Clinical Research

Microcurrents In The Management Of Hypertension, Diabetes And Chronic Wounds

When there are more free radicals present than can be kept in balance by antioxidants, the free radicals can start doing damage to fatty tissue, DNA, and proteins in your body. ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Nov 27 2019 - 5:11pm

Drinking Deaths Doubled? No, Alcohol Is Just Taking The Place Of Smoking In Broad 'Contributing' Claims

About 300 year die each year due to heat, but if you look at the statistics of heat deaths another 300 list heat as a "contributing" cause, which means something else killed them but heat may have made the thing that caused the death more likely. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 21 2020 - 12:54pm

Drugs For Different Bodies: The Female Side Of Pharmaceuticals

Maria-Rosa was a robust woman in her late forties with a loud voice and an infectious laugh. She was a project manager at a local contracting firm, a grandmother, and a born nurturer. During her multiple visits to the emergency department, she got to know ...

Article - Alyson McGregor - May 18 2020 - 12:49pm

Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Prevent COVID-19 In Human Clinical Trial

Hydroxychloroquine is an effective drug for the treatment of diseases like lupus and malaria and because it is used off-label for maladies that act in a biologically similar way to how COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, acts in the body, there has b ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2020 - 2:18pm

ACE Inhibitors And ARB Blood Pressure Medicines Work About Equally But This One Has More Side Effects

Blood pressure is a risk factor for a heart event and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are common prescriptions. Both types of medicines work on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, a group of rel ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2021 - 6:51pm

How To Get More Women In Cardiovascular Clinical Trials?

Nearly 30 years ago, scientists agreed that for clinical trial results to be valid for both sexes, they needed more women. Yet women seem to be a lot less likely to sign up for clinical trials for cardiovascular disease. The authors of a new paper outline ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2021 - 3:50pm

A Cure For Plantar Fasciitis May Be Fat Injections

In a pilot study, a fat injection procedure improved symptoms of plantar fasciitis in patients, and the authors of the paper hope it will get a company or NGO interested in a clinical trial.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2022 - 6:29pm

Women Who Hug Before A Stressful Experience Have Lower Cortisol Hormone Levels

A new study finds that hugging a romantic partner can prevent the acute stress response of female bodies. Women who embrace their romantic partner prior to undergoing a stressful experience had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva compare ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2022 - 1:45pm

Long COVID Linked To Higher COVID Specific T Cells

A new study correlates SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells to lung function and those who suffer from long-term COVID symptoms, which impacts an unclear number of people. The study found that patients suffering from long COVID symptoms had virus-specific T cell l ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2022 - 8:59am

COVID-19 Lockdowns, Social Distancing, Led To More Obesity- And Type 2 Diabetes In Kids

It's no secret that a lot of people eat when they are depressed, and that social distancing, fear, and isolation during COVID-19 lockdowns and other government restrictions caused some depression to be worse. Being young is always a time of struggle a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2022 - 9:56am