The results of a large-scale international study involving the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, which was led and coordinated by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, have just been published this week in a major medical journal, PLOS Medicine. Alzheimer’s disease, the commonest form of dementia, currently affects approximately 34 million people worldwide, with 10.5 million people […]
Researchers show Speed of Processing Training effective in multiple sclerosis
A recent article by Kessler Foundation researchers underscores the importance of processing speed in overall cognitive function in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their performance of everyday life activities. The article, “A pilot study examining speed of processing training (SPT) to improve processing speed in persons with multiple sclerosis”, was published August 27, 2018 […]
Rituximab plus lenalidomide effective in follicular lymphoma
(HealthDay)—Rituximab plus lenalidomide has similar efficacy to rituximab plus chemotherapy among patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma, according to a study published in the Sept. 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Franck Morschhauser, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Lille in France, and colleagues conducted an international, randomized phase 3 trial to […]
Synthetic DNA technology provides a novel strategy for effective delivery of a complex anti-HIV agent
Scientists at The Wistar Institute have applied their synthetic DNA technology to engineer a novel eCD4-Ig anti-HIV agent and to enhance its potency in vivo, providing a new simple strategy for constructing complex therapeutics for infectious agents as well as for diverse implications in therapeutic delivery. This critical development was published online in the journal […]
How tiny metal beads could make chemotherapy more effective for brain tumours
Treatments for brain tumours aren’t good enough. Only around 1 in 7 people will survive their disease for a decade or longer. And those in this small but fortunate fraction may also be left with lifelong reminders of their cancer in the form of side effects from their treatment. But coming up with better ways […]
Is this latest chiropractic trend actually effective?
It's a frightening scene straight out of Game of Thrones: a row of people, including me, strapped down to benches with foam bricks placed under our spines and heavy weights dangling from leather masks over our faces, pulling our necks backward. It’s a treatment for 21st-century afflictions: textneck, iHump, tablet stoop and computer hunch. As […]
Visual illusion proves effective in relieving knee pain for people with osteoarthritis
In a new study published in the journal Peer J this week, researchers at UniSA’s Body in Mind Research Group have found people suffering osteoarthritis in the knees reported reduced pain when exposed to visual illusions that altered the size of their knees. UniSA researcher and NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Dr. Tasha Stanton says the […]
Cardiac hybrid imaging an effective tool for predicting heart attacks
Cardiac hybrid imaging with CT and nuclear stress testing is an excellent long-term predictor of adverse cardiac events like heart attacks in patients being evaluated for coronary artery disease, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is […]