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Doctors allowed to withhold supplemental potassium after aortocoronary bypass surgery

According to the authors of the paper published in JAMA Network Open, these results show that there is no need to maintain high potassium concentrations after ASA

03.09.2024

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Interleukin-6 predicted tumor development in type 2 diabetes

Danish scientists have found that in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, blood levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 are associated with cancer risk

02.09.2024

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Administration of GTP-1 agonists has been associated with a decreased risk of opioid overdose

The analysis included data from nearly 504,000 adult patients with RUO and more than 817,000 with a history of RUA from 136 U.S. health systems from January 2014 through September 2022

18.10.2024

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The antidepressant effects of psilocybin persisted one year later

American psychiatrists have demonstrated that psilocybin can produce sustained antidepressant effects over 12 months

16.10.2024

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Hormone injections improved cognitive performance in Down syndrome

Injections of a hypothalamic hormone responsible for the development of the reproductive organs and commonly used against infertility have been shown to improve cognitive performance in people with Down syndrome

16.10.2024

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Predisposition to hidradenitis has been linked to predisposition to metabolic disease

A cohort study by Danish scientists found that patients with an increased genetic risk of developing hidradenitis have a genetic predisposition to coronary heart disease and diabetes

15.10.2024

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Pain in the bridge of the nose in a young American turned out to be a symptom of gout

In gout, uric acid and its salts accumulate in the body, either due to excessive formation or insufficient excretion of uric acid

14.10.2024

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Coffee during pregnancy did not impair neuropsychiatric development in children

This was shown by Mendelian randomization

10.10.2024

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Growth in life expectancy in wealthy countries has slowed down

In a new paper, researchers analyzed data from the 10 most prosperous countries and found disturbing trends

08.10.2024

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Eating disorders resulted in severe electrolyte disturbances

A study by Canadian scientists found that electrolyte disturbances in patients with eating disorders significantly increase the risk of death, hospitalization, kidney damage, bone fractures and intestinal obstruction

27.09.2024

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The incidence of myocardial infarction has increased among epileptics

Recent studies have shown a potential link between epilepsy and acute myocardial infarction, with common pathophysiological mechanisms identified

20.09.2024

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World's first patient to receive lung cancer vaccine

Janusz Ratz - a 67-year-old London resident, scientist and artificial intelligence researcher - has become the first person in the world to receive the BNT116 lung cancer vaccine created by German biotech company BioNTech

03.09.2024

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Cancer cells hid from the immune system using an “invisibility cloak” made of ribosomes

On the outside, cancer cells look completely normal, causing the immune system to fail to recognize and fight them

24.10.2024

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Experiment shows altered breathing patterns in people who have lost their sense of smell

According to various estimates, anosmia affects between 1.4 and 15 percent of people in the population, reaching up to 24 percent in the over-53 age group

23.10.2024

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The prevalence of crunching in the knees has reached 41 percent

People with no knee pain have 36 percent

11.10.2024

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Low and high folic acid levels in pregnancy have been linked to an increased risk of heart defects in children

Especially with vitamin B12 deficiency

10.10.2024

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Gophers have suggested a possible non-surgical treatment for cataracts

By studying the winter hibernation of gophers, researchers from the US and China have identified a protein that can help get rid of cataracts without surgery, which is not without risks and is not available to all people

24.09.2024

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Donor hematopoietic cells appeared disinclined to accumulate mutations after transplantation

American researchers sequenced the DNA of 16 pairs of donors and recipients of bone marrow stem cells decades after transplantation and concluded that it does not lead to a pronounced expansion of mutant transplanted cells, increasing the risk of cancer diseases

24.10.2024

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Wounds sustained at night heal worse than those sustained during the day.

Scientists have noticed that repairing skin damage is faster during the day than at night, and there's no big mystery here: our cells are generally more active during the daytime

15.10.2024

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Intravenous medications have been turned into pills

US medics have developed a technology that makes purely intravenous drugs suitable for taking in pill form

14.10.2024