Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Research

Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder: A RCT (jamanetwork.com)
In this randomized clinical trial, relative to placebo, low-dose semaglutide reduced the amount of alcohol consumed during a posttreatment laboratory self-administration procedure.

Pharmacology, Health, Medical Research

3 points by Anon84 18 hours ago | 0 comments

New Brunswick has no mystery neurological disease, scientific study concludes (cbc.ca)
A new scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as JAMA.

Medical Research, Neurology, New Brunswick, Canada

5 points by cpncrunch 1 day ago | 0 comments

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD: Study (neurosciencenews.com)
In a first-of-its-kind clinical study, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor University Medical Center showed that patients with treatment-resistant PTSD were symptom-free up to six months after completing traditional therapy paired with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS).

PTSD, Neuroscience, Medical Research, Treatment

132 points by rmason 2 days ago | 74 comments

Effects of lifestyle changes on cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's (2024) (biomedcentral.com)
We report the first randomized, controlled trial showing that an intensive multimodal lifestyle intervention may significantly improve cognition and function and may allay biological features in many patients with MCI or early dementia due to AD after 20 weeks.

Alzheimer's, Cognitive Impairment, Lifestyle Changes, Medical Research, Clinical Trials

11 points by chillpenguin 2 days ago | 3 comments

Ovarian Tissue Freezing Could Prevent Menopause–Possibly Forever (2024) (medicine.yale.edu)
Most women agree that menopause has its advantages and disadvantages. Some relish the end of menstruation and concerns about unplanned pregnancies, while others dread the possibililty of hot flashes, moodiness, and other unpleasant symptoms. What some women consider a brief and barely noticeable phase in their lives can evolve into lasting changes and discomfort for others.

Medical Research, Menopause, Reproduction

6 points by tempestn 3 days ago | 0 comments

Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep bruxism (nlm.nih.gov)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on patients with sleep bruxism (SB).

Medical Research, Neurology, Sleep Disorders

53 points by amelius 4 days ago | 5 comments

Origins of common lung cancer that affects smokers discovered (medicalxpress.com)
The "cell of origin" of the second most common lung cancer and the way that it becomes dominant in the lung have been discovered in a new study in mice and humans by researchers at UCL, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge.

Lung Cancer, Science, Medical Research, Genetics

12 points by mdp2021 8 days ago | 0 comments

Medicine Spares Cancer Patients from Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies (nytimes.com)
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.

Cancer Treatment, Immunotherapy, Medicine, Medical Research

8 points by bookofjoe 8 days ago | 1 comments

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use (news.mit.edu)
Newly published results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial in Japan among more than 170 children aged 1 to 6 who underwent surgery show that by using electroencephalogram (EEG) readings of brain waves to monitor unconsciousness, an anesthesiologist can significantly reduce the amount of the anesthesia administered to safely induce and sustain each patient’s anesthetized state.

Medical Research, Anesthesia, Children's Health, Brain Science

139 points by LorenDB 9 days ago | 85 comments

My fight to unlock cannabis and psychedelic drugs for use in medical research (nature.com)
From the earliest days of her career, physician Sue Sisley has been passionate about caring for US military veterans.

Medical Research, Cannabis, Psychedelic Drugs, Veterans

10 points by bookofjoe 9 days ago | 0 comments

Methylene Blue Address Vascular-Hypometabolism in Alzheimer's Disease (gethealthspan.com)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is often associated with amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, yet growing evidence supports a vascular-hypometabolism hypothesis in which cerebral hypoperfusion and mitochondrial dysfunction—particularly at the level of cytochrome c oxidase—drive early disease processes.

Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroscience, Medical Research, Health

5 points by dtawfik1 12 days ago | 0 comments

Sham Surgery (wikipedia.org)
Sham surgery (or placebo surgery) is a faked surgical intervention that omits the step thought to be therapeutically necessary.

Medicine, Placebo Effect, Medical Research

5 points by airstrike 13 days ago | 0 comments

Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006) (nlm.nih.gov)
Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis in four days: a case report and hypothesis for action by stimulation of endogenous nasal nitric oxide production

Health, Medical Research, Alternative Medicine, Case Studies

15 points by bfoks 13 days ago | 0 comments

Cluster headaches are 'the most painful condition on the planet' (theguardian.com)
The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results

Health, Pain, Psilocybin, Medical Research, Online Communities

10 points by pseudolus 15 days ago | 0 comments

Clinical trial: novel nutritional formula treats gut microbial overgrowth (medicalxpress.com)
Cedars-Sinai researchers have developed a novel nutritional formula, mBiota Elemental, a palatable elemental diet (PED) that reduces the abundance of key gut microbiome taxa and improves symptoms in patients with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and intestinal methanogen overgrowth (IMO).

