NIH-funded preclinical study suggests new approach to treat a type of brain tumor
Artist’s rendering of a glioma cell under attack from the immune system.Ella Marushchenko
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Gliomas are common brain tumors that comprise about one third of all cancers of the nervous system. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers tested a novel combination treatment approach on mice with tumors with characteristics similar to human astrocytomas a type of slow-growing glioma and found tumor regression in 60 percent of the mice treated. These encouraging results, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could be the first step toward developing a treatment for this type of brain cancer.
In a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia, a devastating disorder that riddles the brain with clumps of abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies. The results also supported the disorder s ties to Parkinson s and Alzheimer diseases.
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A CBD breakthrough
In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made history when it approved the first CBD (cannabidiol) drug. Although Epidiolex was specifically approved to treat two rare forms of epilepsy Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome doctors also prescribe it off label to successfully treat many other forms of epilepsy.
Even beyond this one prescription medication, many people with seizures claim that CBD has benefited them. This is what you need to know about CBD products, epilepsy, and seizures.
What is CBD?
CBD is one of two main active ingredients found in both the cannabis plant and the related hemp plant. The other main active ingredient is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) best known for causing a high. By contrast, CBD does not make you high, though it appears to have other effects on the body. (Learn more about the differences between CBD and THC.)
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You’re not alone if the pandemic has unearthed small (or large) relationship irritations. Your partner’s chewing might send you spiraling. Snoring might induce rage. Or, after spending every waking moment together for nearly a year, you might have come to terms with a regrettable truth: You love your live-in partner, but you want a sleep divorce.
What is a sleep divorce, you ask? It’s an arrangement whereby couples decide that they need individual sleeping arrangements (think: separate beds, different sleep times, or entirely different rooms). There are lots of reasons you might need a sleep separation. If one of you works late nights, then sleeping together could involve 3 a.m. disruptions. One of you might have a sleep disorder that makes sleeping in the same bed unpleasant or even unsafe. It’s also possible that you and your partner started sleeping separately for some reason during this pandemic and you discovered that you enjoy the extra bed space.