should, considering that about 20 percent or more of the global population have elevated levels of uric acid in their blood. Few people ever get their blood uric acid levels measured and in most routine blood tests for glucose and cholesterol, doctors and hospitals never even...

Lavender Oil and Other Essential Oils In Personal Care Products Dangerous For Young Boys, Girls and Even Adults

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 15, 2019 6 years ago

MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE FALLACY THAT ORGANIC OR SPA PRODUCTS ARE SAFE WHEN STUDIES ARE NOW EMERGING THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE CAUSING UNTOLD HAVOCS THE LAST 20 YEARS ESPECIALLY PRODUCTS CONTAING ESSENTIAL OILS AS THEY CAN DISRUPT YOUR ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AS IT AFFECTS THEIR DEVELOPMENT. Unknown to many, many essential oils that are deemed safe by spas, spa p...

Ritalin, A Common Drug For ADHD Affects Brain Development In Children

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 14, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the University Of Amsterdam have discovered that a drug used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to affect the development of the brain's signal-carrying white matter in children who have prescribed the drug. The brain's white matter is important for learning and brain functions and coordinating communication between different brain region...

Phase One Clinical Trials Of World’s First Vaccine for First Chlamydia Shows Positive Results

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 13, 2019 6 years ago

Recent phase 1 clinical trials of a vaccine called CTH22 by Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark , which acts against genital chlamydia has proven to be positive with the vaccine being effective, safe and also immunogenic in healthy women participants. The vaccine is administered either as an adjuvanted intramuscular vaccine or unadjuvanted intransal vaccine booster, and do...

New Target For Treatment Of Crohn's Disease Discovered

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 12, 2019 6 years ago

There is currently no cure for the more than 62 million people in the world living with Crohn's disease (CD) and its symptoms, including abdominal pain, intestinal distress and severe weight-loss. CD is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in which the body's own immune system attacks the gastrointestinal tract, and treatment is focused on controlling the symptoms of the diseas...

New Research Shows That Choline Helps Brain Health And Reduces Dementia Risks

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 11, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have recently concluded a study that showed that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia and enhanced cognitive performance. The main dietary sources of phosphatidylcholine were eggs and meat. The new study indicated that the risk of dementia was 28% lower in males with the highest intake of dieta...

Study Confirms Chronic Stress Causes Brain Damage

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 10, 2019 6 years ago

A study conducted by DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) has discovered that chronic stress causes autophagic death of adult hippocampal neural stem cells (NSCs). In an exclusive interview with Thailand Medical News, Professor Seong-Woon Yu from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at DGIST commented,” "It is clearly apparent from our study tha...

Combination Of Ezetimibe With Statins Reduces The Risk Of Heart Attacks And Strokes

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 09, 2019 6 years ago

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) recently conducted a study and benefit assessment commissioned by the German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) and found that individuals with a history of coronary heart disease (CHD) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) benefit more from treatment with a statin in combination with ezetimibe than from statin monotherapy. Car...

Newly Developed Protein Drug Shows Promise In Suppressing And Maybe Even Eradicating HIV Infection

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 08, 2019 6 years ago

A new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that available HIV treatments are unable to combat has been discovered by a team of medical scientist from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. In an exclusive interview with Thailand Medical News, lead author Assistant Professor Haito Hu comme...

New Blood Biopsy Test Paves The Way For Precise Breast Cancer Treatments

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 08, 2019 6 years ago

A new type of liquid biopsy called TARDIS (TARgeted DIgital Sequencing) which is more than a hundred times sensitive than other blood based cancer monitoring tests has been developed jointly by the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), for the detection and management of breast cancer. The new blood tests could help avoid thousands of unnecessary surgeries an...

New Hormone Injection To Loose Weight

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 07, 2019 6 years ago

Medical scientists and researchers from Imperial College London have developed a new hormone-based protocol that can help patients with diabetes and obesity loose body weight (as much as between 4.5 to 6 kilos) within a period of 4 weeks without much efforts. The treatment also leads to substantial improvements in the blood glucose of the patients with most reverting back to normal levels. Obes...

Drugs In Prostate Cancer Protocol Can Cause Fatal Heart Condition.

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 06, 2019 6 years ago

Male patients with prostate cancer usually have to take common testosterone-blocking drugs as a part of their treatment protocol. However new research conducted by the Sorbonne University in Paris came up with startling results that clearly showed those so-called antiandrogens also put them at risk for a deadly heart condition. The findings of the study published on the 5th Of August in t...

