Until now, detecting of dangerous for people pathogen, which is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), involved a long-lasting research. Recently faster method of detecting the microbe is available to use. It is approved in the USA NucliSENS EasyQ test which enables the diagnosis in 2 hours.
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Although corticosteroids have been used in obstetrics for more than 40 years, many issues concerning their administration, benefits and threats still remain unclear. Various aspects of corticosteroid therapy were examined during clinical trials, but many of them represent opposing points of view. Specialists from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) compiled data of the last 10 years and created new guidelines. Let us take a look at what they managed to establish. Read full text »

Transplantation medicine has made another step forward! This time a person, who had been doomed for a wheelchair, was given a chance to walk on new legs. The simultaneous transplantation of two legs was conducted by dr Pedro Cavadas from Spain. Read full text »

Precision ophthalmic tints (POTs) have been gaining increasing popularity in preventing migraine attacks. Over the last 10 years about 25 thousand tinted glasses have been prescribed (1). The hypothesis explaining how the specs work was based on presumably soothing effect of the lenses on visual cortex hypersensitivity. The recent study (2), published in the journal Cephalgia, was designed to investigate the neurological basis of a beneficial effect of POTs. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was successfully used. Scientists from Michigan and Essex Universities managed to explain how the use of simple glasses can change a brain activity and what it has to do with migraine. Read full text »

Bariatric operations are cost-effective not only for individuals with major obesity, but also in case of moderately obese patients. This conclusion was brought after summary of 170 studies, performed by the team from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA. Scientist suggest that anyone with a BMI above 30 kg/m2 should have an access to this kind of treatment. Read full text »

Eating nuts every day could help control type 2 diabetes and prevent its complications. This is a conclusion from a study carried out by scientists from University of Toronto, published in Diabetes Care journal. Replacing the carbohydrates with 2 ounces (60 grams) of nuts daily, significantly altered blood glucose level and blood lipids profile in type 2 diabetes patients. Read full text »

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases – there are about 50 million of people suffering from this still incurable disease. Exact causes of abnormal neuronal activity in brain are still uncertain, therefore there is only symptomatic treatment available. However, therapeutic issues are not the only problem. Coexistence of mental disorders, lack of basic knowledge about epilepsy in society, stigma – these are only few point in discussions about epilepsy. According to the interview with John Pellock, president of American Epilepsy Society, let’s have a look at new directions in epileptic care (1). Read full text »

Scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified an enzyme, which is significant regulator of breast cancer development and metastasis. PTPN23 is intracellular protein, which plays key role in cell signaling and can promote metastases. Read full text »

Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes ulcer disease. New results published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation revealed that infection protects against allergy-induced asthma. Read full text »

A new exciting substance has been discovered –it may soon replace opioids in their fight against chronic pain.

Pain may be defined as a subjective, negative sensation that informs an organism about a tissue damage. It is concerned as a phenomenon thanks to which the human race has learned to live in his natural surroundings. Pain is a element of great significance in localizing and diagnosis of the disease focus, leading to more effective treatment. Nevertheless there are types of pain that have nothing to do with warning about the danger of tissue damage: neuropathic pain, oncological pain, phantom pain. Their function is questionable and they concur to the escalation of psychological and physical suffering of the patient. Read full text »