New treatments for progeria

new treatments for diabetic retinopathy

diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the world. strict control of blood sugar, blood pressure, laser therapy, pharmacotherapy and vitrectomy are of among common diabetic retinopathy treatments. further studies to investigate the effect of protein kinase c inhibitors, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, growth hormone and other proposed treatments for diabetic retinopa...

New treatments for influenza

Influenza has a long history of causing morbidity and mortality in the human population through routine seasonal spread and global pandemics. The high mutation rate of the RNA genome of the influenza virus, combined with assortment of its multiple genomic segments, promote antigenic diversity and new subtypes, allowing the virus to evade vaccines and become resistant to antiviral drugs. There i...

New treatments for incontinence.

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common, yet underdetected and under-reported, health problem that can significantly affect quality of life. UI may also have serious medical and economic ramifications for untreated or undertreated patients, including perineal dermatitis, worsening of pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, and falls. To prevent incontinence, the urethral sphincter must maintai...

New Treatments for Hypercholesterolemia

New treatments for metastatic melanoma.

CMAJ 2014.001:10.1503 /cmaj.130989 U ntil 2010, the median survival of pa­ tients with metastatic melanoma was about seven months, and only 6% of patients survived to five years. Chemotherapy with dacarbazine was the standard of care, al­ though it had not been proven to improve patient survival.1 Randomized controlled trials have now shown that both kinase inhibitors and immunotherapeutic anti...