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Potential new treatment for diabetes following discovery of humanin
Date: Dec-04-2013Even if the obesity trend cannot be reversed, here's hope that it's partner in crime - diabetes - might be thwarted. New research published in the December 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal shows how a recently discovered human peptide, called humanin, could lead to powerful new treatments for some people living with diabetes. That's because research in mice and rats shows that a humanin analogue (a peptide molecularly similar to humanin) increases insulin secretion leading to an increase in glucose metabolism within beta cells.
In the overweight and obese an abnormal amount of an inflammatory protein is present on abdominal fat tissues
Date: Dec-04-2013Scientists have moved a step closer to an "obesity drug" that may block the effects of diets high in sugar and fats. In a new research report published in the December 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, scientists show that there is an abnormal amount of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 in the abdominal fat tissue of overweight and obese humans and rats. This protein is also increased on the surfaces of human immune cells by common fatty acids in the diet.
Asthma improvements maintained for five years after bronchial thermoplasty
Date: Dec-04-2013The beneficial effects of bronchial thermoplasty, a non-pharmacologic treatment for asthma, last at least five years, according to researchers at National Jewish Health and other institutions. The therapy, in which heat is applied to a patient's airways during a bronchoscopy procedure, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April 2010.
Malaria treatment could improve in children
Date: Dec-03-2013An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children. Antimalarial drug resistance has hampered malaria control programs for almost 60 years. A key factor in combatting this threat is to ensure that all antimalarial drugs are deployed in a way that ensures that the maximum number of patients are completely cured.
Malaria treatment could improve in children
Date: Dec-03-2013An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children. Antimalarial drug resistance has hampered malaria control programs for almost 60 years. A key factor in combatting this threat is to ensure that all antimalarial drugs are deployed in a way that ensures that the maximum number of patients are completely cured.
Malaria treatment could improve in children
Date: Dec-03-2013An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children. Antimalarial drug resistance has hampered malaria control programs for almost 60 years. A key factor in combatting this threat is to ensure that all antimalarial drugs are deployed in a way that ensures that the maximum number of patients are completely cured.
Malaria treatment could improve in children
Date: Dec-03-2013An analysis of patients from across the malaria endemic world suggests that a key antimalarial treatment could be improved by better dosing in young children. Antimalarial drug resistance has hampered malaria control programs for almost 60 years. A key factor in combatting this threat is to ensure that all antimalarial drugs are deployed in a way that ensures that the maximum number of patients are completely cured.
Study examines incidence, trend of substance use disorder among medical residents
Date: Dec-03-2013Among anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009, 0.86 percent had a confirmed substance use disorder during training, with the incidence of this disorder increasing over the study period and the risk of relapse high, according to a study appearing in the December 4 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue. Substance use disorder (SUD) is a serious public health problem, and physicians are susceptible.
Simulation-based communication training does not improve quality of end-of-life care
Date: Dec-03-2013Among internal medicine and nurse practitioner trainees, simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care but was associated with a small increase in patients' symptoms of depression, according to a study appearing in the December 4 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue. "Observational studies have suggested that communication about end-of-life care is associated with decreased intensity of care, increased quality of life, and improved quality of dying.
Simulation-based communication training does not improve quality of end-of-life care
Date: Dec-03-2013Among internal medicine and nurse practitioner trainees, simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care but was associated with a small increase in patients' symptoms of depression, according to a study appearing in the December 4 issue of JAMA, a medical education theme issue. "Observational studies have suggested that communication about end-of-life care is associated with decreased intensity of care, increased quality of life, and improved quality of dying.
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