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Community health workers can help protect pregnant women and their babies from malaria
Community health workers can make a great difference in increasing the number of pregnant women who receive life-saving preventive antimalarial treatment, according to a study conducted in four sub-Saharan African countries and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation.
TikTok health information videos on Mpox often inaccurate and of poor quality
Health information on M(onkey)pox, posted on the social media platform TikTok, is often inaccurate, incomplete, and of poor quality, finds a recent analysis of relevant videos, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
Mediterranean diet cuts women’s cardiovascular disease and death risk by nearly 25%, finds study
Sticking closely to a Mediterranean diet cuts a woman’s risks of cardiovascular disease and death by nearly 25%, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence—the first of its kind—published online in the journal Heart.
High blood caffeine level might curb amount of body fat and type 2 diabetes risk
A high blood caffeine level might curb the amount of body fat a person carries and their risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine.
Clinical practice guideline on respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular weakness
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline on respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular weakness. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 15 evidence-based recommendations, a good practice statement and an ungraded consensus-based statement.
Standardized packaging on vapes found to reduce appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that standardizing e-cigarette (vape) packaging, by removing brand imagery, is associated with a decrease in vapes appeal among teenagers.
MTAP loss in metastatic breast cancer patients: Genomic landscape
A new research paper titled “Genomic landscape of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) loss” has been published in Oncotarget.
Potential treatment target for drug-resistant epilepsy identified
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a small molecule that may help treat people with epilepsy whose condition has become resistant to the benzodiazepine drugs usually used in managing seizures. The research, conducted in laboratory cells and rodents, was published online March 7 in Cell Reports Medicine.
Novobiocin attacks BRCA-mutated cancer cells from within and without, study shows
As the first clinical trial of the drug novobiocin is about to open for patients with cancers carrying BRCA gene mutations, new research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows the drug poses a double threat to tumor cells.