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As indicated above, ScripsNow was a sales and marketing company and we provided prepackaged medications to healthcare professionals nationwide, After closing thecompany 2 years ago, I continue to periodically post healthcare article of interest. If you enjoy them, please feel free to comment on them, If you want more information, please feel free to contact: mike@scripsnow.com

A safe and affordable treatment to slow the advancement of Parkinson's dementia has emerged – in the form of a commonly ...
07/14/2025

A safe and affordable treatment to slow the advancement of Parkinson's dementia has emerged – in the form of a commonly available cough syrup that's already being studied for its positive effect on other degenerative diseases. Researchers at St Joseph’s
Health Care London's Lawson Research Institute have released the results of a 12-month clinical trial investigating the cough medicine Ambroxol and its potential to slow Parkinson's-related dementia.

In the study, 55 patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) were ... given either a daily dose of Ambroxol or a placebo and had their memory, psychiatric symptoms and the brain-damage blood marker GFAP monitored. “Our goal was to change the course of Parkinson’s dementia,” said study lead Dr Stephen Pasternak, a cognitive neurologist at Lawson. “This early trial offers hope and provides a strong foundation for larger studies."

A safe and affordable treatment to slow the advancement of Parkinson's dementia has emerged – in the form of a commonly available cough syrup that's already being studied for its positive effect on other degenerative diseases.

Whether they're caused by injury, disease or other factors, missing sections of bone can be quite difficult to replace. ...
01/14/2025

Whether they're caused by injury, disease or other factors, missing sections of bone can be quite difficult to replace. A new injectable hydrogel could change that, however, by transforming into a robust bone regeneration material when exposed to visible light.

While bone injuries such as fractures typically heal on their own, large sections of missing bone (known as "bone deficits") often never grow back. As a result, they typically have to be filled with a piece of bone tissue harvested from one of the patient's leg bones. Not only is this an invasive and painful procedure, it also simply shifts the bone deficit from one part of the skeleton to another.

Whether they're caused by injury, disease or other factors, missing sections of bone can be quite difficult to replace. A new injectable hydrogel could change that, however, by transforming into a robust bone regeneration material when exposed to visible light.

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a complete mummified wolf was pulled from the permafrost in Siberia, after being locke...
06/26/2024

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a complete mummified wolf was pulled from the permafrost in Siberia, after being locked away for more than 44,000 years. Scientists have now completed a necropsy (an animal autopsy) on the ancient predator, which was discovered by a river in the Republic of Sakha — also known as Yakutia — in 2021.

This is the first complete adult wolf dating to the late Pleistocene (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) ever discovered, according to a translated statement from the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, where the necropsy was performed. The discovery, scientists say, will help us better understand life in the region during the last ice age.

Scientists perform necropsy on an ancient wolf pulled from Russian permafrost that may still have prey in its stomach.

Robots of the future could be wrapped in lifelike skin that can repair itself, in a similar way to the way human skin he...
06/26/2024

Robots of the future could be wrapped in lifelike skin that can repair itself, in a similar way to the way human skin heals, thanks to a novel approach involving cultured skin cells.

The skin will also appear more lifelike thanks to a new way of attaching it to the robot's skeleton as well the fact that it can repair any cuts or scrapes by itself — researchers said. They published their findings June 25 in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science.

A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too.

America’s health care system, much like Congress, is broken, and doctors have to be part of the solution. I don’t know a...
06/25/2024

America’s health care system, much like Congress, is broken, and doctors have to be part of the solution. I don’t know a single doctor who doesn’t wish to improve our ability to increase access and the delivery of health services to our patients. Maintaining and/or improving the health of patients is our goal.

That should be the goal of anyone associated with the health care system, but it’s not. Currently, our system is infiltrated and plagued by profit. There’s no quick fix or panacea. I have ideas on how to make improvements but let me point out what I see as the biggest problems.

