August 2025

Guideline on respiratory infections in leukemia revised

August 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / leukemia

Medicine Peer-Reviewed Publication Ruhr-University Bochum Infections are more dangerous “Patients with cancer of the blood are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections, especially in the early stages of the disease or during and after highly immunosuppressive therapies, such as stem cell transplantation,” says Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal. “Many infections that otherwise healthy people consider trivial are more […]

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The brain’s activity at rest may provide clues to Alzheimer’s disease progression, diagnosis

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / alzheimer disease

Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Michigan Some regions of the brain in people with Alzheimer’s reorganize more often while at rest than in people without the disease––and in healthy people this frequent reshuffling sometimes predicts who will develop the condition later, according to a new study from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. The brain’s

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Gene therapy restores functionality in non-human primates after heart attacks

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / heart attack

New approach uses bacterial genes to restore both strength and rhythm of damaged hearts Peer-Reviewed Publication Duke University Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in non-human primates using gene therapy for the first time. More than 800,000 Americans suffer a heart attack every year. Even

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New approach may relieve arthritic knees without drugs or surgery

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / arthritic knees

August 27th, 2025Posted by Evan Lerner – U. Utah (Credit: Getty Images) Share this Article Facebook Twitter Reddit Email You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Tags arthritis knees University University of Utah A new study reveals a potential way to relieve arthritic knees without drugs or surgery. Nearly a quarter

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New blood test for ALS detects early signs years before symptoms appear

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ALS

The blood test, with more than 98% accuracy, opens new avenues for early diagnosis, improved patient care and potential treatment of the neurodegenerative disease Peer-Reviewed Publication Johns Hopkins Medicine By 2040, experts estimate that nearly 400,000 people worldwide will be living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. This degenerative nervous system disease

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Novel therapy for pet cats with head and neck cancers could help humans, too

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / head and neck cancer

Peer-Reviewed Publication Cell Press image: Jak, a research partifipant, in April 2023, about six months after completion of the clinical trial. view moreCredit: Tina Thomas Researchers have reported results from the first-ever clinical trial of a new class of targeted therapy in pet cats with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)—a cancer which is notoriously

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Inflammation may explain why women with no standard modifiable risk factors have heart attacks and strokes

August 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / heart attack, inflammation, Stroke

by Mass General Brigham edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cardiologists have long known that up to half of all heart attacks and strokes occur among apparently healthy individuals who do not smoke and do not have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes, the “standard modifiable risk factors” which doctors often

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Optical imaging technique could help spot colorectal cancer sooner

August 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / colorectal cancer

by SPIE edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Optical imaging with autofluorescence measurements identifies cancerous tissues with high reliability. Credit: J. Lagarto (Champalimaud Foundation). Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and deadly forms of cancer worldwide. A key reason for its high death toll is that it often goes undetected until it

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Microglia gene activity shifts across Alzheimer’s stages, revealing possible therapy targets

August 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / alzheimer stages

by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Description of the FM cohort. a, Schematic of sample processing (left), alongside the distribution of selected AD diagnosis definitions and relevant measures in all 189 initial samples (right). b, Distribution of Age, Braak stage, amyloid-β plaque density and Dementia (CDR) rating according to the AD

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Survey reveals 80% of Americans don’t know early-stage prostate cancer often has no symptoms

August 28, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / prostate cancer

by Ohio State University Medical Center edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Edmund Folefac, M.D., genitourinary medical oncologist at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, emphasizes the importance of regular prostate cancer screenings for men around age 50. Credit: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer

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