The Human Microbiome and the cancer
The interaction of the human microbiome and cancer has been of great interest recently. Two articles published in February...
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A Blood Glucose-Lowering Drug with the Potential to Protect Cardiovascular Health
Patients with diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. Heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke are all more common...
Benefits of Low-Dose Aspirin
Aspirin, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) is used for a variety of indications, predominantly for cardiovascular diseases. Advances in...
Rapid blood test for mild concussion wins FDA clearance
Blood tests make diagnosis easier, but blood test and biomarkers for traumatic brain injury have historically been lacking. Now,...
Aspirin Benefits: Uses, health benefits & risks of Aspirin
Aspirin, one of the most widely used drugs for a variety of indications has been the mainstay of analgesic/anti-inflammatory...
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers and children’s eyes
Two studies published in JAMA Ophthalmology on Jan. 21, 2021 highlight the risk of childhood eye injury from accidental...
Gene therapies in the pipeline for hereditary eye diseases
Gene therapies for blindness have recently been in the news. There has been much interest in the potential for...
COVID-19 Treatment – Is Plitidepsin more effective than Remdesivir?
A new study suggests plitidepsin, an eEF1A inhibitor could be used as a COVID-19 antiviral. A large multinational team...
Birth Defects: Saving Pediatric Patients from Preventable Congenital Defects
Congenital anomalies, also known as birth defects are among the leading causes of mortality in children less than five...
COVID19 counterattacks: SARSCOV2 mutation
According to recent cases, the SARSCOV2 had undergone a viral mutation that increases viral replication in the lungs, thus...