Rachel Lutz

It is now more possible to predict which individuals will develop multiple sclerosis (MS), according to findings published in the Annals of Neurology.

People who experienced anxiety at any point in their lives demonstrated a 48% higher risk of developing dementia, according to findings published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Certain patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may benefit from treatment with aclidinium bromide, according to findings from the German Institute for Quality of Efficiency in Health Care.

Biomarkers can predict which patients can best respond to chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A binge eating cycle damages the gut like a constant diet of junk food does, according to findings published in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.

The superhero Iron Man inspired a three-year-old hemophilia patient to continue his treatment at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he had been a patient nearly all his life, and adopt the nickname "Iron Max."

Researchers from the LFB USA Inc. in Framingham, Mass. engineered rabbits and raised them in order to produce milk with the blood clotting factor VII (FVII) agent for use in human patients with hemophilia.

Researchers treated mice with transforming growth factor β–activated kinase 1 (TAK 1) in order to examine the post-translational modification to TAK 1 and its therapeutic regulation in rheumatoid arthritis. The team used a phytochemical known as epigallocatechin 3 gallate (a compound commonly found in green tea) in a 10-day treatment plan in the mice to study the effects.

Researchers assessed 40 patients, 10 of whom of had MS, in order to test whether MRI scans were able to differentiate MS from microangiopathic brain lesions. The researchers believed the MRIs would be able to conduct a special scan called T2 weighted imaging, which identifies white matter.

Pain medicines in combination with metal ions can work to fight chemo-resistant cancer.

The use of twice-weekly prophylactic regimens to treat hemophilia A was shown to be successful among patients treated with BAX 855.

Late last year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the bispecific antibody “ACE910†from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd with a Breakthrough Therapy Designation as a treatment for hemophilia A.

All von Willebrand Disease patients successfully managed bleeding episode using BAX 111 treatment, according to a study conducted by Baxalta. The study was published in the journal Blood.

Researchers report the clotting factor deficiency causing hemophilia A may be reversed using pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

Researchers have suggested the protein transthyretin may cause an autoimmune reaction in the synovial fluid of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Patients taking natalizumab may be more susceptible to John Cunningham virus-related problems, potentially increasing their risk for developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cigarette smoke may damage the cellular protein "shredder," known as the immunoproteasome.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders (COPD) may achieve better pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes when rehab is combined with music therapy.

The gut microbe composition of infants who are six weeks old depends on their birth delivery method and how they are fed, suggests findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Older patients who undergo gastrointestinal surgery often develop delirium, according to findings published in the British Journal of Surgery.

Nearly one-quarter of resident physicians are depressed or experience depressive symtoms.

Researchers say that platelet activator factor receptors are to blame for the cognitive issues that multiple sclerosis patients develop as their disease progresses.

A new analytic method for studying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma can be conducted outside the body, according to findings published in Nature Methods.

Depression can be worsened with inflammation, according to findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

The central nervous system plays a role in painful diabetic peripheral nerve disease, according to findings presented in the journal Pain.

Chimpanzees that are more social have richer and more diverse gut microbiomes than those who are socially isolated, according to research published in the journal Science Advances.

Colorectal cancer is more likely to affect minority patients at a younger age compared to their white counterparts, according to findings presented in Cancer Medicine.

Patients with arthritis may eventually be able to use their own "microvesicles" as treatment for their disease.

The anticonvulsant drug phenytoin may protect neural tissue in patients with optic neuritis, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis.

New guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association suggest that colonoscopies should not be the primary screening tool for low risk adults aged 50 to74 years.