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Treating Depression: An Expert Discusses Risks, Benefits of Ketamine

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2018Healthbenefits, gerard sanacora, ketamine, miracle drug, risks, talk therapy, treating depression

Controversial option seems to work when other methods fail

Up to a third of patients with depression don’t respond to traditional forms of treatment. For those patients, the dark fog that hovers over their lives feels like it will never lift. But a new treatment called ketamine has recently made waves all over the internet. Hailed as a “miracle drug” and the first major antidepressant breakthrough in three decades, ketamine has improved the lives of many patients whose depression had dominated their lives for years. And yet, many of these articles also convey a note of skepticism. That’s because ketamine is also a street drug, a popular hallucinogenic known as “special K.” (more…)

Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

By Guest PostFebruary 14, 2018Healthacid reflux drug, bacteria, h pylori, ian wong, ppi, proton pump inhibitors, risk, side effects, stomach cancer

The long term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs commonly used to treat acid reflux, is linked to a more than doubling in the risk of developing stomach cancer, finds research by UCL and The University of Hong Kong. (more…)

Was Magnetfelder im Gehirn verändern – und wie man das erforschen kann

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2018Healthalia benali, bingshuo li, cornelius schwarz, erforschen, gehirnaktivitaet, magnetfelder im gehirn, schlaganfall, tms

Tübinger Neurowissenschaftler ermöglichen tiefe Einblicke in die Funktionsweise der Transkraniellen Magnetstimulation (TMS)

Tübinger Neurowissenschaftler haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sich die Gehirnaktivität während einer transkraniellen Magnetstimulation (TMS) messen lässt. Obwohl die TMS seit 30 Jahren erforscht wird, ist bisher wenig über ihre Wirkungsweise bekannt. Ein besseres Verständnis könnte dazu beitragen, die TMS als nicht-invasive und schmerzfreie Diagnose- und Behandlungsmethode weiter zu entwickeln. Die Studie wurde kürzlich im Fachmagazin eLife veröffentlicht. (more…)

Better ‘mini brains’ could help scientists identify treatments for Zika-related brain damage

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2018Healthben novitch, brain damage, human brain growth, human brain tissue, mini brain organoids, mini brains, momoko watanabe, treatment, zika, zika infected organoids

UCLA researchers develop improved technique for creating brain tissue from stem cells

UCLA researchers have developed an improved technique for creating simplified human brain tissue from stem cells. Because these so-called “mini brain organoids” mimic human brains in how they grow and develop, they’re vital to studying complex neurological diseases. (more…)

Krank durch Frühjahrsputz?

By Guest PostFebruary 11, 2018Healthdeutschland, fruehjahrsputz staub, hantavirus infektionen, infektionsrisiko durch hantaviren, klimawandel, krank durch fruehjahrsputz, puumala virus, puuv infektionen, puuv virus, roetelmaus, stuttgart, sven klimpel

Wer beim Frühjahrsputz Staub einatmet, setzt sich in manchen Gebieten Deutschlands einem erhöhten Infektionsrisiko durch Hantaviren aus. Diese finden sich unter anderem in Staub, der mit den Ausscheidungen infizierter Rötelmäuse kontaminiert ist. (more…)

Kanäle für Energieversorgung

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2018Healthcarola hunte, kanaele fuer energieversorgung, mechanismus, nikolaus pfanner, nils wiedemann, zellkraftwerke

Freiburger Wissenschaftler klären Mechanismus zum Einbau von Eiweißmolekülen in Hülle der Mitochondrien auf

Forscherinnen und Forschern der Universität Freiburg ist es gelungen zu beschreiben, wie die so genannten Beta-Barrel-Proteine in die Membran von Mitochondrien eingebaut werden. Diese Proteine ermöglichen es den Zellkraftwerken, Moleküle zu importieren und zu exportieren. (more…)

New method to measure cell stiffness could lead to improved cancer treatments

By Guest PostJanuary 28, 2018Healthamy rowat, cancer treatment, cell stiffness, kendra nyberg, measure, q dc device, quantitative deformability cytometry

UCLA researchers developed the technique and measuring device

UCLA biophysicists have developed a new method to rapidly determine a single cell’s stiffness and size — which could ultimately lead to improved treatments for cancer and other diseases. (more…)

Dentist from 1872

By ShamsJanuary 27, 2018Entertainment, Health, Media1872, dentist, extracting patient tooth

Dentist extracting a patient’s tooth with pliers as an assistant holds the patient’s head to the back of a chair with a towel, circa 1872. Dentist extracting a patient's tooth with pliers as an assistant holds the patient's head to the back of a chair with a towel, circa 1872. pic.twitter.com/sBWUAzMNmN — History In Pictures […]

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