Study Shows That Autism Is Caused By High Levels Of Estrogen In The Womb During Pregnancy

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 05, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the State Serum Institute in Denmark , have discovered a link between exposure to high levels of estrogen hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism. The discovery adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first mentioned two decades ago. The same team in 2015, measured the levels of four p...

Hepatitis A Emerging As A New Epidemic Worldwide With Certain States In The US Declaring Emergency

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 04, 2019 6 years ago

Hepatitis A is a virus that infects the liver and is spread through contaminated food, water and objects tainted by feces, or through close physical contact. Its flu-like symptoms, if they occur, usually last about 60 days. It had been considered a disease that was fading away, thanks in part to vaccines available since 1995. As recently as 2015, fewer than 1,400 cases were report...

New Blood Test To Identify Early Alzheimer

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 03, 2019 6 years ago

A new diagnostic protocol developed by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine involving blood analysis for the determination of levels of protein amyloid beta coupled with blood detection for the presence of the genetic variant APOE4,is able to identify with an accuracy of more than 94%, that an individual is predisposed to having early Alzheimer. It normally take...

Study Shows That Exposure To Low Levels Of Air Pollution Is Harmful

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 02, 2019 6 years ago

In cities in Thailand like Chiangmai where air pollution is often a neglected by the authorities concerned, a new study led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (WIMR) shows worrying details and also that should be concern to all affected that even low levels of pollution is harmful to ones health. Air pollution is made up of both gaseous a...

Phthalates Found In Medical Equiptment Causes Cardiac Electrophysiology Issues And A Host Of Negative Health Effects

Source:Thailand Medical News Aug 01, 2019 6 years ago

Phthalates are a type of chemicals used as “platicizers”in plastic products and in the medical industry, they can be found in various pliable medical equiptment and devices including blood storage bags, tracheal tubes, IV bags, catheters etc. They can account for as high as 40% of the weight of IV bags an blood storages bags an up to 80% of the weight of tubes used for feeding, as trac...

New Drug Combination Protocol For Treatment Of Advance Biliary Tract Cancers

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 31, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the University of Arizona Cancer Center have developed a new and more effective treatment protocol for the treatment of advanced biliary tract cancers using a combination of drugs. This new treatment extends the survival rates of patients and also improves the quality of life compared to current conventional treatments in which such patients normally have survival rates of less th...

Clinical Trial Shows Nor-Ursodeoxycholic acid (Nor-Uso) As New Viable Treatment Option For Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Source:Thailand Medical News Jul 30, 2019 6 years ago

The current incidence rate for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease shows that about 20 percent of the global population is affected while the figures in developed countries like America, Germany, Austria and Britain, figures can be as high as between 35 to 50 percent especially in the 50 to 60 age group. It is a disease most commonly caused as a result of poor lifestyle with too much fatty and sugary...

Study Shows Resveratrol In Red Wine Treats Depression and Anxiety

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 29, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from The University of Buffalo, US and also a team from Xuzhou Medical University in China have jointly discovered that the plant compound resveratrol, which is found in red wine, displays anti-stress effects by blocking the expression of an enzyme related to the control of stress in the brain. In the US alone, more than 40 million people are affected by depression and anxiety...

Type 2 Diabetes Progression Can Be Slowed By Vitamin D Supplementation

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 28, 2019 6 years ago

Recent findings from a study conducted at Université Laval in Quebec showed that Vitamin D supplementation may slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed individuals and those with prediabetes. The study suggest that high-dose supplementation of vitamin D can improve glucose metabolism to help prevent the development and progression of diabetes. Currently, type 2 diabetes is...

New Liver ‘Stem Cell’ Discovery To Replace Liver Transplants

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 27, 2019 6 years ago

Liver transplants are traditionally expensive and complicated surgical procedures that removes a liver that no longer functions properly (liver failure) and replaces it with a healthy liver from a living or deceased donor. In 2018, more than 2 million such procedures were performed with more than 4.8 million people on a still on a wait list. With the new discovery by researchers fro...

New Study Shows Rare Lymphoma Cancer (CTCL) Can Be Inhibited by Antibiotics

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 26, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with Aarhus and Zealand University Hospitals and Aarhus University have discovered antibiotics can inhibit cancer in the skin in patients with rare type of lymphoma. Most patients with the rare lymphoma cancer, CTCL, contract staphylococcal infections i...

