Cervical cancer and HPV: Current status and novel molecular approaches in prevention, diagnostics, and treatment
According to the Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN), in 2018, cervical cancer was the fourth most common type of cancer...
Smart Watches in the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: Has the Future Arrived?
Smartwatches have been gaining increased popularity over recent years, with annual sales of several hundred million units worldwide. Among...
Can Cocoa Extract Help Solve The Diabetes Crisis?
Specific compounds present in cocoa can affect beta cell function.
Role of Bacterial Imbalance in Breast Cancer
Researchers found that gut microbiome modifies estrogen levels contributing to breast cancer. It is though to be a connection...
First-line therapy with avelumab in patients with advanced NSCLC is found to have clinical activity
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women (excluding skin cancer). It is the...
FDA grants accelerated approval to the first drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The FDA has approved a new drug, Exondys 51, manufactured by Sarepta Therapeutics that targets exon 51 skipping. This...
FDA issues strong warnings for opioid analgesics
Opioids like oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine etc. are powerful pain-killers used primarily to manage chronic pain e.g. Opioid analgesics cough...
Liraglutide demonstrated CV benefits among Diabetes Drugs
Liraglutide (Victoza®) is an injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonist indicated in addition to diet and exercise to improve...