Thanks to antiviral medications, HIV infection is no longer a death sentence. With a cocktail of drugs, people with HIV can keep the virus in check. Introduced more recently, PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, can guard uninfected people from potential infections. The pills, taken with a sip off water, have protected...

A Novel Treatment Slashes HIV Up To 10,000-Fold in Monkeys With Just a Single Dose

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Florida State University researchers are giving oncologists another tool in their fight against pediatric brain cancer. In work published in Bioactive Materials, a research team led by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Qing-Xiang “Amy” Sang showed the possibility of enhancing natural killer immune cells to improve their ability to attack a rare pediatric brain cancer.

FSU researchers show potential of new treatment for pediatric brain cancer

Atai Life Sciences said Tuesday its psychedelic depression drug candidate generated positive preliminary results in a Phase Ib trial, positioning the biotech to start studying the molecule in patients this year. The candidate, VLS-01, is an oral formulation of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Applied to the lining of the cheek, the investigational...

Atai Touts Early Data on Psychedelic Depression Drug, Plans Phase II Trial

Yangyang Rao ORCID: orcid.org/0009-0006-1854-79891, Min Chen1 &. BMC Women's Health volume 24, Article number: 450 (2024) Cite this article. To provide a method for the differential diagnosis of Robert’s uterus with adenomyosis, a rare uterine malformation, and determine the best course of treatment. Methods. A patient who had Robert’s...

A new treatment for Robert’s uterus with adenomyosis: a case report and review of the literature

A unique HIV cure case will be among the scientific highlights of AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, which will take place in Munich, Germany and virtually from 22 to 26 July. For the first time, scientists will share information about the “next Berlin Patient”, who appears to be...

First-of-its-kind HIV Cure Case Among Scientific Highlights at AIDS 2024

An overview of the complex relationships between herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, cytomegalovirus and HIV. Chronic viral infections from diseases such as between herpes simplex virus (HSV), human papillomavirus (HPV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) can have a serious impact on those with immune systems already compromised by HIV, according to a session held today at the International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany. The session featured three speakers who discussed each of these diseases.

Chronic Viral Infections Common in Those with HIV | AIDS 2024

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Novartis' drug to reduce excess protein in the urine of patients with a type of kidney disease, the health regulator's website showed on Wednesday.

US FDA approves Novartis' kidney disease drug

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery and the cause is complex. Renal hypoperfusion from decreased glomerular filtration rate after cardiopulmonary bypass is a major contributor. 1 This in combination with exogenous toxins, endogenous metabolites, oxidative stress, bleeding and reperfusion injury can all...

The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

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Patients experienced a significant reduction in pain, improved their quality of life, and even showed signs of cartilage regrowth.

Stem cell shot reverses osteoarthritis, repairs knee cartilage, cuts pain by 58%

A range of conditions, including alcohol or medication overuse, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and chronic infections, can damage your liver. However, the early signs of liver damage are subtle, and the initial stages of liver disease are "silent," or asymptomatic. By the time you recognize symptoms, your liver is already significantly damaged.

Signs of Liver Damage and Ways to Tell

We carefully vet all products and services featured on mindbodygreen using our commerce guidelines. Our selections are never influenced by the commissions earned from our links. Late last year, Samara Maloney, one of the Caribbean’s most beloved social media influencers, passed away unexpectedly from a ruptured brain aneurysm, plummeting the...

Neurologists Speak Out: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself From A Brain Aneurysm

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Dr. Qin Rao, an ABMS board certified internal medicine physician specializing in gastroenterology and hepatology, spoke with Healthline about when people with ulcerative colitis (UC) might consider biologic therapy to manage their condition. What are biologics, and how do they work for ulcerative colitis?. Biologics are medications, usually given as...

An Expert Explains When to Consider Biologics for Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

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Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted over fifteen people on felony charges in Coffee County. Seven individuals face drug offenses, while others were indicted for assault, stalking, theft, and more. Several were indicted for drug possession, including two defendants facing trafficking charges after arrests earlier this year: Kenchisa Teraki Carter and Zarionna Hollaway.

Coffee County Grand Jury Indicts Two on Drug Trafficking Charges and More

Cardiovascular complications are among the most common comorbidities affecting people with HIV (PWH), with studies showing increased risk for myocardial infarction, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death in these individuals despite treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART).1 Compared with people without HIV, PWH have demonstrated up to twice the risk for cardiovascular disease,2 and this difference is not clearly linked to traditional risk factors or ART.1.

Reducing the Risk of CVD in Patients with HIV

(Reuters) -Trial results show Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the risk of hospitalization, death and other outcomes for obese adults with a common type of heart failure, the company said on Thursday as it continues to build a case for the medication's wider health benefits.

Lilly says weight loss drug cuts heart failure risk by 38% in trial

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Earlier this year, IDP-023 received fast track designation by the FDA for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. According to a new announcement, the FDA has cleared the investigational new drug (IND) application for Indapta Therapeutics’ g-natural killer (g-NK) cell therapy IDP-023 to be assessed in a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).1.

FDA Clears Indapta Therapeutics’ IND for Cell Therapy IDP-023 in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Secondary hypertension is when a person has high blood pressure due to another condition, such as kidney disease. Treating the underlying condition may reverse it. Genetic factors, diet, sedentary lifestyle, poor sleep, smoking, alcohol misuse, and obesity can cause primary hypertension. Secondary hypertension stems directly from another condition, such as...

What to know about secondary hypertension

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Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

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Recently Published Study examines a novel drug candidate for the treatment of neuroHIV

A recently published article in Experimental Biology and Medicine (249:5, 2024) titled “LM11A-31, a modulator of p75 neurotrophin receptor, suppresses HIV-1 replication and inflammatory response in...

Recently Published Study examines a novel drug candidate for the treatment of neuroHIV

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