Fat Cells Play Role In Making Melanoma (Skin Cancer) More Aggressive and Metastatic

Source:Thailand Medical News Jul 25, 2019 6 years ago

Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Statistical data show that in 2018, 6.2 million people were diagnosed with it and about 82, 650 people died from it. Australia and New Zealand have the highest rates of melanoma in the world and also high rates are seen in North America and Northern Europe. Melanoma is more common in men than in women , and affects mostly white communities....

Researchers Discover Epigenetic Enzyme That Can Aid in Diabetic Non-Healing Wounds

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 24, 2019 6 years ago

Type 2 Diabetic patients are normally at risk of non-healing wounds should they ever get cut or scrape on their foot. Small wounds like these can be life-threatening and around 35 % of all Type 2 Diabetic patients will end up in such a dire situation which normally leads to amputation. Statistically, this is a major problem as a patient who has had a amputation due to Type 2 Diabetic non-healin...

Researchers Discover Genes That Can Activate Autophagy To Prevent Sepsis

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 23, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from Washington School Of Medicine in St Louis have identified a set of genes involved in disposing cellular waste through a process known as autophagy that helps cells survive exposure to cytokines during sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's immune response to infection spirals out of control. Bacteria or other pathogens in the bloodstream ...

New Medical Dilemma : Study Confirms Low Doses Of Radiation As A Result Of X-Rays And CT Scans Contributes To Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 22, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute have discovered that low doses of radiation equivalent to three CT scans, which are traditionally considered safe by the medical community, in reality actually gives cancer-capable cells a competitive advantage over normal cells in healthy tissue. It was discovered that low doses of radiation increase the num...

New study shows having a shower or bath ninety minutes prior to bedtime cures insomnia and improves quality of sleep

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 21, 2019 6 years ago

Having a shower or a bath ninety minutes before sleeping, in water that is between 40 to 42.7 degrees Celsius will not only help one to get to sleep but will also ensure that the quality of sleep is optimal, according to results of a study done by biomedical engineers at the University of Texas at Austin. By utilizing a process of Systematic review protocols, a method used to search for a...

Prominent Thai Medical Researcher and Her Team Makes Discovery On How Diabetes Causes Vascular Diseases

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 21, 2019 6 years ago

Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine from the University Of California-Davis, Dr Nipavan Chiamvimonvat who has a long litany of professional and international awards and more than 135 medical research papers published, has once again with her team made another major discovery as to the actual mechanism as to how diabetes causes vascular disease. Prof Dr Nipavan Chiamvomonvat Toget...

New Use For Diamonds : Brain Inplants For Treating Epilepsy, Paralysis and Blindness

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 20, 2019 6 years ago

Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness. Treatment with medications or sometimes surgery can control seizures for the majority of people with epilepsy, however some people require lifelong treatment to control seizures. The varying severity of ...

Study Shows Rituximab Effective For Treating Membranous Nephropathy

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 18, 2019 6 years ago

A recent clinical study by Mayo Clinic in collaboration with Genetech, showed that Rituximab was just as effective at treating patients with membranous nephropathy at high risk for progressive disease, when compared with current conventional protocols which in most cases involves cyclosporine. Rituximab demonstrated in inducing complete or partial remission of proteinuria at 12 months and...

Warning : New Emerging Mutated Strain Of Flu Virus Causing Fatal Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

Source: Thailand Medical News Exclusive Jul 17, 2019 6 years ago

A relatively new strain of virus is emerging and is baffling medical researchers and health authorities all over the world. Since emerging in 2014, there has been an increase of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) infections in individuals having had flu symptoms around the world with cases being reported in the US, Canada, Europe, China and also other parts of Asia. AFM is a serious condition o...

Double-Stranded RNA Molecules(dsRNA), The Next Wave In Dermatology, Aesthetic Therapies, Antiaging and Skincare in 2020

Source :A Thailand Medical News Exclusive Jul 16, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers at John Hopkins University School Of Medicine have uncovered the cellular pathway as to how the skin under stress due to conditions such as exposure to UV light, or even when exposed to lasers or physical stress such as abrasions or microneedling, regenerates itself. The key players are basically a group of loose RNa molecules known as self-noncoding double stranded RNA (dsRNA). ...

