Thailand Medical News

Researchers Discover Drug From Oleander Plant To Treat HTLV-I Virus, The Deadly Cousin OF HIV That 15 Million People Worldwide Are Infected With

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

Researchers From Southern Methodists University (SMU) have discovered that the drug oleandrin derived from the Nerium oleander plant could prevent the HTLV-1 virus from spreading by targeting a stage of the reproduction process that is not currently targeted by existing drugs. This is significant discovery because there is currently no cure or treatment for the virus of a lesser-known "c...

Japanese Researchers Discover New Biomarker For Bile Duct Cancer

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

In Asian populations, despite biliary tract cancer being a type of cancer that is considered rare globally, its growing incidence rate is becoming a worrisome trend. In countries like Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Korea and Japan, the incidence of bile duct cancer has been rising at an exponential rate. Currently Thailand* has the highest incidence rate in the world with an estimate...

Study Shows New ‘Diet’ Regimen Known As Time-Restricted Eating Actually Improves Health

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

A new research suggests it's about time to consider that possibility that a clock could do a better job than a scale at promoting weight loss, improving sleep and preventing diabetes. By exploring the benefits of daily fasting in humans, researchers have found that people who are at high risk of developing diabetes improved their health in myriad ways when they ate all of their meals ov...

Medical Scientists Collectively Agree That Preventing Or Early Treatment Of Chronic Inflammation Reduces Illnesses And Saves Lives

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

Medical Scientists from 22 prestigious institutions, are recommending early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of severe chronic inflammation to reduce the risk of chronic disease and death worldwide. Chronic Inflammation leads to a varierty of medical conditionsincluding neurodegenerative disease, cancer, autoimmune issues, etc. The collective group of international experts, which also includ...

Study Shows That Aspirin Use Reduces Cancer In The Elderly

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

According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, Aspirin use three or more times per week is associated with reductions in all-cause, any cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, and colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality among older adults. Dr Holli A. Loomans-Kropp, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, and colleagues examined the correlation of aspirin use wit...

Researchers Reengineer CP24 Peptide For Use As A Long Acting Anti-HIV Drug

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

Thailand HIV News By reengineering a peptide called CP24, the new compound called IBP-CP24 has the potential to be further developed as a long-acting anti-HIV drug that can be used alone or in combination with a broad neutralizing antibody for the treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection, according to a study published December 5 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Lu ...

Study Shows Fructose Consumption Increases Risk Of Death From Cardiovascular Diseases

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

Heart health impact by sugars depends on the dose and type of sugar consumed, suggests a new study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital. The research team, led by Dr. John Sievenpiper, a staff physician in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, examined the relationship between total and added sugars that contain fructose...

Analytical Techniques To Measure BPA (Bisphenol A) Levels Used By US FDA And Other Regulatory Bodies Worldwide Deeply Flawed

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

-Real exposure levels to the endocrine disruptor and carcinogenic chemical could be as could be as high as 44 times more, raising questions as to whether it was a deliberate attempt. Washington State University researchers have developed a more accurate method of measuring bisphenol A (BPA) levels in humans and found that exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical is far higher than previous...

Obeticholic Acid : First Ever Drug To Be Able To Treat Liver Disease Called NASH, Submitted For US FDA Approval

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

Individuals with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a chronic liver disease and a leading cause for liver transplantation in the world, currently lack an approved drug therapy, but this may soon change. A large Phase III clinical trial designed in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University is the first to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of an oral medication to treat ...

Brachytherapy Effective In Treating Skin Cancer

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

According to a new study presented yesterday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the use of high-dose-rate brachytherapy to treat elderly patients with common skin cancers offers excellent cure rates and cosmetic outcomes. SCC or Squamous cell carcinoma and BCC or basal cell carcinoma are the most common types of skin cancer, affecting 3 million Amer...

