New antifungal kills without toxic side effects
The antifungal Amphotericin B (AmB) is an old and effective drug—it saved many COVID-19 patients whose compromised immune systems failed to stop secondary fungal infections. But it sometimes causes life-threatening kidney damage. Now, after more than a decade of sleuthing into this toxicity, researchers have not only found an explanation, but used it and a robotic “chemist” to devise a powerful antifungal alternative without any obvious side effects in mice and human cells. And the strategy that led to the discovery of the compound, described today in
Nature
, may offer a route for detoxifying other antimic...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Should We End Obesity?
It’s unusual for a medication to become a household name; even more uncommon for its branding to become, like Advil, shorthand for an entire class of products; and rarest of all, for it to change not just U.S. medicine, but U.S. culture.
Ozempic has done all three.
Approved in 2017 as a type 2 diabetes medication, Ozempic has largely made its name—and a fortune for its manufacturer, Novo Nordisk—as a weight-loss aid. Novo Nordisk knew early on that diabetes patients often lost weight on the drug, but even company executives couldn’t have guessed how widely it would eventually take off as both ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Drugs feature healthscienceclimate Magazine TIME 2030 Wellbeing Source Type: news
Gaps Persist in Awareness, Treatment of High LDL-C Gaps Persist in Awareness, Treatment of High LDL-C
The prevalence of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol has declined recently, but millions of Americans still have levels for which treatment is recommended or should be considered and many remain untreated.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - November 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
November is National Diabetes Month
Whether you’re a diabetes patient, a friend or family member of someone with diabetes, a health professional, librarian, or just curious to learn more about diabetes, we hope you’ll find the following list of resources useful. It includes information about diabetes, tools for self management, tips for preventing complications, and more.
Medline Plus: Diabetes
Medline Plus has information on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and gestational diabetes. Find information about symptoms, tests, possible complications, prevention, diet, medicines, treatments, genetics, statistics, and more.
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Source: The Cornflower - November 6, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nora Barnett Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Our Future Health: Most have high cholesterol, health project suggests
Largest UK medical research project will be used to change the way diseases are tackled. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Over a QUARTER of 20-somethings have high cholesterol: Massive study lays bare true scale of UK's ill health as 'shocked' experts blame society's reliance on takeaways and processed food
Experts warn Brits' love of meal-delivery apps like Deliveroo could be see younger groups getting health problems like high cholesterol which can cause deadly heart attacks and strokes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
8 ways to slow your biological aging, according to new research
A 41-year-old who follows most of the guidelines for a healthy heart may have an actual biological age of 36. Then there’s the 53-year-old who doesn’t get enough sleep, doesn’t exercise regularly and has high levels of bad cholesterol who may actually have a biological age closer to 57, according…#lifesessential8 #columbiauniversity #phenotypical #eat #manage #bmi #nourmakarem #newyorkcity #howardweintraub #nyulangonehealth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists name eight measures that can slow ageing by up to six years
Measures including healthy sleep and regular exercise may slow pace of body ’s biological ageingScientists have named eight health measures that can slow the body ’s ageing process by six years.Keeping body weight, blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure in check while maintaining healthy sleep and eating regimes, doing regular physical activity and not smoking may slow the ageing process by around six years, US experts say.Eat a healthy dietBe more activeQuit smokingGet healthy sleepMaintain a healthy weightControl cholesterolWatch blood sugarManage blood pressureContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Ageing Health World news Science Society Smoking Sleep & wellbeing Life and style Source Type: news
The Biggest Lie Ever Told; The War on Red Meat
I’ve spent the past two decades traveling thousands of miles around the world to visit and observe the last remaining native cultures still in existence.
A lot of my colleagues question my research methods.
That’s because most modern doctors only treat – and most researchers only study – sickness. They don’t consider health. They see a disease and prescribe a pill.
That’s not how I see it. I focus on what healthy people have in common… What protects them from getting sick in the first place.
And I feel I owe it to my patients – and you – to visit these cultures and pass on their knowledge before it’...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 3, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Nutrition Source Type: news
Last 20 Years Saw Reduction in Prevalence of Elevated LDL Cholesterol
THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 2023 -- From 1999-2000 to 2017-2020, there was a reduction in the prevalence of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), although a considerable proportion are still unaware and untreated, according to a research... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What to Know About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Kids
The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a lifetime.
Among people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the walls of the heart muscle are abnormally thick. This thickness can interfere with the heart’s normal filling-and-emptying operation. “If you think of a balloon made with super-thick rubber, you have to blow harder to fill it, and it’s the same with a hypertrophic heart,” says Dr. Daphne Hsu, professor of pediatrics and medicine at Ped...
Source: TIME: Health - November 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Managing Dyslipidemia in 50-Year-Old Man With Hypothyroidism Managing Dyslipidemia in 50-Year-Old Man With Hypothyroidism
A 50-year-old man with primary hypothyroidism is referred by his primary care physician to a cardiologist for evaluation of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. How would you manage his case?American College of Cardiology & Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 31, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Clinical Case Source Type: news
Is eating eggs every day healthy? Doctor warns when your health may be at risk
It is not the cholesterol in eggs we should be concerned about but a substance called choline, according to an expert. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Another Study Ties Statins to T2D: Should Practice Change? Another Study Ties Statins to T2D: Should Practice Change?
The latest study of statins and diabetes risk points to a small increased risk for new-onset diabetes with rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin, but experts advise caution in interpreting the results.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 30, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Three symptoms to spot on your face that could be red flags for high cholesterol
Often dubbed the windows to the soul, eyes could offer clues about your wider health. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
