Retreat celebrates white coats and research
Graduate Studies's Biomedical Science Retreat celebrates 22nd year. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - September 10, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
These Environmental Factors Increase the Risk of IBD
During the past 60 years, experts have documented a steep rise in the incidence of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease—the two medical conditions that make up most cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For decades, this rise was confined to North America, Western Europe, and other industrialized nations. While there’s some evidence that the rise in IBD has slowed down or even plateaued in those places, IBD is becoming increasingly common in newly industrialized countries in Asia and other parts of the world.
There’s no question that genetic factors play a part in a person’s risk f...
Source: TIME: Health - September 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Liberia: A Newly Established State-of-the-Art Hospital Opens to the Public in Sophie Community
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The GIMS Hospital established under the 'Gomez Institute of Medical science' in the Sophie community of Monrovia, is offering some of the difficult-to-find medical services in Liberia with the use of modern medical equipment at an affordable price. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
U.S. Medical Schools Are Struggling to Overcome Centuries of Racism in Health Care
Derrick Morton was skeptical about working for Kaiser Permanente’s Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. The Pasadena, Calif., school hadn’t yet opened to students when he was offered a job in early 2020, and it felt risky to work for such a new institution. But Morton, who is Black, was eventually sold by the medical school’s mission: to train doctors with a strong focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion and to dismantle health disparities.
After a short time as an assistant professor of biomedical science, however, Morton says it became clear that the reality didn’t live up to his “great ex...
Source: TIME: Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Equality feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The Latest Breakthroughs That Could Help Bladder Cancer Patients
Toward the end of the 19th century, a New York City surgeon named Dr. William Coley purposely injected one of his patients with streptococcal bacteria. Coley wasn’t crazy. He hoped the bacterial infection would stimulate an immune response that would slow the spread of his patient’s cancer, which was inoperable. The experiment worked; the patient’s tumor shrank.
For the next 40 years, Coley and his research collaborators would test similar remedies on more than 1,000 cancer patients. They had failures but also many successes, especially among people with bone or soft-tissue cancers. Today, Coley is someti...
Source: TIME: Health - July 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How Leonardo figured out the beauty of anatomy
An exhibition in the National Museum of Scotland gives us a glimpse into the mind of a genius – and the grisly history of medical scienceLeonardo da Vinci ’s notes on human anatomy remained largely forgotten until the mid-18th century when the Scottish anatomist William Hunter learned of them in the royal collection. A new exhibition at theNational Museum of Scotland, called Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life, brings some of these drawings together with a variety of objects and artwork from the Scottish Enlightenment to illuminate the frequently tense relationship between the furthering of anatomical knowledge, and th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Gavin Francis Tags: Human biology Exhibitions Anatomy and physiology Art and design Science Culture Medical research Leonardo da Vinci Museums Source Type: news
These New Developments Could Make Living With Type 2 Diabetes More Manageable
Experts often talk about the “burden” of a disease or illness. The word acts as a tidy container for all the unpleasantness people with that condition may experience—from their symptoms, to the cost of their care, to the restrictions imposed on their lifestyle, to the health complications that may arise. For people with Type 2 diabetes, this burden can be high.
Routine management of Type 2 diabetes often involves major changes to one’s diet and physical activity. And for many, especially those taking insulin to manage their blood sugar, the disease can necessitate daily blood-glucose monitoring, a p...
Source: TIME: Health - July 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
U.S. report on COVID response says Atlas strategy caused deaths
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 22, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Mesothelioma Clinical Trials Test Targeted Gene Therapy
For some patients, the future of mesothelioma cancer treatment may hinge on a pair of phase I clinical trials that opened earlier this year to study promising new drugs targeting specific genetic mutations.
Precision medicine may finally be taking hold with malignant mesothelioma, clearing the path for significant, long-overdue advancements.
The one-size-fits-all approach is fading.
“There is some realistic hope now for patients,” Dr. Anthony Tolcher, co-founder of NEXT Oncology in San Antonio, told The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com. “I am very optimistic. New avenues for treatment are opening up.”
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - June 21, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Source Type: news
Medical Science Must Go Hand In Hand With Social Science For Effective Control Of Covid-19 And Other Pandemics
With each global health crisis it becomes clear that we need both medical solutions and the public health orientated behavioral and social change programs to implement them. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 17, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science to celebrate historic commencement with combined ceremony
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic is celebrating the graduation of the next generation of physicians and scientists. In a combined ceremony on Sunday, May 22, students will receive degrees conferred by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Forty-one new physicians will join the prestigious Mayo Clinic alumni, with six receiving both medical and doctoral degrees and 30 new biomedical scientists receiving doctoral degrees. In addition, 28 students will… (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - May 20, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Professor Imre Berger elected Fellow of prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences
Imre Berger, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Director of Bristol ’ s Max Planck Centre for Minimal Biology has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his outstanding contributions to biomedical science and notable discoveries during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - May 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research, Grants and Awards; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry, Institutes, Bristol BioDesign Institute; Press Release Source Type: news
Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction
To the uninitiated, psilocybin—the substance that gives ‘magic mushrooms’ their psychedelic qualities—could be dismissed as a recreational drug. Like many other psychedelics, it is banned by the U.S. government as a Schedule 1 substance, meaning it supposedly has high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use in treatment. However, to many medical science researchers, psilocybin is much more: a promising treatment for a range of health issues. In particular, experts increasingly see the chemical as a potentially effective, low-risk tool to help patients break their dependencies on ot...
Source: TIME: Science - April 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized Addiction healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Cell & Gene Therapy: High stakes and high hopes for healthcare
Revolutionary cell and gene therapies (CGT) delivering breakthrough treatments have begun to disrupt healthcare. The companies building these next-generation pharma technologies are introducing radically new operating models, influencing industry development and attracting large-scale media and investor attention. However, while growing rapidly, CGT is expected to see around just $34 billion of sales in 2030, up from $4.4 billion in 2020 compared to the global industry figure of £1.27 trillion in 2020. Although there are hundreds of CGT treatments in the pipeline, the challenges have so far kept the approved treatments ...
Source: EyeForPharma - March 29, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Pamela Whitby Source Type: news
The FDA ’s Critical Focus on Women’s Health
The FDA takes very seriously its long-standing commitment and involvement in medical science and growth in our overall understanding of, and approach to, women ’s health. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 8, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
