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Heart failure is a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively to other parts of the body is reduced. The resulting symptoms include difficulty in breathing and shortness of breath, fatigue and weakness, and swelling in the legs, ankles, feet, or stomach. Heart failure may lead to …

In a new study published in Aging on November 18, 2020, researchers at Tel Aviv University and Shamir Medical Center in Israel indicated that hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) can reverse the aging process in healthy aging adults by stopping the aging of blood cells. Biologically speaking, the blood cells actually …

Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s director of immunization, vaccines, and biologicals has agreed with Sir John Bell of Oxford University’s statement that more data will be needed from trials of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to determine its safety and efficacy, commenting, “From what we understand about the press release, there …

In 2003, a team of investigators from the University of California, Irvine, started a study of the ‘oldest-old’, people in their 90s and beyond. This ‘oldest-old’ group is now the fastest growing age group in the United States of America. The 90+ Study aims to help bring to the fore …

Artificial organs Initially considered to be a ground-breaking technology for its ability to regenerate skin cells for skin draughts for burn victims, bio-printing is an emerging medical technology that is now giving way to even more exciting possibilities. Bio-printing can be used to create blood vessels and synthetic ovaries (perhaps even …

Based on early data from the first-ever clinical trial in humans in the US, genetically editing a cancer patient’s immune cells using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and infusing them back into the patient seems to be safe and feasible. Three participants in the trial (two with multiple myeloma and one with sarcoma) …

In ongoing lawsuits in the USA, claims have been made that Zantac and ranitidine contain unacceptable levels of the cancer-causing chemical N-Nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. Lawyers have charged that NDMA contamination causes stomach, liver, and bladder cancer. In September 2019, an online pharmacy had alerted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …

Once upon a time, getting a blood transfusion was a highly a risky affair, because some people receiving donated blood were apt to get chronic hepatitis (liver inflammation) from an unknown, mysterious disease. And, although the Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B viruses were discovered by the mid-1960s, in 1972, Prof. …

  The development of the COVID-19 vaccine is a worldwide effort involving some of the best biological and pharmaceutical companies. Not only is it an effort involving massive amounts of money, but also, a race among nations for prestige and achievement. As of date, the leading companies with their COVID-19 …

Results of a World Health Organization coordinated study show that remdesivir has “little or no effect on mortality” for patients hospitalized with coronavirus, and that it doesn’t seem to help patients recover any faster. Till date, this antiviral drug was the only drug that the US FDA had granted COVID-19 …