Kratom Crisis In America

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 15, 2019 6 years ago

Kratom (Mitragyna speciose) a mild opioid plant that grows in Southeast Asia and historically was used by labourers either by chewing the leaves or making it into a tea concoction to soothe aches, pain and boost energy levels, is now a major cause of concern in America. While Kratom usage is now illegal and banned in many Asian countries where it is native including Thailand, Malaysia, Indon...

Latests Medical Briefs (Sunday Easy Read Version)

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 14, 2019 6 years ago

Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Using Bee Venom For Treating Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) Shows Positive Results. Trials conducted by Western Ontario and McMaster Universities have shown that using Bee Venom (Apis mellifera) to treat knee osteoarthritis in more than 538 patients proved to be better than conventional histamines and with no side-effects. The bee venom were administered via dermal inj...

Clostridium Difficile That Causes Hospital Infections Is Fast Evolving Into A Disinfectant-Resistant Superbug

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 13, 2019 6 years ago

A new research by in The Department of Molecular Microbiology at University of Plymouth, has shown that the C. difficile bacteria strain that is found in all hospitals around the world and causes infections to patients, is fast evolving and developing resistance to all known disinfectants coupled with the fact that is also now mutating, multiplying and spreading at faster speeds in whatever c...

Rimegepant., New Drug for Migraine Shows Promise In Phase 3 Clinical Trial

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 12, 2019 6 years ago

Headaches related to migraine affects about 14% of people, or more than a billion individuals worldwide. This chronic neurologic disorder involves periodic attacks of head pain coupled with symptoms that may include nausea as well as sensitivity to light and sound. 75% of migraine sufferers experience at least one migraine attack per month, and more than 50% are severely impaired during their atta...

Research Links Sweet Drinks With Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 11, 2019 6 years ago

The NutriNet-Santé Study in France involving more than 101,257 healthy adults (21% men; 79% women) with an average age of 42 years, over a time span of 9 years, has yielded results linking higher consumption of sugary drinks and an increased risk of cancer. The findings add to a growing body of evidence indicating that limiting sugary drink consumption, together with taxation and marketing ...

Anti-Worm Drug, Flubendazole Can Be Repurposed As A Treatment For Melanoma Cancer Pending Human Trials

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 10, 2019 6 years ago

A drug that has been used for over 40 years to treat worm infections in humans and animals has been discovered by researchers from the University Of New South Wales to be able to inhibit melanoma growth in animal models. The widely available OTC drug called anthelmintic or flubendazole, inhibits growth and metastasis of human tumors grown in animal models in a three year study involving collabo...

New Scam In The Medical Industry : Intravenous(IV) Vitamin Therapy Or Vitamin Drips

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 09, 2019 6 years ago

Despite being around for more than a decade, Intravenous Vitamin Therapy is again coming back as a new wellness or regenerative fad that every celebrity, successful executive or socialite must have. Despite warnings from various medical regulatory boards from around the world about claims that can be made, a lot of greedy doctors and wellness clinics are using discreet modes to market these Vitami...

The Next Hot Trend For 2020: Probiotic Intestinal bacteria, Akkermansia Supplements ( Clinical Trials Shows Benefits for Enhancing Cardiovascular Health, Reducing Obesity, Hypercholesterolemia, Inflammation And Insulin Resistance.)

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 08, 2019 6 years ago

A Strain of intestinal bacteria whose benefits were discovered in 2007 by a FNRS-WELBIO Researcher, Patrice Cani and his team at the Louvain Drug Research Institute of The Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium has been in the spotlight of the medical and pharma industry in the last few months. Patrice in collaboration with Professor Willem de Vos from Univers...

Results From BEACON CRC Phase 3 Trial Shows That 3 Drug Combo Protocol Effective for BRAF-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Source: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER (proceedings from the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019 ,Barcelona) Jul 07, 2019 6 years ago

Globally, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It is expected to cause about 1.8 million deaths during 2019. BRAF mutations are estimated to occur in up to 15 percent of patients with mCRC, with V600 being the most common BRAF mutation and representing a poor prognosis for these patients. Now Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center h...

Natural Protein Found In Eyes Can Prevent Diabetic Retinopathy

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 06, 2019 6 years ago

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease that affects 65 percent of individuals suffering from diabetes and is due to long periods of elevated glucose levels causing damage to the nerves and vessels. It can lead to blindness in most cases. However, it was discovered that 35 percent of diabetics do not ever develop this eye disease despite their diabetic conditions. A study spanning 15 years have ...