Smad7, A Type Of Protein In The Gut Plays Role In The Development Of Multiple Sclerosis

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

The human gut has long been suspected to play a role in autoimmune disease. A research team has now identified evidence of a potential mechanism. Which factors in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) act as a trigger for the immune system to attack the brain and spinal cord is still not understood or known. A potential factor is described by a research team in the journal Procee...

Researchers Using Machine Learning To Calibrate NETosis Involved In Inflammation Process

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

Typically, inflammation is a hallmark of many health conditions. However, quantifying how the underlying biology of inflammation contributes to specific diseases has been difficult. For the first time, UNC School of Medicine researchers and colleagues now report the development of a new technology to identify white blood cells called neutrophils that are primed to eject inflammatory DNA into the c...

Study Shows That Physical Activity Helps Reduces Risk Of Prostate Cancer

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

Though prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men globally, we still have yet to know all of its causes. The largest ever study to use genetics as a measurement for physical activity to look at its effect on prostate cancer, reveals that being more active reduces the risk of prostate cancer. Over 140,000 men were included in the study, of which, 80,000 had prostate cancer. The study, publ...

'Virtual Biopsy' To Accurately Diagnose Precancerous Pancreatic Cysts

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

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center researchers have developed a new "virtual biopsy" that allows them to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas with unprecedented accuracy. This means they can eliminate precancerous cysts and potentially save lives. Conventional standard involves testing the fluid inside the cysts. It correctly identifies them as benign or...

Taiwan’s Air Pollution Increases Risk Of Ischemic Stroke

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

Research led by Dr Han-Wei Zhang of China Medical University, Taiwan shows that long-term exposure to hydrocarbons in the air is a risk factor for ischemic stroke development. The study findings has been published the open-access journal PLOS ONE yesterday. Past studies have demonstrated a link between cardiovascular diseases and increased levels of ozone and airborne particulat...

Study Shows Hair Dyes and Hair Straightening Chemical Treatments Increases Breast Cancer Risk

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

A recent study conducted by scientists from the US National Institute of Health found that females who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don't use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Cancer and shows that breast cancer risk increased with more frequent u...

High Blood Pressure Beta Blocker Drugs Linked To 74 Percent Increased Risk Of Heart Failure!

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

The incidence of heart failure globally is about 39.4 million cases per year and is a leading driver of health care costs in the world. The "stiff heart" heart failure variant accounts for about half of all cases and the vast majority of such patients take beta-blocker medications despite unclear benefit from their regular use. A new medical publication in JAMA ( The Journal of...

Breakthrough Diagnostic Techniques And Drug To Reverse Cognitive Decline Due To Aging

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

A breakthrough clinical approach has been developed combining new diagnostic techniques to detect a leaking blood-brain barrier (BBB) with a new anti-inflammatory drug that for the first time slows or reverses age-related cognitive decline. In two related studies published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Universi...

MIT Researchers Develop Once A Month Contraceptive Pill For Women

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

MIT medical researchers have developed an oral contraceptive that only has to be taken once a month, which could reduce unintended pregnancies that result from forgetting to take a daily dose. This kind of monthly contraceptive could have a significant impact on the health of women and their families, especially in the developing world, the researchers say. Currently, oral contraceptives a...

TOPARP-B Phase II Trial Shows Positive Results Using Olaparib For Prostate Cancer

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

A Phase 11 clinical trial involving a pioneering precision medicine already licensed for breast and ovarian cancer can also slow or stop tumour growth in some men with advanced prostate cancer. The recently concluded phase II trial found that over 80 per cent of men with prostate cancer whose tumours had mutations in the BRCA genes responded well to treatment with the target...

Medical Researchers And Experts Around The World Criticize Chinese CRISPR Babies Research After Study Papers Released

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

The controversial gene editing performed on Chinese twins last year meant to immunize them against HIV may have failed in its purpose and created unintended mutations, scientists said yesterday after the original research was made public for the first time. Dr He Jiankui Selected excerpts from the manuscript were released by the MIT Technology Review for the purpose of showing how C...

