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Medical Disorders (Page 3)

Patients Devastated When Docs Dismiss Autoimmune Ailments As Psychosomatic

2025-03-03
By: Exporter
On: March 3, 2025
In: Arthritis, Bones & Joints, Medical Disorders

MONDAY, March 3, 2025 — A patient with multiple autoimmune diseases can remember the exact moment a doctor tore their heart out. “One doctor told me I was making myself feel pain, and I still can’t forget those words,” the patient remembered. “Telling me I’m doing it to myself hasContinue Reading

Drug Can Stave Off Organ Damage From Lupus

2025-02-19
By: Exporter
On: February 19, 2025
In: Arthritis, Bones & Joints, Medical Disorders

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Lupus can do irreversible harm to a person’s organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through inflammation. But a newer lupus drug appears to protect patients from much of this organ damage, a new study suggests. Anifrolumab (brand nameContinue Reading

FDA Approves Wearable Infusion Device for Advanced Parkinson Disease

2025-02-06
By: Exporter
On: February 6, 2025
In: Medical Disorders, Vitamins / Drugs

Onapgo is a subcutaneous apomorphine infusion device for the treatment of motor fluctuations in patients with advanced diseaseContinue Reading

Ozempic-Type Drug Fails To Slow Parkinson’s, Study Finds

2025-02-05
By: Exporter
On: February 5, 2025
In: Medical Disorders, Vitamins / Drugs

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hopes that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy could help slow Parkinson’s disease have taken an hit. A new study found that a drug in the same class called exenatide, marketed as Byetta, had no effect on slowing the disease or easingContinue Reading

People With Lupus Are At Risk for This Type of Heart Disease

2025-01-15
By: Exporter
On: January 15, 2025
In: Medical Disorders

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People with lupus-related skin problems are more likely to develop heart disease associated with hardening of the arteries. Lupus patients with skin symptoms are 72% more likely to develop atherosclerotic heart disease, in which arteries become clogged and less flexible, researchers reported inContinue Reading

Gabapentin Doesn’t Increase Fall Risk, Study Suggests

2025-01-09
By: Exporter
On: January 9, 2025
In: Care Giving, Medical Disorders

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A pain-relieving medication might be safer for seniors than first thought. A new study published Jan. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine says Gabapentin is widely used to help treat chronic pain and nerve pain, particularly as an alternative to opioid painkillers.Continue Reading

Early Research Points to Possible New Parkinson’s Drug

2024-12-19
By: Exporter
On: December 19, 2024
In: Medical Disorders, Neurological

THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parkinson’s is a relentless disease for which few treatments, and no real cure, exists. Now, researchers say they are on the trail of a potential new therapy for the disabling neurological illness. It’s early research, still in the animal-testing stage, as explained byContinue Reading

Scientists Find Way to Deliver Medicines Across Brain’s Protective Barrier

2024-11-27
By: Exporter
On: November 27, 2024
In: Medical Disorders, Mental Health

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The blood-brain barrier is a natural membrane that protects your brain from toxins and germs. Unfortunately, this barrier also hampers the delivery of important medicines and therapies into the brain. But researchers now think they’ve figured out a way to get drugs pastContinue Reading

Breathing Dirty Air Might Raise Eczema Risks

2024-11-15
By: Exporter
On: November 15, 2024
In: Medical Disorders, Mental Health, Skin Care

FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cases of the autoimmune skin condition eczema appear to rise in areas most plagued by air pollution, new research shows. Since data has long shown that rates of eczema — clinically known as atopic dermatitis — increase along with industrialization, dirty air mightContinue Reading

Costs for MS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Meds Keep Rising

2024-10-31
By: Exporter
On: October 31, 2024
In: Medical Disorders, Neurological

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person battling multiple sclerosis spent an average of $750 in out-of-pocket fees on medicines in 2012, but by 2021 that same patient spent $2,378 annually, a new report finds. Out-of-pocket costs for drugs for neurologic diseases such as MS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’sContinue Reading

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