Clinical Trials, Gut Health, Nutrition, Medical Research

66 points by wglb 15 days ago | 25 comments

Study Reveals an Amount of Plastic in the Arteries of Stroke Patients (businessinsider.com)
Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look — including throughout the human body.

Health, Medical Research, Plastic Pollution, Stroke

6 points by gpi 15 days ago | 1 comments

Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years – a study (cnn.com)

Marijuana, Dementia, Health, Studies, Medical Research

44 points by avodonosov 17 days ago | 96 comments

Cigarette smoking: an underused tool in high-performance endurance training (nlm.nih.gov)
The review paper is a staple of medical literature and, when well executed by an expert in the field, can provide a summary of literature that generates useful recommendations and new conceptualizations of a topic. However, if research results are selectively chosen, a review has the potential to create a convincing argument for a faulty hypothesis. Improper correlation or extrapolation of data can result in dangerously flawed conclusions.

Health, Science, Medical Research, Endurance Training

25 points by erhmmmm 17 days ago | 8 comments

A unique sound alleviates motion sickness (nagoya-u.ac.jp)
A research group led by Takumi Kagawa and Masashi Kato at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has discovered that using “a unique sound stimulation technology”—a device that stimulates the inner ear with a specific wavelength of sound—reduces motion sickness.

Motion Sickness, Sound, Technology, Medical Research

212 points by miles 19 days ago | 95 comments

Popular CT Scans Could Account for 5% of All Cancer Cases a Year (ucsf.edu)
Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.

Cancer, Health, Medical Technology, Medical Research

26 points by hsuduebc2 19 days ago | 9 comments

Differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells into neuron-like cells (biomedcentral.com)
Human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) constitute a promising alternative for central nervous system (CNS) cell therapy.

Stem Cells, Biology, Neuroscience, Medical Research

7 points by PaulHoule 21 days ago | 0 comments

Phase I/II trial of iPS-cell-derived dopaminergic cells for Parkinson's disease (nature.com)
Parkinson’s disease is caused by the loss of dopamine neurons, causing motor symptoms.

Medical Research, Parkinson's Disease, Clinical Trials

28 points by LinuxBender 21 days ago | 0 comments

New strategy may enable cancer monitoring from blood tests alone (medicalxpress.com)
A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following treatment, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Genome Center investigators.

Cancer, Healthcare, Medical Research, Blood Tests

7 points by wglb 22 days ago | 1 comments

The unusual genetic inheritance that could change Alzheimer's treatment (nature.com)
The genes of a Colombian woman who beat the odds might lead to a new way to tackle the disease.

Genetics, Alzheimer's, Medical Research, Colombia

4 points by sohkamyung 22 days ago | 0 comments

The Silencing of Scientific Curiosity (maryannedemasi.com)
As a scientific writer and researcher, I’ve witnessed the decline of medical journals firsthand. Once forums for open debate and intellectual rigour, they’ve morphed into gatekeepers, more concerned with preserving a narrow orthodoxy than pursuing truth.

Science, Journalism, Medical Research, Academia

12 points by XzetaU8 23 days ago | 4 comments

Human teeth grown in a lab for first time (independent.co.uk)
Scientists have successfully grown human teeth in a lab for the first time, according to a new study.

Biotechnology, Medical Research, Dentistry

9 points by Sontho 24 days ago | 0 comments

Radiation from CT scans could account for 5% of all cancer cases a year (medicalxpress.com)
Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.

Medical Research, Cancer, CT Scans, Healthcare

9 points by XzetaU8 25 days ago | 0 comments

'Low-sugar' vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants (medicalxpress.com)
Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system. Now, researchers have developed a universal vaccine that targets coronaviruses and the sugars that they use as cover.

Vaccines, Coronavirus, Immunology, Medical Research, Biotechnology

9 points by PaulHoule 25 days ago | 4 comments

The overlooked psychedelic that may help treat traumatic brain injury (bigthink.com)
A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

Psychedelics, Brain Injury, PTSD, Medical Research

11 points by PaulHoule 28 days ago | 1 comments

At-home saliva test for prostate cancer better than blood test, study suggests (theguardian.com)
An at-home spit test appears to perform better at predicting prostate cancer risk than the current frontline test, a study suggests.

Prostate Cancer, Medical Research, Health, Science

10 points by pseudolus 29 days ago | 0 comments