Cart is empty The new technique can be performed by a dental nurse and not necessarily by a dentist.
Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognize cases and prevent spinal cord damage
Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association of British Neurologists. The unprecedented speed in translating research into practice is necessary as medical cases of nitrous oxide abuse surge in parallel with increased use of what is now the second most popular recreational drug among young people in the UK.
After 25 years of AI health tech research, computers are slowly beginning to listen to patients
Patients’ experiences of health conditions are slowly being integrated into health care AI studies, a review of 25 years of studies has found.
Research team creates statistical model to predict COVID-19 resistance
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be one of the first models for predicting who has the highest probability of being resistant to COVID-19 in spite of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes it.
Neuropsychologist argues for implementing value-based dementia care
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst recently published an article by Ochsner Health neuropsychologist R. John Sawyer, Ph.D. along with Ashley LaRoche, CCRC, Sakshi Sharma, MS and Carolina Pereira-Osorio, MS. “Making the Business Case for Value-Based Dementia Care” is an in-depth look at the critical need for value-based care models for patients with dementia and their caregivers.
Microcalcification ‘fingerprints’ can yield info about cancer
An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to “fingerprint” the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal pathological clues to the progression of breast cancer and potentially other diseases.
Study: Metformin’s impact on aging and longevity through DNA methylation
A new research paper was published in Aging, titled “Metformin use history and genome-wide DNA methylation profile: potential molecular mechanism for aging and longevity.”
Parkinson’s disease patients experience significant reduction in symptoms with non-surgical focused ultrasound treatment
Patients with Parkinson’s disease achieved a significant improvement in their tremors, mobility, and other physical symptoms after having a minimally invasive procedure involving focused ultrasound, according to a new study today published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Second generation gene therapy for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
Researchers report on the safety of a gene therapy to treat the common autosomal recessive hereditary disorder alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency in a new article in Human Gene Therapy.
Terminal sterilization of oligonucleotide drug products
A new report, coauthored by several major pharmaceutical companies, reviews the current state of sterile oligonucleotide drug product processing. The article, which provides recommendations to aid in the evaluation and development of terminal sterilization processes, is published in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics.