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Updated: Sep 16, 2022 13:07 IST

Is it really healthy for kidney transplant recipients to limit their protein intake?

Osaka [Japan], September 16 (ANI): According to conventional wisdom, patients with kidney disease must consume a low protein diet. With their recent study on the relationship between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients, scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University demonstrated that this may not always be the case. Clinical Nutrition published their findings.

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 23:09 IST

Experimental test promises to predict side-effects and cancer's retu

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): A research test is designed to predict which patients treated with immunotherapies are likely to have their cancer recur or have severe side effects.

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 16:14 IST

Obese women taking birth control pill likely to have blood clots

Brussels [Belgium], September 15 (ANI): Obese women who take oestrogen and progestin-containing oral contraceptives have a 24-fold greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to non-obese women who do not use the medicines.

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 16:10 IST

Researchers suggest how cancer treatment rewires engine of prostate

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): For more than a decade, drugs like enzalutamide, which prevent male hormones from activating the androgen receptor, have been used to treat metastatic prostate cancer. While these treatments are generally effective, they can eventual

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 14:30 IST

Better screening could prevent sudden cardiac death in young people

Goteborg [Sweden], October 15 (ANI): A new study by Erik Borjesson of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden and colleagues, published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, finds that symptoms, ECG abnormalities, or favourable family history are present in n

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 13:37 IST

Researchers find if hyaluronan can cure dry eye disease

Houston [US], September 15 (ANI): Are your eyes burning, itching, worn out, dry, or red while you read this? Well, all these are symptoms of dry eye disease.

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 10:28 IST

Study: Teens with diabetes should be screened for depression with gr

Jacksonville (Florida) [US], September 15 (ANI): According to a recent study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care, the score results of commonly used depression-screening methods should be carefully altered to better detect the illness in

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 10:26 IST

Researchers discover pyramidal neurons that gauge speed, location

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): A group of researchers has made an important contribution to scientists' understanding of the brain's navigation system by identifying a subtype of these neurons that can gauge speed with great precision, more than a decade after the

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 09:37 IST

Study finds improvements in pain, productivity persist long after ba

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], September 15 (ANI): Despite some relapses from the high levels of recovery seen in the years immediately following surgery, improvements in pain, physical function, and work productivity last for at least seven years.

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Updated: Sep 15, 2022 06:25 IST

Research: New type 2 diabetes drug achieves blood sugar, weight targ

Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): New research evaluating the time taken to reach blood glucose targets indicates that tirzepatide achieves blood sugar control and weight-loss goals faster than existing diabetes drugs.

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Updated: Sep 14, 2022 14:49 IST

Study suggests fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection sp

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.

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Updated: Sep 14, 2022 11:52 IST

Researchers discover new approach to detect early signs of breast ca

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center developed a two-pronged strategy of assessing breast density in mice that resulted in greater identification of changes in breast tissue, including early indicators of ca

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Updated: Sep 14, 2022 11:11 IST

Antioxidants that target the spinal fluid to prevent 'chemo brain'

Boston [US], September 14 (ANI): Chemo brain, a chronic side effect that makes it difficult to recall things, pay attention, and learn new information, affects up to three-quarters of cancer patients getting chemotherapy. When it affects children, whose brains are still

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Updated: Sep 14, 2022 10:22 IST

Researchers develop drug that marks cancer cells for destruction by

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Tumour cells are infamous for their ability to evade the human immune system; they construct physical barriers, disguise themselves, and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks.

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Updated: Sep 14, 2022 07:06 IST

Risk of behavioral, emotional issues in kids increases due to mild t

Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioural problems than kids who do not.

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Updated: Sep 13, 2022 23:04 IST

Older adults infected with COVID-19 might be at higher risk of devel

Cleveland [US], September 13 (ANI): According to a study, older persons who were infected with COVID-19 have a much greater risk of getting Alzheimer's disease within a year--up to 50% to 80% higher than a control group.

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Updated: Sep 13, 2022 19:40 IST

Researchers find opioid use after lung cancer surgery have associati

London [UK], September 13 (ANI): Long-term opioid use to relieve pain following lung cancer surgery is associated with a 40 per cent increased risk of death from any cause within the next two years.

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Updated: Sep 13, 2022 19:09 IST

Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of physiological and mole

Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): Scientists have identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication. The findings offer a more nuanced understanding

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Updated: Sep 13, 2022 12:24 IST

Early cancer detection with blood test may change cancer screening p

Paris [France], September 13 (ANI): Prepare for a significant change in early cancer detection that will impact nearly every stage of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Cancer doctors, care providers, and payers need to do this. According to Fabrice Andre, ESMO 2022 Scient

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Updated: Sep 12, 2022 20:28 IST

Study reveals minimum blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes-related p

Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems. According to research, this level should be lower than 53 mmol/mol (7%). The st

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Updated: Sep 12, 2022 18:26 IST

Research: Cold method for clearer fatty liver observation

Osaka [Japan], September 12 (ANI): Health issues related to obesity can take many different forms. Obese people are more likely to have nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a kind of fatty liver disease that can lead to cancer.

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