Category: 4. Health

New clinical evidence points to a potential breakthrough: a therapy that may not just slow but actually reverse muscle loss in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. While existing treatments, such as corticosteroids and gene-targeted drugs, only…

A wearable device called “a-Heal,” designed by engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aims to optimize each stage of the process. The system uses a tiny camera and AI to detect the stage of healing and deliver a treatment in the form of medication or an electric field. The system responds to the unique healing process of the patient, offering…

Women’s health has become one of the fastest-growing sectors in healthcare—and investors are taking notice. In 2024 alone, venture capital investment in women’s health surged by 55%, reaching $2.6 billion in the U.S. and topping global records. Yet, despite this momentum, essential aspects of womanhood, like intimate wellness, remain too often neglected. While funding and innovation accelerate across reproductive, cardiac, and…

The poop may not have hit the fan. But it looks like poop spray did hit the air conditioning system at West Florence High School in South Carolina. A 32-year-old teaching assistant named Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis allegedly used poop spray at the school on multiple occasions from August…

Some microbes can be quite clingy.

Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial species responsible for staph infections, latches onto human skin with one of the strongest biological bonds ever recorded, researchers report in the Sept. 5 Science Advances. This powerful grasp is strengthened by the mineral calcium, preventing bacterial cells from being washed or brushed away from skin.

An influx of calcium to damaged skin, such as a cut or a condition like eczema, is “a way of growing…

Developing robust, reproducible antibody pair-based immunoassays is critical for guiding drug development, facilitating data-driven decision-making, and projects that continue to future stages. However, assay development is time-consuming, expensive, and complex. Significant time and money is wasted on unreliable solutions, inconsistent…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will add an indication to leucovorin for treating speech-related deficits associated with autism, RFK announced Monday. This announcement will allow state medicaid plans to cover leucovorin, making the therapeutic available to treat cerebral folate deficiency in autism. But what is leucovorin and how does it work in autism? Here’s what you need to know.

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Some people who take weight loss drug semaglutide- an active ingredient in Ozempic, Wegovy, , and Moungjaro- report food tasting sweeter or saltier, something linked to lower appetite and fewer cravings. The corresponding study was published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

“Incretin-based therapies such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are widely used for weight management but their effect on taste perception has been unclear,” lead author of the…