Alternative offered for Cox III inhibitors

Orthogen AG, the German biotech-company, has offered an alternative by presenting the results of a new osteoarthritis trial with Orthokine.
Orthogen CEO Prof. MD. Peter Wehling in Dusseldorf/North-Rhine-Westfalia, said that the Orthokine-therapy is safe and effective and clinical results suggest it is far superior to those achieved using standard hyaluronic acid injection therapy and placebo.
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Muscle atrophy can be protected by natural hormone

A natural hormone, des-acyl ghrelin, can prove effective to guard against muscle atrophy, which is one of the most common health complications in the world as per results of an animal study that were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Some of the currently indicated options to treat atrophy are muscle [...]

Asthma management can be simplified by combo inhaler

According to a recently concluded review, a single prescribed inhaler that contains two medicines can prove effective to help people with chronic asthma to manage their condition in a better way.
It was remarked by lead reviewer Christopher Cates, M.D., at the Community Health Sciences of St. George’s at the University of London that most asthma [...]

Amelioration of autoimmune disease with inhibition of FLT3 signaling targets

A gene pathway linked to a deadly form of leukemia can offer a new way for treating autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, as per scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
During the study comprising of tests in cell cultures and mice, it was found that pathway blocking via FLT3 (blood cell growth gene) interference [...]

Role of exercises in impacting heart analyzed

Significant changes in cardiac structure and function can be observed with 90 days of vigorous athletic training, as per researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in collaboration with the Harvard University Health Services.
The researchers also found that type of exercise performed is the responsible factor behind the type of change.
The study appeared in an [...]

Remission attainable with a powerful nutrient cocktail

A powerful nutrient cocktail that was initially developed for astronauts can prove effective for treating children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are often treated with the same steroid-based medication prescribed to adults.
It was noted by Dr. Raanan Shamir of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine and Schneider Children’s Medical Centre that a treatment [...]

Function decline can be halted with Vitamin D

Vitamin D can be used to treat patients suffering from slowing down of the progressive decline in the ability to breathe, which may happen to asthmatic patients due to proliferation of human airway smooth muscle (HASM).
This finding was revealed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, who found that a form of vitamin D synthesized [...]

R-Roscovitine effective for exacerbating symptoms of asthma

A drug currently under testing for cancer treatment was recently found by scientists at the University of Edinburgh to be effective for asthma as well.
R-Roscovitine, the drug, was found to be effective in killing specific immune cells that may exacerbate asthma-associated symptoms.
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Eosinophils, found in the lungs and airways, help the body fight off parasitic [...]

Low steroid doses effective for multiple myeloma

Significantly better survival rate is possible with a combination of lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone therapy when compared to a combination of lenalidomide plus high-dose dexamethasone.
This finding was reported by S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. at the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting while revealing results of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Phase III clinical trial E4A03, for [...]

Steroids not effective for providing relief to chronic headache patients

There is no point or advantage to add steroids to local anesthetics for treating daily headaches, according to a study by neurologists at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
It was remarked by Avi Ashkenazi, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University that there was [...]