Breakthrough:Flu Virus Kills Cancer Cells Associated With Bladder Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 05, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital have made a major breakthrough by treating bladder cancer patients with a type of common flu virus.The oncolytic ('cancer-killing') virus coxsackievirus (CVA21),has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer. The results of the study was published in the medical...

New Study Shows That Triclosan Also Causes Osteoporosis Besides The Many Other Health Dangers It Is Associated With

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 04, 2019 6 years ago

Triclosan is an antibacterial and antifungal agent present in lots consumer products, including toothpaste, soaps, shampoos, mouth wash, hand sanitizers, detergents,even toys. Due to the risk of antimicrobial resistance that it causes and also its association with disrupted hormonal development, the US FDA banned its usage in consumer products in September 2017.However,in Asia, many health re...

Vapers Or Electronic Cigarettes Causes Accelerated Aging and a Variety Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 03, 2019 6 years ago

Electronic Cigarettes( ECs) or vapers such as Vuse and JUUL were initially introduced as safer alternatives to cigarettes and were often targeting youths and women. However, a latest study by a team from University Of California has found that that ECs are more dangerous and can damage brain stem cells and ultimately lead to a variety of neurodegenerative diseases and also accelerated aging. Br...

Ecdysterone, a Physterol Extract From Spinach May Be classified as Prohibited Anabolic Steroid for Athletics

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 02, 2019 6 years ago

Researchers from the Freie Universitat Berlin have confirmed that a phytosterol extract from spinach plants called ecdysterone, can be used to boost the performance of competitive athletes. The research was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to study the effects of ecdysterone, a kind of phytosteroid, on strength training. The findings of the research shows that ecdystero...

Study Shows That Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) At High Risk Of Developing Cancer

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 01, 2019 6 years ago

A 65 year old study involving nearly 7,000 Norwegian patients with Multiple Sclerosis conducted by the Haukeland University in Norway indicates that individuals with MS have a greater overall risk of developing cancer than individuals without MS. The risk of cancer in respiratory organs, urinary organs and the central nervous system were exceptionally higher in them than others. The findings we...

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COVID-19 News: Emerging Studies Shows SARS-CoV-2 Attacks The Digestive Tract Especially The Intestines Directly, Reported Case Of Bowel Perforation

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BREAKING NEWS! Study Of COVID-19 Recovered Patients In China Reveals That Lymphocytes Are Drastically Altered To Become Dysfunctional With Immunity Implications

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Occulus Hirsutus and AQCH: India Discreetly Developing And Testing COVID-19 Drug Based On Phytochemicals Extracted From Occulus Hirsutus Plant

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High-Flow Nasal Cannula: For COVID-19 Second Wave Preparations, Forget About Ventilators, Doctors Are Now Turning To High-Flow Nasal Cannula

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Jun 25, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Androgens: Study Shows Bald Men Mostly Likely To Suffer Severe COVID-19 Conditions Due To High Levels Of Androgens

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BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Research Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Can Survive In Water For Up To 25 Days And Could Also Be Water-Borne

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Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Hepatitis B: UAE COVID-19 Case Study Indicates That COVID-19 Could Induce Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation

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Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: Sodium Channels Could Be Affected As Coronavirus Spike Protein Has Similar Sequence To Human Epithelial Sodium Channel

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Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Cannabis And COVID-19: Caflanone, A Flavonoid Extracted From A Distinct Cannabis Strain Could be A Therapeutic Drug Against the COVID-19

Source: Cannabis And COVID-19
Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Gargling: New Studies Show That Throat Gargling May Be Beneficial After All During COVID-19 Despite Being Labeled In the Past As Misinformation

Source: Gargling and COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: New Study Reveals That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Also Affects Thyroid Functions In Majority Of COVID-19 Patients

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Jun 17, 2020 5 years ago

Exploring Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNo) As As An Adjuvant COVID-19 Treatment For Pulmonary Issues

Source: Nitric Oxide and COVID-19
Jun 15, 2020 5 years ago

Scripp Institute Has Detected The Mutation That Most Scientist Dread: The D614G Mutation Which Could Make The SARS-CoV-2 More Infectious

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Mutations
Jun 13, 2020 5 years ago

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