Toxins From Grilling, Smoking & Car Exhaust Could Raise Odds for Rheumatoid Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 -- Toxic chemicals that develop from car exhaust, smoking and backyard grilling might increase your risk of developing the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests.
These chemicals are called polycyclic... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Autoimmune disease increase linked to lifestyle risk factors
A study of over 22 million people has found that autoimmune diseases now affect around one in 10 individuals and could, in some instances, be driven by environmental factors. Some 19 of the most common autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, have been shown to affect 13% of women... Read moreThe post Autoimmune disease increase linked to lifestyle risk factors appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 10, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Clinical Diabetes Musculoskeletal Source Type: news
Supreme Court ’s Dobbs Decision Blocks Non-Pregnant Females From Critical Medication For Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Other Diseases
The Dobbs decision blocks non-pregnant female patients from receiving medications, like methotrexate, used to treat their autoimmune diseases. This could be just the beginning of government overreach for girls, women, and their families. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ellen Matloff, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
More Evidence Links Parkinson's With Autoimmune Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Individuals with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were at almost double the risk for developing Parkinson's disease within a median of about 4 years of follow-up, Korean insurance claims data indicated.
Parkinson's disease... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 1, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Researchers Seek to Understand Post-COVID Autoimmune Risk Researchers Seek to Understand Post-COVID Autoimmune Risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - May 1, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
Health Highlights: April 21, 2023
Drug might delay onset of MS symptoms. When a brain scan reveals signs of multiple sclerosis and a patient has no symptoms of the autoimmune disease, doctors debate whether to monitor or treat for MS. A medication may slow onset of MS symptoms in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A backpack full of multiple sclerosis therapy
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating autoimmune disease that destroys the protective myelin covering around nerves, disrupting communication between the brain and body, and causing patients' ability to move and function to progressively decline. The Atlas of MS reported in 2020 that someone is diagnosed with MS every five minutes around the world, adding to about 2.8 million individuals that currently have to live with the disease. Alarmingly, since 2013, the world-wide prevalence of MS has risen by 30%. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Elastography, vascularity measures improve TI-RADS performance
Measures from thyroid nodule vascularity and shear-wave elastography show promis...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Elastography helps detect autoimmune thyroid diseases in children (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’
Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives‘A silver lining’: how Covid ushered in a vaccines golden eraMillions of lives could be saved by a groundbreaking set of new vaccines for a range of conditions including cancer, experts have said. A leading pharmaceutical firm said it is confident that jabs for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions will be ready by 2030.Studies into these vaccinations are also showing “tremendous promise”, with some researchers saying 15 years’ worth of progress has been “unspooled” in 12 to 18 months thanks to t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Cancer Vaccines and immunisation Health Medical research Pharmaceuticals industry Society World news Science Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Using AI to predict kidney failure in patients with polycystic kidney disease
Kidney failure can be caused by many reasons: diabetes, high blood pressure, autoimmune diseases and polycystic kidney disease, or PKD. PKD is an inherited disease that causes cysts to form around your kidneys. The most common form of PKD is autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), where it is most often diagnosed in adults between the ages of 30 and 40. Dr. Fouad Chebib, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist and expert on polycystic kidney disease, says patients understand… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 6, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
What to Know About Pancreatic Disorders and IBD
Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) starts in the gut, it doesn’t always stay there. According to a 2015 study in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease, up to 47% of people with IBD will develop what are called “extraintestinal manifestations,” or EIMs. That means the disease ranges outside of the gut and causes problems in other tissues or organs. Not only are EIMs common, but many people experience more than one of them. That same 2015 study found that up to a quarter of IBD patients who develop an EIM will have more than one.
The skin, joints, and eyes are among the most common sites of these be...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Gut health Source Type: news
Elastography illuminates cervical changes in pregnant women
Cervical changes can be seen between pregnant and nonpregnant women via strai...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
New breast elastography algorithm avoids false-negative cases
Strain elastography shows liver stiffness in long-COVID patients
ECR: SMI with elastography shows promise, still lower than TI-RADS
Elastography helps detect autoimmune thyroid diseases in children
Elastography parameters help diagnosis liver disease (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Nanoparticle with mRNA appears to prevent, treat peanut allergies in mice
Key takeawaysPeanuts are one of the most common food allergens for children.UCLA scientists have developed a nanoparticle that delivers mRNA to liver cells in order to teach the immune system to tolerate peanut protein and alleviate allergies.In mice, the nanoparticle successfully dampened symptoms of serious allergy.Peanut allergies affect 1 in 50 children, and the most severe cases lead to a potentially deadly immune reaction called anaphylactic shock.Currently, there is only one approved treatment that reduces the severity of the allergic reaction, and it takes months to kick in. A group of UCLA immunologists is aiming ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Peninsula cell therapy company lands big deal with Regeneron
While most cell therapy companies target cancer, Sonoma Bio is hitting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and more. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 28, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
