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sábado, 28 de marzo de 2026

Guselkumab shows minor added benefit for specific Crohn's disease patients

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/Guselkumab-shows-minor-added-benefit-for-specific-Crohns-disease-patients.aspx The human monoclonal antibody guselkumab has been approved for certain adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis since April 2025. In a benefit assessment, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has now examined whether guselkumab offers an added benefit to these patients.

TENS therapy reduces movement pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia patients

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/TENS-therapy-reduces-movement-pain-and-fatigue-in-fibromyalgia-patients.aspx Adding TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) to outpatient physical therapy reduced movement-based pain and fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia, and the effects lasted for at least six months, according to a new study led by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care.

Study links diagnostic timing to ovarian cancer survival outcomes

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/UStudy-links-diagnostic-timing-to-ovarian-cancer-survival-outcomes.aspx The study "Diagnostic Timing and Ovarian Cancer Survival in North Carolina" has been published in the latest issue of JAMA Network Open. Led by a team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers, this study explored the relationship between survival and how quickly patients are diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

New analysis reveals flaws in traditional BMI classification system

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/New-analysis-reveals-flaws-in-traditional-BMI-classification-system.aspx Research from Italy to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 May) and published in the journal Nutrients shows that when the gold standard technique of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is used to measure body fat in the general population, it shows that the traditional WHO body mass index (BMI) classification system misidentifies significant numbers of people as having overweight or obesity.

Global meningitis deaths remain high despite progress since 1990

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/Global-meningitis-deaths-remain-high-despite-progress-since-1990.aspx In 2023, globally 259,000 people died from meningitis and 2.5 million people were infected with the disease, suggests a study published in The Lancet Neurology. Although death and infection rates have declined significantly since 1990, progress is insufficient to meet the WHO targets of a 50% reduction in infections and 70% reduction in deaths by 2030.

Dandelion leaves boost brain-protective compounds after digestion

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260327/Dandelion-leaves-boost-brain-protective-compounds-after-digestion.aspx A common wild plant may hold hidden brain benefits. Dandelion leaf polyphenols survive digestion and continue targeting pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease.