Ascendis Pharma Launches 2nd TransCon ™ Product: YORVIPATH® Now Available in Germany and Austria for Adults with Chronic Hypoparathyroidism
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND today announced that YORVIPATH® (palopegteriparatide, developed as TransCon PTH), a parathyroid hormone (PTH) replacement therapy indicated for the treatment of adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism, is now available…#denmark #yorvipath #transconpth #pth #austria #ascendispharma #transcon #janmikkelsen #vision3x3 #vision2030 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Implanted Brain Chips Like Neuralink Could Change Our Lives
Elon Musk announced on Monday that the first human has received a brain implant through his Neuralink startup—marking a new step forward for the company and its goal to connect the human brain to computers.
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“The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well,” Musk announced in a post on X on Monday evening. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”
Neuralink’s current trial, named the The PRIME Study, is aimed at providing individuals with quadriplegia the ability to control extern...
Source: TIME: Science - January 30, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Simmone Shah Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances
(MedPage Today) -- Alzheimer's disease appeared to be transmissible under rare conditions, according to new research.
Five patients treated with human growth hormone from cadaveric pituitary glands when they were children subsequently developed... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
First Cases of Medically Acquired Alzheimer's Reported First Cases of Medically Acquired Alzheimer's Reported
Patients who received contaminated growth hormone developed AD decades later. The study suggests AD is transmissible, but researchers stress it cannot be transmitted through routine medical care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - January 29, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Medicine stopped in 1980s linked to rare Alzheimer's cases
Contaminated injections of growth hormone may have caused five rare cases of dementia, scientists think. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alzheimer's can be spread BETWEEN humans: Pioneering study reveals at least five people have 'caught' memory-robbing illness - as scientists warn hundreds more may be 'at risk'
Hormones, taken from dead donors between 1959 and 1985, were used to treat people with growth conditions in the UK before synthetic growth hormones were introduced. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alzheimer’s was passed between humans in now-banned procedure, study finds
Cases connected to growth hormone extracted from cadavers show disease’s parallels with CJD brain disorder (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - January 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Was Alzheimer's Transmitted Through Cadaver-Sourced Growth Hormone Given to Kids?
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 -- Five of eight British children who received human growth hormone from the pituitary glands of deceased donors went on to develop early-onset Alzheimer ' s disease many decades later, researchers report.Researchers at... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Alzheimer ’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study
Handful of patients who received human growth hormone from deceased donors in now-banned practice went on to develop signsAlzheimer ’s can be spread from human to human through rare medical accidents, research suggests, although experts stress there is no evidence the disease can be passed between people through everyday activities or routine care.Researchers say a handful of people who received human growth hormone from the pituitary glands of deceased donors have gone on to develop early onset Alzheimer ’s – likely because the hormones used were contaminated with proteins that seeded the disease in their brains.Con...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Alzheimer's Science Health Society Source Type: news
Progesterone receptor distribution in the human hypothalamus and its association with suicide - Zhang L, Verwer RWH, van Heerikhuize J, Lucassen PJ, Nathanielsz PW, Hol EM, Aronica E, Dhillo WS, Meynen G, Swaab DF.
The human hypothalamus modulates mental health by balancing interactions between hormonal fluctuations and stress responses. Stress-induced progesterone release activates progesterone receptors (PR) in the human brain and triggers alterations in neuropepti... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Delays Progression in mCRPC
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) whose disease progressed on a novel hormonal therapy, the combination of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) plus atezolizumab (Tecentriq) improved... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 27, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Growing Concerns Over Links Between Transgenderism And Violence
Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mental health issues that manifest in gender confusion, combined with potent cross-sex hormones, can be a recipe for violence, some experts have said.…#epochtimes #shutterstock #johnlott #audreyhale #covenantschool #nashville #johndrake #stevencrowder #andersonleealdrich #coloradosprings (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What do you know about pancreatitis?
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, a long, flat gland that lies horizontally behind your stomach. The pancreas produces enzymes for digestion and hormones that regulate the way your body processes sugar. About 275,000 hospital stays for acute pancreatitis occur in the U.S. each year, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. Chronic pancreatitis is less common, with about 86,000 hospital stays per year. And although pancreatitis is rare in children,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 27, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Breast cancer incidence on the rise among younger women
Breast cancer incidence rates have risen over the past two decades among younger women, a study published January 26 in JAMA Network Open found.
Researchers led by Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, from Washington University in St. Louis found higher incidence rates among non-Hispanic Black women ages 20 to 29 and 30 to 39. They also found higher incidence rates for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, stage I, and stage IV tumors.
“Our findings underscore the need for further research into specific breast cancer risk factors among younger women and possible targeted breast cancer prevention strategies for at-risk groups,” ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Fracture risk among living kidney donors 25 years after donation - Maradit Kremers H, Grossardt BR, Miller AR, Kasiske BL, Matas AJ, Khosla S, Kremers WK, Amer H, Kumar R.
IMPORTANCE: Living kidney donors may have an increased risk of fractures due to reductions in kidney mass, lower concentrations of serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and secondary increases in serum parathyroid hormone. OBJECTIVE: To compare the overal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
