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
Children to be screened for diabetes risk in UK early detection trial
Study beginning on Monday will assess the risk of type 1 diabetes in 20,000 children aged three to 13Scientists are launching a trial screening programme for type 1 diabetes in the UK to detect the disease earlier and reduce the risk of life-changing complications.About 20,000 children aged between three and 13 are being invited to take part in the Early Surveillance for Autoimmune Diabetes (Elsa) study, with recruitment opening on Monday.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Diabetes Health UK news Society Science Source Type: news
How the Black Death shaped human evolution
Genetic variants that helped the immune system fight the Black Death may have had the side effect of increasing susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - November 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Selena Gomez Showed A Clip Of An Interviewer Being Rude In Her New Documentary And It ’s Eye-Opening
Well, this week, she dropped her highly anticipated documentary, My Mind & Me.
The film explores how Selena navigates fame and insecurity, all while battling lupus, an autoimmune disease that... #clip #outlet #mymindme #interviewer #hernewdocumentary #documentary #doc #eyeopeningwell #bunch #presstour (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Janssen to Highlight Latest Scientific Advances in Hematologic Diseases at ASH 2022 with Clinical and Real-World Data Across Innovative Pipeline and Distinguished Portfolio
RARITAN, N.J., November 3, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson are committed to redefining treatment outcomes in the hematology setting and today announced that abstracts from more than 50 company-sponsored studies, plus more than 20 investigator-initiated studies, will be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in New Orleans from December 10-13, 2022. Janssen’s commitment to advancing an innovative portfolio of therapies for healthcare professionals and patients is evidenced through more than 70 presentations that span clinical studies and r...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
More than $150M designated for new UArizona research center in downtown Phoenix
The center will be focused on cellular and gene-based therapy research connected with the immunology of cancers, autoimmune conditions and infectious diseases. At the center, UArizona is expected to work in close connection with Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, the Mayo Clinic, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and others in the Bioscience Core. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 2, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jeff Gifford Source Type: news
Extrahepatic Autoimmune Diseases in Autoimmune Hepatitis Extrahepatic Autoimmune Diseases in Autoimmune Hepatitis
What is the effect of extrahepatic autoimmune diseases on mortality in patients with autoimmune hepatitis?Liver International (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news
Screening for depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: relationship with pain severity, disease activity, and sleep quality - Azzam AI, Lamlom M, Khalifa AM.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune systemic condition that primarily affects all synovial joints, eventually leading to deformity and clinical disability. Much progress has been made in the evaluation of inflammation and disease activity in recent ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Autoimmune diseases tied to genes of Black Death survivors, study says
“A hyperactive immune system may have been great” for 14th century plague, “but in the environment today it might not be as helpful,” a researcher said. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Hassan Source Type: news
