Herpangina Treatment, Symptoms & Home Remedies
Acetaminophen is a drug that reduces fever and relieves pain. It is available alone, or in combination with hundreds of other drugs available both over-the-counter (without a prescription) or that that may require a prescription from your doctor, for example, acetaminophen and hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco) or acetaminophen and oxycodone (Percocet). Acetaminophen treats a variety of […]
Coxsackievirus: Rash, Symptoms, Incubation Period & Treatment
Acetaminophen is a drug that reduces fever and relieves pain. It is available alone, or in combination with hundreds of other drugs available both over-the-counter (without a prescription) or that that may require a prescription from your doctor, for example, acetaminophen and hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco) or acetaminophen and oxycodone (Percocet). Acetaminophen treats a variety of […]
A diet rich in plant-based products reduces the risk of cognitive impairment in the elderly: Metabolomics to study the impact of diet on health
A diet rich in plant products reduces the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly. This is the result of a study by the Biomarkers and Nutritional Food Metabolomics Research Group of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the CIBER on Frailty and Healthy Aging […]
Finerenone improves outcomes in patients with mild-to-moderate kidney disease and diabetes
Finerenone reduces the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. That’s the finding of late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 20211 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine2. Diabetic kidney disease develops in approximately 40% of patients […]
‘Frameshifting’ therapy for mast cell cancers reduces size, spread
A potential new treatment for mast cell cancers reduces the number of mast cells by “mutating” the messenger RNA (mRNA) before it can deliver instructions for manufacturing the gene responsible for cell proliferation. The method, known as frameshifting, changes the pre-mRNA so that the mature mRNA is degraded and any protein produced from its instructions […]
Vaginal Ring as Safe as Oral PrEP in Late Pregnancy
The long-acting dapivirine vaginal ring, which reduces HIV risk in young women, had a comparable safety profile in late pregnancy to an oral daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimen, according to an interim analysis of a small open-label trial in sub-Saharan Africa. Adverse pregnancy outcomes were rare, with one stillbirth and one neonatal death in the […]