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Federal regulators are warning consumers to stop using eyedrops and gels from several major brands after finding unsanitary conditions in a manufacturing plant. Twenty-six eye care products are part of the alert. Contaminated products have the potential to cause eye infection and blindness because drugs applied to the eye can bypass some of the body’s defenses. Those concerning the U.S. […]

An international clinical trial led by physician Jeffrey L. Carson, distinguished professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, found that a liberal blood transfusion given to patients who have had a heart attack and have anemia may reduce the risk of a reoccurrence and improve survival rates. The results of the trial, Myocardium Infarction and Transfusion (MINT), […]

Several epidemiological studies have suggested a link between being born too small and abnormal neurodevelopment in childhood and later life. However, there is little evidence that these factors are causally related to a hostile intrauterine environment. A new study in JAMA Psychiatry discusses this topic in greater depth. Study: Intrauterine growth and offspring neurodevelopmental traits: a Mendelian Randomization analysis of the […]

Polyenes are among the most commonly used broad-spectrum antifungals but have significant associated renal toxicity. Attempts to develop newer drugs of the same class without these adverse effects led to nothing, mostly because of the perception that their antifungal activity was based on membrane permeabilization. Study: Tuning sterol extraction kinetics yields a renal-sparing polyene antifungal. Image Credit: Fahroni/Shutterstock.com Amphotericin B […]

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Screening for lung cancer can save lives, and there’s an urgent need for more screening of people of color. That’s one of the takeaways from the newly released “State of Lung Cancer” report from the American Lung Association. “Lung cancer is the largest (cancer) killer of adult men and women worldwide. Many of the reasons for that is it’s so […]

Reviewed Former CEO and Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt, and Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, are today (Monday 30 October) being announced as the first members of a new consortium that will shape the future of the best-in-class UK Biobank, starting with £16 million funding matched by government.   Their donations will support […]

A proposed rule from federal regulators that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars has been sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration first announced the proposed rule in April. The agency said then that the rule had “the potential to significantly reduce disease and death,” reduce “youth […]

In a recent study published in Cell, researchers integrated liquid-biopsy proteomics with single-cell transcriptomics from ocular cell types to trace the cellular origin of nearly 6,000 proteins in the aqueous humor (AH). Study: Liquid-biopsy proteomics combined with AI identifies cellular drivers of eye aging and disease in vivo. Image Credit: K illustrator Photo/Shutterstock.com Background Cell-level analyses are severely limited in non-regenerative tissues and organs, such […]