Researchers At Karolinska Institutet Develop Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Fibromyalgia

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

Medical researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf shows that patients who receive the treatment experience fewer symptoms and enjoy better quality of life. Licensed psychologist Dr Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf, doctoral student at...

Protease MT1-MMP Identified As Target For Treatment Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) have identified the protease MT1-MMP as a possible future target for drugs to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study was led by Dr. Alicia G Arroyo and is published today in EMBO ...

Researchers From China Develop First Remote-Controlled 'Smart' Endothelialization Platform For Cardiovascular Disease Treatment

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

Cardiovascular (CV) disease has become the leading cause of death worldwide. Vascular regeneration is one of the many promising treatments for cardiovascular disease. Remodeling the endotheliumi.e., forming a confluent vascular endothelial cell monolayer on the lumen plays a vital role in this process. However, rapid endothelialization poses challenges, however, when using existing ...

Researchers In Singapore Develop Video Game That Uses Brain Wave Monitoring to Treat ADHD

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

Although there are a number of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they can have some pretty serious side effects. Researchers in Singapore at the country’s Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Duke-NUS (National University of Singapore) Medical School, and A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), have developed a system that combines neuromonitoring wit...

Healthcare Facilities Using AI Sensors For Autonomous Monitoring Of Patients

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

An artificial intelligence company based in Florida,Care.ai has partnered with Google to create an autonomous patient monitoring system. By combining multiple sensors in a patient’s room and neural network data analysis, the system can identify and predict accidents and clinical events, in some cases warning healthcare staff before an incident happens. Typically, preventable acciden...

Roche’s Satralizumab Meets Endpoints In Treatment Of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

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

Pharma giant, Roche has announced data from its SAkuraSky study, in which the investigational medicine “satralizumab” formerly SA237 was evaluated for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. The clinical results of the trial found that only eight of 41 patients (20%) treated with satralizumab in c...

Using New Liquid Salt To Treat Obesity

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

Currently obesity which affects more than one-third of American adults, is more than just an uncomfortable excess of weight, it is a driver of several, often fatal diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, stroke, and congestive health failure, making it one of the most significant public health threats. The cost of treating and managing obesity-related diseases is expected to...

Retroviral Silencing To Generate iPSCs (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells)

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

Typically, embryonic stem cells have the potential to differentiate into any type of cell in the human body. Once differentiated though, the newly minted somatic cells live out the rest of their days as that specific cell type and never again have the capacity to differentiate. Or so the theory goes. A new study published in Cell Reports, a team led by researchers from the University...

Study Shows Chronic Opioid Treatment Increases PTSD Risk

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

According to a study published in Neuropsychopharmacology,lLong-term (chronic) treatment with opioids, such as morphine, prior to trauma enhances fear learning in animal models. The findings, which link chronic opioid treatment before a traumatic event with responses to subsequent stressful events, may suggest a possible mechanism underlying the frequent co-occurrence of post-traumatic stress...

Researchers Identify Brain Networks That Are Involved With Suicide

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

A team of researchers through international collaborations have identified key networks within the brain they say interact to increase the risk that an individual will think about or attempt suicide. The medical researchers say their review of existing literature highlights how little research has been done into one of the world’s major killers, particularly among the most vulnerable grou...

New Revised Guidelines For Management Of Paracetamol Poisoning

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

Emerging evidence has prompted a change in the management of paracetamol poisoning, according the authors of the updated guideline summary published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia. Past guidelines were published by the MJA in 2015 but further research has emerged, particularly regarding acetylcysteine regimens, massive paracetamol ingestions, and modified release paraceta...

New MRI-Guided Ultrasound Protocol Eradicates Prostate Cancer

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

A new MRI-guided procedure that uses therapeutic ultrasound effectively treats prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). This diagram shows controlled and precise ablation using TULSA-PRO. Credit: UCLA Researchers said the incision-free technique could also be used to treat benign enl...