Millions of people may be exposed to risk of developing kidney failure and bladder cancer by taking herbal medicines that are widely available in Asia, warns scientists from King's College London. The medicines are used for a wide range of conditions including slimming, asthma and arthritis. They are derived from a botanical compound containing aristolochic acids. These products are now banned in the USA and many European countries but the herbs containing this toxic acid ...
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A new study published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling reports on a new advance that can help overcome the obstacles that scientists face in using the potential of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Ayurvedic medicine in developing new and effective drugs. Andreas Bender and colleagues explain that TCM has made key contributions to modern medicine. In the world's largest international clinical trial, for instance, scientists concluded that ...
A key indicator of acute kidney injury has been discovered by a team of scientists. Acute kidney injury, a common and serious complication of hospitalization, is on the increase worldwide, affecting an estimated 6 percent of all hospitalized patients and 30-40 percent of adults and children having cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. "Semaphorin 3A appears to be a sensitive biomarker that we believe will give physicians an early and accurate heads-up that their ...
