For Many Cities Around The World, Bad Air Is An Inescapable Part of Life
(WASHINGTON) — Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life — and death. Almost the entire world breathes air that exceeds the World Health Organization’s air-quality limits at least occasionally. The danger grows worse when that bad air is more persistent than the nightmarish shroud that hit the U.S. — usually in developing or newly industrialized nations. That’s where most of the 4.2 million deaths blamed on out...
Source: TIME: Health - June 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SUMAN NAISHADHAM/AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change Environmental Health extreme weather healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Amino acid in energy drinks makes mice live longer and healthier
Researchers first sifted the amino acid taurine from a sample of ox bile in 1827. Today, it’s better known as one of the main ingredients in many energy drinks. But it may do more than drive sales of these beverages. A study published today in Science suggests boosting taurine levels increases life span in mice and improves the physical condition of middle-aged monkeys , hinting it could do the same for people. “This might be something that could be used to fight aging-related diseases or increase life span in humans,” says molecular physiologist Dudley Lamming of the University of Wisconsin School o...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
A new clinical trial has finds a new transplant method that "reanimates" donor hearts appears safe and effective.
Source: WebMD Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can ‘toxic’ bilirubin treat a variety of illnesses?
Generations of medical and biology students have been instilled with a dim view of bilirubin. Spawned when the body trashes old red blood cells, the molecule is harmful refuse and a sign of illness. High blood levels cause jaundice, which turns the eyes and skin yellow and can signal liver trouble. Newborns can’t process the compound, and although high levels normally subside, a persistent surplus can cause brain damage. Yet later this year up to 40 healthy Australian volunteers may begin receiving infusions of the supposedly good-for-nothing molecule. They will be participating in a phase 1 safety trial, sponsored ...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

AHA News: She ' s Survived Cancer, Heart Failure and a Heart Transplant
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- When Dawn Mussallem was little, she dreamed of having her face on a Smucker ' s jar – the recognition the " Today " show gives to people who reach their 100th birthday. So, she committed...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 -- A new transplant method that " reanimates " donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Unraveling the Mechanisms Behind FMT Efficacy Unraveling the Mechanisms Behind FMT Efficacy
Already successful in treating C difficile, fecal microbiota transplant could be applied to noncommunicable diseases, but better understanding of donor-recipient pairing is critical.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - June 7, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news

Newer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery
Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs
Source: ABC News: Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

An N95 Mask Is Your Best Outdoor Defense Against Wildfire Smoke
For the second day in a row, the eastern U.S. was enveloped in a hazy beige smog that blocked the skies and sun of early summer. Countless tiny particles from the raging Canadian wildfires—measuring 2.5 microns or less in width (30 times the diameter of a human hair)—are polluting the air. In New York City, levels of these particulates have soared to nearly 60 times the recommended guideline established by the World Health Organization, according to data collected by IQAir. The sight and smell of obviously unclean air prompted many to dig up the masks they had used while they were still taking COVID-19 precauti...
Source: TIME: Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news

FDA OKs Letermovir to Prevent CMV in Kidney Transplants FDA OKs Letermovir to Prevent CMV in Kidney Transplants
Letermovir was shown to be just as effective as valganciclovir in preventing CMV in kidney transplant recipients in new study published in JAMA; results prompt additional FDA approval for this indication.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - June 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Alert Source Type: news

What Is Male Pattern Baldness? Can Anything Be Done?
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 -- Have you seen more hair in the shower or on the bathroom floor than usual? Grab a mirror and take a look at your head. If it looks like you ’re “going bald,” you may have androgenic alopecia (male pattern...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

New Antiviral Option for CMV Prophylaxis After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Letermovir (Prevymis) proved noninferior to valganciclovir (Valcyte), the standard of care, in a clinical trial of cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in high-risk kidney transplant patients, researchers reported. In a phase III...
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Race-Free eGFR Validated for Kidney Transplant Patients Race-Free eGFR Validated for Kidney Transplant Patients
Researchers have developed and validated a new race-free, creatinine-based equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate specifically designed for kidney transplant recipients.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - June 6, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Turn Off the Laughing Gas
Joanne Kenen, POLITICO’s former health editor, is the Commonwealth Fund journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Politico Magazine contributing writer and contributor to the Nightly newsletter. LA JOLLA, Calif. — On the grounds of the University of California…#joannekenen #commonwealthfund #politicomagazine #nightly #lajolla #sandiego #shiraabeles #ucsd #anesthesia #vermont
Source: Reuters: Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. FDA Approves New Indication for Merck ’s Prevymis (letermovir) for Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in High-Risk Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) June 6, 2023 -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Prevymis® (letermovir) for...
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - June 6, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

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