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Millions of osteoarthritis sufferers across the world could soon benefit from a pain relief drug currently used to treat joint issues in horses, cats, dogs and even racing camels. Australian late-stage clinical development company Paradigm Biopharma is investigating injectable pentosan polysulfate sodium (iPPS) as a potential disease-modifying treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The plant-derived, semi-synthetic [...]
Engineers from the University of California San Diego have devised a cheap and simple way to check blood pressure using a smartphone. They've come up with a low-cost clip that can tap into the phone's camera and flash when used in conjunction with a special downloadable app. To measure their blood pressure, the user simply [...]
Almhouses have been providing charitable shelter to the elderly in the UK since medieval times. The world's oldest form of social housing. more than 1,000 years after they first opened their doors, they are still providing a place to live to over 36,000 mainly older residents in almost 2,600 almhouses across Britain. The sizes of [...]
It's long been known that the older you get the more difficult it is to fight off infection. This decline in resistance to infectious diseases with age is particularly obvious when it comes to vaccines. Annual flu jabs are a case in point. They are notorious for not having the desired effect on the elderly. [...]
Heart failure patients are at increased risk of dying from their condition on polluted days and up to two days afterward, a world-leading scientific conference has been told. Presenting research at Heart Failure 2023 in Prague, Czechia, and online, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Dr Lukasz Kuzmar of the Medical [...]
Every year more than one million people receive a pacemaker. Until now, leadless versions were only available for 20% of these patients. However, thanks to an international consortium led by Amsterdam UMC and funded by Abbott Medical, an improved version could later this year be available for all patients. Research from Amsterdam UMC published in [...]
Up to 150,000 patients in England will soon benefit from a new treatment for chronic heart failure - a move that could save the NHS money and free-up hospital beds. AztraZeneca's dapagliflozin is the first National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended treatment for adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure with preserved or [...]
Across the globe, more than 12 million people suffer a stroke every year - that's one every three seconds. Six-and-a-half million die from a stroke annually worldwide. And over 100 million people are living with the aftermath of a stroke - a figure that has almost doubled over the last three decades. According to figures [...]
Scientists in America are joining forces to answer the question of whether intermittent fasting can help slow the ageing process in humans. Research has shown that the eating pattern that switches between periods of fasting and dining each day or week can help people lose weight and may be easier to follow than a traditional [...]
The vibrantly coloured and short-lived African killfish may hold secrets to reversing muscle ageing, say researchers. As we age, our muscles start to waste. Called sarcopenia, it happens to everyone, but no-one has ever understood how and why it occurs. Now new research from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University in Melbourne, [...]
