In the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners warn that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met. The report shows that the total number of children on treatment declined for the first time,
A tubeless, patch-pump automated insulin-delivery system — Insulet’s Omnipod 5 — was both safe and effective in a prospective study of kids and adults with type 1 diabetes. Following a positive meeting with the FDA, Radius Health announced plans for its phase II/III SCOUT study for the company’s investigational treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome, RAD011, a
Is something stopping you from getting the sleep you know you need? Do you find yourself exhausted each morning, desperately snoozing your alarm until the last minute? And yet, in the evenings, you can’t say no to watching just one more episode, or scrolling through social media once you’ve finally crawled into bed? Well, you
Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, has announced that 40% of people admitted to hospital with COVID in the UK have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine. At first glance, this rings very serious alarm bells, but it shouldn’t. The vaccines are still working very well. There are several factors at play
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — One of New Jersey’s largest health care systems says it recently fired six supervisor-level employees who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. RWJBarnabas Health had mandated in May that its supervisory workers to get vaccinated by
Abstract OBJECTIVE To determine the longer-term effects of metformin treatment and behavioral weight loss on gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a 3-parallel-arm, randomized trial. We enrolled overweight/obese adults who had been treated for solid tumors but had no ongoing cancer treatment and randomized them (n = 121)
Whilst not typically considered for the shortlist for previous trials, Africa is an emergent continent based on its size, demographics, level of economic growth and commitment to improving healthcare and life expectancy. Presently, the population of the African continent is made up of over 1.34 billion people and it is anticipated this will rise to
As children made fewer visits to health facilities and engaged in social distancing and other COVID-19 mitigation measures, a smaller number of them also received prescription drugs, a new study suggests. Overall, medications prescribed for children dropped by more than a quarter during the first eight months of the pandemic compared to the previous year,
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioVie Inc., a clinical-stage company developing innovative drug therapies for the treatment of liver disease, neurodegenerative disease and certain cancers, announced today that an article summarizing the scientific rationale for the Company’s upcoming pivotal Phase 3 Trial of its NE3107 asset in Alzheimer’s disease has been
In this article PFE People receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine inside a Covid-19 mass vaccination center at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer‘s and BioNTech‘s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant is the
Ciudad de México, 24 jul (EFE).- Países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) firmaron este sábado en la capital mexicana el convenio constitutivo de la Agencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña del Espacio (ALCE). Imágenes: Ulises Andrade. Edición y locución: Diego Saganome. Palabras clave: efe,internacional,mexico,celac,relaciones
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Canada will likely face a fourth wave of the pandemic as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread ahead of borders and
Clinical trials underway across the US are exploring the use of robotic surgical devices for nipple-sparing mastectomy, but are either not collecting cancer outcomes or not doing so as a primary measure — despite a stiff warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that those outcomes are important. The FDA warning was
Insulin was first isolated in 1921 and developed as a therapeutic agent in the 1920s. The initial crude preparations were injected multiple times daily because of their short duration of action. Consequently, there were many attempts to develop insulin preparations with prolonged biological availability in the hope that less frequent once-daily administration would be feasible
For instance, consumers may say they care about regenerative agriculture but also love the idea of year-round blueberries. In many ways, product developers’ jobs have become harder, said Ashley Ericksen, vice president at Ipsos, a global market research agency, during an IFT FIRST virtual panel held earlier this week. “While there’s heightened awareness [around sustainability],
In the evolving field of cancer biology and treatment, innovations in organ-on-a-chip microdevices allow researchers to discover more about the disease outside the human body. These organs-on-chips serve as a model of the state an actual cancer patient is in, thus allowing an opportunity to finding the correct treatment before administering it to the patient.
Even though Americans shared the experience of living through a global pandemic, their individual attitudes towards it differed and evolved – sometimes dramatically. We study risk perception. Using public opinion polls and state-level data, we conducted an in-depth analysis of how American attitudes and behaviors changed over the course of the pandemic. Since the first
El Carmelo/Carchi (Ecuador), 24 jul (EFE),(Imagen:Xavier Montalvo ).- Antonio Carapaz, padre del ciclista ecuatoriano Richard Carapaz, que este sábado logró el oro olímpico en Japón, se declaró el “hombre más orgulloso de la vida” por la histórica hazaña de su hijo.
Most children with a mental health disorder are not receiving services to address their needs–according to a new study from researchers at Simon Fraser University’s Children’s Health Policy Centre. Their research was published this week in the journal Evidence-Based Mental Health. Researchers found that of the one in eight children (12.7 per cent) who experience
When watching the news or reading articles about COVID-19, the physicians who contribute are often in internal medicine, epidemiology, emergency medicine, etc. You may see psychiatrists contributing to discussions on the mental health ramifications of COVID-19, but not the virus itself. Psychiatrists are also not often considered integral to the role of vaccine education. But
Exploring the term ‘non-binary’, and how to be a better ally A lot of people have been brought up in a society with limited definitions of gender, primarily only male and female. But for those for whom these gender stereotypes don’t feel like the right fit, it can be an isolating and uncomfortable experience trying
Is wine good for you? Turns out, it is. According to research, drinking wine in moderation may be good for your health. Its benefits include better heart health, lower risk of developing diseases and long life. Read on to learn about wine’s health benefits along with the best wine brands you can get online. 1. Keeps your heart strong Red wine