Risks From Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults Resemble Those for T2D Risks From Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults Resemble Those for T2D
The mortality and cardiovascular disease risks of people with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults was similar, but retinopathy risk higher, than those with type 2 diabetes in a Swedish study.First Look (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - December 14, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
The Exorcist, The 8-Year Engagement, and Brain on Fire: three films about anti-n-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis - Kamei S.
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is one of the most common forms of autoimmune encephalitis. It is more prevalent in young adult women than it is in men. The disease is characterized by a rapid progression of psychiatric symptoms and/... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
In a $6B deal, Cambridge biotech sells experimental psoriasis drug to Takeda
In one of the largest acquisitions of a drug this year, Takeda has agreed to buy a drug in mid-stage development for autoimmune diseases for $4 billion upfront plus $2 billion in milestone payments from Cambridge-based Nimbus Therapeutics. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 13, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Don Seiffert Source Type: news
Elastography helps detect autoimmune thyroid diseases in children
Shear-wave elastography values are higher in children with Hashimoto's thyroiditi...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
TI-RADS, algorithm can determine benign, malignant ultrasound findings
Teleultrasound helpful in pediatric emergency situations
Quantitative ultrasound can help detect hepatic steatosis
Ultrasound correlates well with MRI for pediatric liver disease
Contrast ultrasound works well for pediatric vascular imaging (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 13, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Cabaletta Bio expects to complete $35M stock and warrant sale this week to advance cell therapy candidate
The company's lead cell therapy candidate is being developed to treat multiple autoimmune diseases. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
What It ’s Like to Live With Stiff Person Syndrome
twIn an emotional social-media video posted Dec. 8, singer Celine Dion informed fans that she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called stiff person syndrome. A diagnosis wasn’t easy or straightforward. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time…we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having,” said Dion, who is 54.
Here’s what to know about the condition and what it feels like.
What is stiff person syndrome?
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, stiff person syndrome has...
Source: TIME: Health - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
It Isn ’ t Just Long COVID. Post-Viral Illnesses Are More Common Than You Think
In the 1980s, many people in the medical community treated chronic fatigue syndrome as a punchline. Some doctors dismissed patients’ debilitating symptoms, including crushing fatigue and crashes after exercise, as figments of their imaginations. Media outlets even dismissively nicknamed the condition “yuppie flu,” since many cases were reported among affluent white women.
In the infectious-disease clinic where Dr. Lucinda Bateman was at the time finishing her medical training, some doctors didn’t want to bother treating chronic-fatigue patients. When Bateman left to go into private practice, she rem...
Source: TIME: Health - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Nanotech strategy shows promise for treating autoimmune disease
Scientists at Scripps Research have reported success in initial tests of a new, nanotech-based strategy against autoimmune diseases.
The scientists, who reported their results on November 23, 2022, in the journal ACS Nano, engineered cell-like "nanoparticles" that target only the immune cells driving an autoimmune reaction, leaving the rest of the immune system intact and healthy. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - December 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Researchers Are Studying Whether Paxlovid Can Treat Long COVID
Months after catching COVID-19 in December 2021, Lavanya Visvabharathy was still testing positive on antigen tests and suffering from symptoms including headaches and intense fatigue. So Visvabharathy, a research assistant professor of neurology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine who has studied Long COVID since 2020, decided to conduct an experiment on herself.
She asked her doctor to prescribe her Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy that can treat COVID-19 by inhibiting replication of the virus that causes it. Paxlovid is meant to keep high-risk patients with acute COVID-19 from developing severe disea...
Source: TIME: Health - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Psoriatic Disease: An Autoimmune Disease Expert ’s Point of View
A rheumatologist explains what to expect when psoriatic disease affects your joints. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Have Celiac Disease? You May Need Screening for Other Disorders
Multiple studies that have found people with celiac disease face higher risks for diabetes, thyroid conditions, arthritis, and other autoimmune disorders. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves First Drug to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that could delay the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Teplizumab (Tzield) targets the autoimmune issues that drive the disease, rather than its... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Approves First Drug,Teplizumab (Tzield) to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that could delay the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Teplizumab (Tzield) targets the autoimmune issues that drive the disease, rather than its... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Approves Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) to Delay the Onset of Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes
Tzield is the first disease-modifying therapy in T1D, a life-threatening autoimmune disease
In a clinical trial, in Stage 2 T1D patients, Tzield delayed the median onset of Stage 3 T1D by 25 months, or approximately 2 years, compared to... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - November 17, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Docs Urge Screening for Autoimmune Disorders in Celiac Disease Docs Urge Screening for Autoimmune Disorders in Celiac Disease
Many advocates aren ' t waiting for consensus guidelines to weigh in on this approach, citing the substantial health gains that early diagnosis and treatment can produce.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - November 16, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
