Continuous imaging of internal organs over days could provide crucial information about health and diseases and enable insights into developmental biology. Getting an ultrasound could soon become as easy as putting on a bandage, thanks to recent innovations by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Researchers have developed a new bioadhesive ultrasound […]
Neuropathy is the most common complication in Diabetes Mellitus patients, mainly if they have several years with the disease. The main type of this complication is the diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). One of the new treatments of diabetes insulin-dependent (type 1), is the insulin pump, it is a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, and it has […]
Ultrasound imaging (sonography) uses high-frequency sound waves to view inside the body. Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time, they can also show the movement of the body’s internal organs as well as blood flowing through the blood vessels. Unlike X-ray imaging, there is no ionizing radiation exposure associated with ultrasound imaging. Current ultrasound imaging […]
Several medical conditions can develop after the 60s , one of those is osteoarthritis, which is associated with more than 40 medical issues according to research presented at the OARSI 2022 World Congress. Kamps and associates performed a nested case-control study using data from a large Dutch general practice database. All new cases of OA […]
Metabolic syndrome has been a worldwide problem for years, it is a multisystemic disease that includes high weight, high blood pressure, high fasting glucose, and is related with an insulin resistance and high risk to develop other conditions like Cardiovascular Disease. One of the possible causes of Dementia, mainly in the 70 year old population, […]
Pediatric obesity is a serious worldwide problem. Solutions for treating the millions of children and adolescents with obesity are desperately needed because prevention efforts over the past several decades have not been sufficient in slowing the steady rise in obesity prevalence. The two most effective biology-based treatments for pediatric obesity are anti-obesity medications and bariatric […]
Continuous monitoring of arterial blood pressure (BP) in non-clinical (ambulatory) settings is essential for understanding numerous health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. Besides their importance in medical diagnosis, ambulatory BP monitoring platforms can advance disease correlation with individual behaviour, daily habits and lifestyle, potentially enabling analysis of root causes, prognosis and disease prevention. Although conventional ambulatory […]
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Typically symptoms usually appear until 80% of the β-cell mass has been destroyed, and absolute destruction of these cells leads to the dependence on exogenous insulin for survival. Two strategies currently exist that focus on replacing the damaged […]
Alopecia areata is a common disorder that can have a large adverse impact on the quality of life of individuals. It’s considered an autoimmune disorder that causes your hair to come out, often in clumps the size and shape of a quarter. The disorder affects more than 300,000 people in the US each year. The […]
Licorice is a herbaceous perennial legume copiously cultivated in many places worldwide. The Glycyrrhiza genus consists of about 30 species belonging to the family of Leguminosae. Licorice is widely used as a sweetening and flavoring material in the food industry and as a de-bittering agent in the tobacco industry. Recently, a group of researchers studied […]