Research has long shown a link between smoking and lung disease. Adding to the deeper understanding of this connection, a recent study examined how starting the habit before age 18 affects respiratory health in early adulthood. Teenage adults who started smoking in their teens are more likely to experience symptoms like wheezing and phlegm in […]
A study conducted by UAB Institut de Neurociències and published in the journal Nature communication shows in animal models how daily administration of cannabidiol (CBD), a substance derived from the cannabis plant, extends life and alleviates symptoms associated with Leigh syndrome. This severe mitochondrial disease affecting children is characterized by a progressive decline in cognitive […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an urgent warning to health care providers and the public to remain vigilant for cases of dengue fever as the global incidence of the disease has reached an all-time high this year. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease common in tropical and subtropical climates. […]
Early results of an international study assessing the risk of arthritis in people with psoriasis showed a high burden of joint symptoms in 712 patients – 25% of all patients examined so far. The study, led by scientists from the universities of Oxford, University College Dublin and supported by the University of Manchester, has so […]
As a neurodegenerative disease characterized by childhood-onset dementia, Sanfilippo syndrome causes enormous suffering in many ways, including pain, loss of speech, extreme agitation and anxiety, gastrointestinal symptoms, and profound sleep disturbances. In the absence of an approved treatment, clinical specialists have not yet had the ability to alleviate this suffering. Groundbreaking clinical research collaboration between […]
