A change in medication can benefit patients on blood pressure-lowering therapies significantly more than increasing the dose of their current medication.
A research team led by the University of Michigan Health Department of Neurology followed more than 120 patients who underwent bariatric surgery for obesity over two years after the procedure. They found that all metabolic risk factors for developing diabetes, such as high glucose and lipid
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a blood cancer that causes an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Due to the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers all over the world have been looking for new ways to treat AML while still allowing normal blood development to occur.
The extremely low blood pressure of a spinal cord injury patient can be treated with an implant that transmits electrical stimulation to a specific set of spinal neurons, addressing a common "invisible" side effect of paralysis.
According to a recent UC Davis study, having high blood pressure in your 30s is linked to worse brain health around the age of 75, especially in males.
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a deadly blood cancer that creates an uncontrollable buildup of white blood cells. Because of the bad outcomes of this disease, experts all over the world have been looking for novel strategies to treat AML while still allowing for normal blood development.
A spinal cord injury patient's extremely low blood pressure can be treated with an implant that sends electrical stimulation to a specific group of spinal neurons, addressing a frequent "invisible" side effect of paralysis.
The researchers have combined the fuel cell with artificial beta cells developed by their group several years ago. These produced insulin at the touch of a button and effectively lower blood glucose levels much like their natural role models in the pancreas.
The removal of liver cells that have undergone apoptosis, in which cells are intended to die in a controlled manner, maybe the function of a type of white blood cell typically linked to immunological responses to foreign particles.
Following the appeal by the Chief Minister to donate blood to balance the scarcity in all the 11 government blood banks in the state, the blood donation camps are being organised in every part of the state by social organisations, NGOs, social clubs and political parties.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine discovered that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient's risk of developing chronic kidney disease in a new study that looked at the long-term effects of hospitalised patients who had acute kidney injury (AKI), a sud