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Released: 18-Nov-2024 8:35 AM EST
PharmassêtX Files Patent Application on New Form of Drug Substance from Green Tea
PharmassêtX Inc.

PharmassêtX Inc., a late-preclinical stage pharmaceutical development company, today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has acknowledged receipt of the Company's patent application entitled "CRYSTALLINE FORM OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE." PharmassêtX is developing the novel form of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as a prescription drug for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Newswise: Researchers Uncover Achilles Heel of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
13-Nov-2024 7:30 PM EST
Researchers Uncover Achilles Heel of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
University of California San Diego

To stem the surging antibiotic resistance public health crisis, scientists seek solutions inside the mechanics of bacterial infection. A new study has found a vulnerability related to magnesium availability. This limitation potentially could be exploited to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

Newswise: JMIR Medical Informatics Invites Submissions on AI Language Models in Health Care
Released: 1-Feb-2024 2:45 PM EST
JMIR Medical Informatics Invites Submissions on AI Language Models in Health Care
JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications is pleased to announce a new section titled, “AI Language Models in Health Care” in JMIR Medical Informatics.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Our winter of discontent: Get the latest news on the flu in the Influenza channel
Newswise

The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
79% of Canadians support the therapeutic use of psilocybin for people at the end of life
Université Laval

Nearly 4 out of 5 Canadians believe that the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, is an acceptable medical approach to treat existential distress in patients suffering from a serious and incurable disease.

   
Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Don't wait for an emergency to get the latest emergency medicine news
Newswise

Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:00 PM EST
Starting a family with the help of science: The latest research in Fertility
Newswise

Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Mediterranean diet ‘a straightforward approach’ among many nutritional options for improving the chance of success in IVF
Released: 20-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Mediterranean diet ‘a straightforward approach’ among many nutritional options for improving the chance of success in IVF
Reproductive Biomedicine Online

Adjuvant therapies to help infertile women conceive by IVF - especially those whose treatments have been unsuccessful in the past - are now a common feature both before and during the treatment cycle. Now, a new analysis of the evidence for many nutritional supplements and diets thought to improve outcome in IVF has concluded that adopting a Mediterranean diet during treatment would offer a single ‘straightforward approach’ with good evidence of benefit in contrast to that of a Western diet.

Released: 18-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Psychedelic psilocybin-assisted therapy reduces depressive symptoms in adults with cancer and depression
Wiley

Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate that psilocybin, a hallucinogenic chemical found in certain mushrooms of the genus Psiloybe, may benefit individuals with cancer and major depression.

Newswise: Traditional Chinese medicine reduces risk after heart attack
Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Traditional Chinese medicine reduces risk after heart attack
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A traditional Chinese medicine whose name means “to open the network of the heart” reduced the risk of heart attacks, deaths, and other major cardiovascular complications for at least a year after a first heart attack, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings, published in JAMA, reveal the promise of this compound, one of the first traditional Chinese medicines tested in a large-scale, Western-style clinical trial.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Stay informed on women's health issues in the Women's Health channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest headlines in the Women's Health channel on Newswise.

Newswise: Arkansas Author Pens Book Detailing Her Survival From Cancer
Released: 11-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Arkansas Author Pens Book Detailing Her Survival From Cancer
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Angie Choi, a 2015 graduate of UA Little Rock, has written a book detailing how she survived her battle with ovarian cancer using a combination of conventional and alternative medicine.

Newswise: Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska, MD, Receives AANEM's 2023 Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Award
7-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska, MD, Receives AANEM's 2023 Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Award
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) proudly announces Dr. Monika Krzesniak-Swinarska as the 2023 Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Award recipient for her unwavering dedication to education in the fields of neuromuscular (NM) and electrodiagnostic (EDX) medicine.

   
Newswise: Brain and Spine Surgeons To Share Leading-Edge Advances
Released: 5-Sep-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Brain and Spine Surgeons To Share Leading-Edge Advances
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Neurosurgery experts who treat the most aggressive form of brain cancer and specialize in leading-edge spine surgery techniques will present research and discuss pioneering therapies at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting Sept. 9-13 in Washington, D.C.

Newswise: Family Medicine Physicians Offer Acupuncture to Treat Patients with Chronic
Released: 15-Aug-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Family Medicine Physicians Offer Acupuncture to Treat Patients with Chronic
Loyola Medicine

When Catherine Harvey mentioned her chronic pain to a friend, they recommended she go to Kit Lee, MD, a family medicine physician at Loyola Medicine.

Newswise: Student doctors travel to Cambodia, gain new perspective on rural medicine
Released: 15-Aug-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Student doctors travel to Cambodia, gain new perspective on rural medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

This summer seven student doctors from PCOM South Georgia traveled to rural areas of Cambodia. The experience gave them a new appreciation for medicine in the US and great respect for the determination and resourcefulness of the physicians and other healthcare workers they met.

   


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