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TuesdayOct 24, 2023 9:37 am

Spanish Clinical Trial to Explore Marijuana as Glioblastoma Treatment

A major marijuana company has announced that it will begin supplying cannabis to a Spanish clinical trial investigating marijuana’s potential as a glioblastoma treatment. Tilray Brands subsidiary Tilray Medical will sponsor an upcoming clinical study to test whether marijuana can treat glioblastoma, one of the hardest-to-treat types of brain cancer. The study will be conducted by Complutense University of Madrid and Spanish Neuro-Oncology Research Group (GEINO) scientists at Madrid’s University Hospital. For the research, researchers will recruit 30 recently diagnosed glioblastoma patients from eight neurooncology specialized sites in Spain, they will use T10:C10, a THC and CBD extract from Tilray…

MondayOct 23, 2023 12:46 pm

Five Ways to Treat Infectious Diseases While Keeping Antimicrobial Resistance in Check

Proper and early treatment is crucial to preventing worse patient outcomes and limiting community transmission when infectious diseases such as influenza, measles, hepatitis A, B, and C, and the novel coronavirus are involved. However, infectious-disease treatment can become less effective due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a phenomenon that occurs when fungi, viruses, parasites and bacteria stop responding to medications over time. This can make infectious diseases incredibly harder to treat with conventional treatment protocols because antimicrobial and antibiotic medicines become less effective, increasing the risk of severe illness and death. In the case of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance can make…

FridayOct 20, 2023 3:20 pm

Scientists Find Potential to Reverse Prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance

Researchers say they may have found a new and more efficient means of treating prostate cancer that reverses the cancer’s resistance to treatment. Although treatment is fairly effective, prostate cancer can become resistant to treatment in some advanced cases and continue to grow despite low and even below-castrate level testosterone levels. Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent cancer type in American men after skin cancer, affecting around 288,300 men in the country and more than a million men globally every year. It has relatively favorable treatment outcomes, especially when the condition is diagnosed early. Many men have lived with…

ThursdayOct 19, 2023 1:06 pm

eCommerce Reshaping Consumer Healthcare Field, Report Says

E-commerce was born with the advent of the internet more than two decades ago, and it revolutionized business on a global scale. The internet opened an entirely new avenue for trade and granted companies access to a massively expanded market, allowing e-commerce to reach almost 19% of all global retail sales in 2022. Although digital health has been around for quite a while now, major e-commerce players such as Amazon and Walmart began making major investments in the healthcare sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic revealed that people are willing to seek medical help online if…

WednesdayOct 18, 2023 1:42 pm

Sonobiopsy Promises Easier Way to Diagnose Brain Tumors

Current brain tumor diagnosis protocols usually involve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) scans followed by tissue biopsy or surgical resection. Although tissue biopsies are less invasive than surgical resection, both are relatively invasive procedures that involve invading the skull to access brain tumors in various ways. Patients who would like a less invasive procedure also have the option of blood-based liquid biopsies. This inexpensive technique involves running biomarkers through the blood to obtain genetic and molecular tumor information to help inform treatment decisions. However, blood-based liquid biopsies aren’t as effective at diagnosing brain tumors as biomarkers from…

TuesdayOct 17, 2023 2:40 pm

Researchers ID Biomarker That Could Improve Autoimmune Disease Treatment

New research from the VA Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University has identified a biomarker that can potentially improve autoimmune disease treatment outcomes. The research team investigated ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory disease that causes vertebrae in the spine to fuse together over time, to understand the condition’s underlying molecular mechanisms. Also called axial spondyloarthritis, AS is a rare condition estimated to affect around 0.1-4.7% of the global population. It causes symptoms such as stooped posture, back pain, anemia, digestive illness, fatigue and weight loss. Scientists still don’t know the exact cause of the condition but…

MondayOct 16, 2023 2:46 pm

Everything You Need to Know About Nonreactive Hep B Screening Results

An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States. and 350 million globally are infected with hepatitis B, a type of viral infection that attacks the liver. The condition is often characterized by symptoms such as dark urine, fever, appetite loss, abdominal pain, fatigue and weakness, jaundice and joint pain. Around 1% of hepatitis patients will develop fulminant hepatitis, a dangerous condition that can lead to liver failure and death while 5% of patients who develop hepatitis B in adulthood will develop chronic hepatitis B. However, the majority of hepatitis B patients can manage the condition through pharmaceuticals, eating a…

FridayOct 13, 2023 12:38 pm

A Deeper Look at the $9.99 Pricing Strategy in eCommerce

Anyone who has browsed through online or physical stores has noticed that retailers have a propensity for slapping price tags that end with .99 on their products. This method has been a common practice in commerce for decades, and according to consumer behavior experts, ending product prices with .99 helps to sell more goods as consumers tend to resonate with the first digit of a price. Consequently, consumers are more likely to purchase a product worth $9.99 over a $10.00 product even though both products essentially cost the same. With e-commerce constantly growing and evolving as millions of retailers fight…

ThursdayOct 12, 2023 1:46 pm

Researchers Look for Novel Immunomodulating Targets with Potential to Transform Glioblastoma Treatment

Glioblastoma remains one of the most debilitating and difficult-to-treat types of brain cancer. This type of cancer originates from the supportive tissue of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord before very quickly invading and damaging healthy brain tissue. The speed with which glioblastomas proliferate, their proximity to crucial brain tissue and their potent immune-suppression abilities make treating glioblastomas incredibly difficult and often result in low survival outcomes for patients once they are diagnosed. With a five-year survival rate of only 6.9% and an average postdiagnosis survival rate of around eight months, glioblastoma takes more than 100,000 lives in…

WednesdayOct 11, 2023 2:37 pm

Syndromic Testing Could Transform Infectious Disease Diagnosis

The coronavirus pandemic put a spotlight on the potential danger of infectious diseases and has helped spur research to develop faster and more efficient means of diagnosing infectious diseases. Early diagnosis of infectious diseases is critical to developing proper treatment and prevention protocols. It can save a patient’s life and prevent them from spreading the infectious disease to other people while they are still undiagnosed, reducing the likelihood of outbreaks occurring and crippling healthcare systems. With the demand for quick and accurate infectious disease diagnosis rising by the day, researchers are constantly working to develop novel techniques such as syndromic…