America's broken health care system requires doctors to play a key role in its improvement, despite economic challenges and the dominance of insurance, drug companies, and the administration.

It's better to spot drunk drivers as soon as they get in their car, not once they've already been dangerously driving th...
06/25/2024

It's better to spot drunk drivers as soon as they get in their car, not once they've already been dangerously driving the roads for some time. A new facial tracking system was created with that fact in mind, and it utilizes a regular in-vehicle video camera.

Although there already are a number of experimental car-integrated setups for detecting intoxication in drivers, many utilize specialized equipment such as mini breathalyzers or even pressure-sensing seats. Others work by assessing drivers' driving patterns, potentially allowing those individuals to drive drunk as the data is still being gathered.

It's better to spot drunk drivers as soon as they get in their car, not once they've already been dangerously driving the roads for some time. A new facial tracking system was created with that fact in mind, and it utilizes a regular in-vehicle video camera.

If someone has suffered a stroke, the sooner they get the appropriate medical attention, the better. A new smartphone to...
06/23/2024

If someone has suffered a stroke, the sooner they get the appropriate medical attention, the better. A new smartphone tool may help ensure that happens, by allowing first responders to determine if a patient has indeed experienced a stroke.

The symptoms of strokes can often be subtle and/or ambiguous. In such cases, patients have to be assessed via a series of tests once they reach the hospital. If those tests indicate that a stroke has occurred, then the real treatment begins.

If someone has suffered a stroke, the sooner they get the appropriate medical attention, the better. A new smartphone tool may help ensure that happens, by allowing first responders to determine if a patient has indeed experienced a stroke.

For the first time, researchers have shown how effective a simple walking plan is in recovering from and keeping at bay ...
06/23/2024

For the first time, researchers have shown how effective a simple walking plan is in recovering from and keeping at bay lower back pain episodes. Until now, this common-sense activity has only thought to have had some benefit.

In a double-blind, randomized clinical trial, scientists from Macquarie University's Spinal Research Group enlisted 701 adults recovering from an episode of lower back pain and assigned them either a simple walking program and six physiotherapy education sessions, or no specific rehabilitation plan.

For the first time, researchers have shown how effective a simple walking plan is in recovering from and keeping at bay lower back pain episodes. Until now, this common-sense activity has only thought to have had some benefit.

A surprise result in a lab experiment has led to the discovery of an ancient biological stress pathway that can trigger ...
06/21/2024

A surprise result in a lab experiment has led to the discovery of an ancient biological stress pathway that can trigger cells to stop making what's needed to grow hair. Scientists believe this opens the door to developing a pre-emptive strike, protecting hair follicles from this process and preventing hair loss.

“We were testing a drug that targets metabolism in human hair follicles to influence how cells generate energy, which based on the work of others, we expected to stimulate stem cells," said senior author Talveen Purba, Research Fellow at The University of Manchester. “However, we found the opposite was true: Hair growth was instead blocked, as cells, including stem cells, quickly stopped dividing.”

A surprise result in a lab experiment has led to the discovery of an ancient biological stress pathway that can trigger cells to stop making what's needed to grow hair. Scientists believe this opens the door to developing a pre-emptive strike, protecting hair follicles from this process and…

A groundbreaking way of measuring fluid buildup in the body allows chronic heart failure patients to monitor their condi...
06/21/2024

A groundbreaking way of measuring fluid buildup in the body allows chronic heart failure patients to monitor their condition and treat it independently with a physician-approved response. Tel Aviv-based startup Vectorious has created a tiny pressure sensor that is implanted directly into the heart.

It is the only sensor in the world that measures the pressure in the left atrium (one of the heart’s two upper chambers) and is able to identify increases in that pressure caused by a buildup of fluid in the body. This data on the left atrial pressure (LAP) is then transmitted to an app for the patient and their doctor.

A groundbreaking way of measuring fluid buildup in the body allows chronic heart failure patients to monitor and treat their condition

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