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Cancer cells may promote metastases and resistance to therapy, depending on their state

November 30, 2021 administration cancer, cells, depending, metastases, promote, resistance, state, therapy

Malignant breast cancer cells that have undergone partial EMT (green) leave the original cell cluster (red) and migrate to the

Politics

Conversion therapy: MP warns of loophole in proposed ban

November 25, 2021 administration ban, BBC News, conversion, loophole, proposed, therapy, warns

But the government insists its plans will protect LGBT people and freedom of choice. BBC News

Health

Study shows treating insomnia with cognitive behavioral therapy can prevent major depression in older adults

November 25, 2021 administration adults, behavioral, cognitive, depression, insomnia, major, Older, prevent, shows, study, therapy, treating

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health has found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I)

Health

Electroconvulsive therapy is safe for treatment of mental conditions, suggests large-scale study

November 24, 2021 administration conditions, electroconvulsive, Largescale, MedicalXpress, Mental, safe, study, suggests, therapy, treatment

by Frontiers Credit: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0 The safety concerns associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are unwarranted, according to a

Health

Prompt initiation of antiretroviral therapy reduces cancer risk in HIV patients

November 23, 2021 administration antiretroviral, cancer, HIV, initiation, patients, prompt, reduces, risk, therapy

Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.10.021 HIV patients have an increased risk of developing skin and mucosal cancers, even though HIV

UK News

NHS could give therapy before anti-depressants, under new guidelines

November 23, 2021 administration antidepressants, BBC News, give, guidelines, NHS, therapy

Group exercise and mindfulness are also to be recommended before medication, according to new advice. BBC News

Health

Distinct gut bacterial profile highly responsive to IBS dietary therapy identified

November 23, 2021 administration bacterial, dietary, distinct, gut, highly, IBS, identified, MedicalXpress, profile, responsive, therapy

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who respond well to the recommended dietary therapy of restricting intake of fermentable carbs for

Health

Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against Hemophilia

November 19, 2021 administration advance, big, gene, Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against Hemophilia, hemophilia, therapy

Title: Gene Therapy Could Be Big Advance Against HemophiliaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/18/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/18/2021 12:00:00 AM MedicineNet.com

Health

Gene Therapy May Reverse Hurler Syndrome, a Rare and Severe Illness in Kids

November 19, 2021 administration gene, Gene Therapy May Reverse Hurler Syndrome a Rare and Severe Illness in Kids, Hurler, Illness, kids, Rare, reverse, Severe, syndrome, therapy

Title: Gene Therapy May Reverse Hurler Syndrome, a Rare and Severe Illness in KidsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/18/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial

Health

Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients

November 18, 2021 administration boosts, Cell, failure, heart, Outcomes, patients, stem, Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure Patients, therapy

Title: Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Outcomes for Some Heart Failure PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/17/2021 12:00:00

Scotland

Experts to advise on LGBT conversion therapy ban in Scotland

November 18, 2021 administration advise, ban, BBC News, conversion, experts, LGBT, scotland, therapy

The Scottish government has committed to ending the “harmful” practice by the end of 2023. BBC News

Health

Novel gene therapy for hemophilia A leads to sustained expression of clotting factor and reduced bleeding events

November 17, 2021 administration Bleeding, clotting, events, expression, factor, gene, hemophilia, leads, MedicalXpress, reduced, sustained, therapy

Lindsey A. George, MD, lead study author and attending hematologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Credit: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Northern Ireland

Electroconvulsive therapy: ‘I have no memory of a year of my life’

November 17, 2021 administration BBC News, electroconvulsive, life, memory, therapy, year

Lisa Morrison moved to Northern Ireland from South Africa after she got married. “I had my children in Northern Ireland,

Northern Ireland

Concerns over electroconvulsive therapy regulation

November 17, 2021 administration BBC News, concerns, electroconvulsive, regulation, therapy

ECT involves passing electric currents through the brain to treat conditions such as depression. BBC News

Health

Scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer

November 17, 2021 administration cancer, Cell, immune, MedicalXpress, offtheshelf, Scientists, strides, therapy

An engineered HSC-iNKT cell (blue) attacking a human tumor cell. Credit: Yang lab/UCLA Immunotherapies, which harness the body’s natural defenses

Health

Giving immunotherapy before targeted therapy improves survival in advanced melanoma

November 15, 2021 administration advanced, giving, Immunotherapy, improves, MedicalXpress, Melanoma, survival, targeted, therapy

Melanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain — this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 More

Health

Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MS

November 12, 2021 administration Body, mind, people, therapy, Vibration, Vibration Therapy May Help Body Mind in People With MS

Title: Vibration Therapy May Help Body, Mind in People With MSCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/11/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/11/2021 12:00:00

Health

Study uncovers a new understanding of how mesenchymal stromal cells benefit patients in cell therapy

November 11, 2021 administration benefit, Cell, cells, MedicalXpress, mesenchymal, patients, stromal, study, therapy, uncovers, understanding

Apoptotic MSC (red) is engulfed by a macrophage (green). Credit: Professor Tracy Heng The therapeutic benefit to patients receiving mesenchymal

Health

AI can tell if you a therapy session will be effective

November 11, 2021 administration effective, MedicalXpress, session, therapy

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most common types of talk therapy in the

Health

Immunotherapy may yield longer treatment-free survival than targeted therapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma patients

November 10, 2021 administration advanced, carcinoma, Cell, Immunotherapy, longer, patients, renal, survival, targeted, therapy, treatmentfree, yield

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received the checkpoint inhibitor combination nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab

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