Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as a therapy for both pain and opioid use disorder. In a study published in Nature, the […]
Irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, can be treated with various procedures or medication, but not all medications work for all patients. In fact, one arrhythmia medication can actually cause arrhythmia in people with a common genetic […]
In nursing homes, influenza spreads quickly. Even in facilities with separate wings, staff move throughout the home, caring for medically complex older adults who often share rooms. In this way, a single case of influenza […]
A randomized clinical trial found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine significantly reduces long COVID-related fatigue, one of the condition’s most persistent and debilitating symptoms, while the diabetes drug metformin showed no benefit. Patients taking fluvoxamine reported […]
Scientists at Florida International University have developed a promising new compound that could slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease and protect against life-threatening lung injury by targeting a key process inside cells. The research centers […]
Understanding how proteins interact with their own mirror images enabled a Kobe University research team to design a small mirror protein that disables a causal factor of Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-beta.This article was originally published on […]
A global research team co‑led by McMaster University has identified one of the first medications shown to meaningfully reduce fatigue in people living with long COVID—a breakthrough for millions still struggling with persistent symptoms years […]
Patients who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) experienced significant improvements in blood pressure and vascular health after taking the drug sotatercept, according to […]
The investigational drug tonlamarsen—which is designed to lower blood pressure by reducing the production of angiotensinogen, a protein that turns into the hormone that regulates blood pressure—caused a significant and sustained drop in angiotensinogen but […]
Adolescent patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who received the drug mavacamten saw a significant improvement in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient, a measure of blood flow obstruction in the heart, compared with those […]
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