Stay away from A&E, health chiefs urge as devastating 72-hour junior doctors’ strike enters final day – with union behind chaos accused of wanting ‘stunts not talks’ Health chiefs urge patients to only go to A&E in ‘life-threatening emergencies’ It comes as the 72-hour strike among junior doctors enters its final day  Health chiefs have urged sick Brits to stay […]

We all have or own unique bowel habits, and it’s great to know your own body. While how often and how easily we poo may vary, there are some steps we can all take to ease the process and help create better, healthier poo patterns.  Pooping, pooing, nipping for a number two, call it what you will – we all […]

Even though, according to recent preliminary studies, the risk of dying from cancer has declined within the European Union in recent years, cancers remain among the leading causes of death. However, there has been extremely encouraging progress in some areas, such as the fight against lymphoma using cancer immunotherapies with CAR-T cells. With the help of a genetic engineering process, […]

A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world’s fastest growing brain condition—Parkinson’s disease. For the past 100 years, trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used to decaffeinate coffee, degrease metal, and dry clean clothes. It contaminates the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, 15 toxic Superfund sites in Silicon Valley, and up to one-third of groundwater in […]

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) released a summary of its new guideline titled "the Optimal Timing of Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty for Patients with Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis or Osteonecrosis Who Have Failed Nonoperative Therapy." The ACR and AAHKS have worked together before, creating guidelines for Perioperative […]

Shinsuke Suzuki at The University of Melbourne, Australia reports distinct patterns of reward-seeking behavior between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and problem gambling, in a study publishing in the open access journal PLOS Biology on March 14. OCD is associated with lower-than-normal learning rates when rewards are less than expected. On the other hand, people with problem gambling exhibit boosted and […]

Regions of the U.S. with an extreme level of socioeconomic disadvantage were less likely to have access to accredited medical imaging facilities and centers of excellence, according to a research letter published in Radiology. Higher proportions of the disadvantaged zip codes were located in the rural southern portion of the U.S. A lack of access to high-quality imaging facilities has […]

A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 800,000 young people between the ages of 3 and 17 showed that youth at the upper range of average weight had a 26% higher risk of developing hypertension than those closer to what is considered average weight. The study was published March 14, 2023, in JAMA Network Open. “Hypertension during youth tracks into […]

COVID-19 related stress had a greater impact on the mental health of those who were pregnant during the pandemic, compared to those who weren’t, new UNSW Sydney research has found. In a longitudinal study of 742 pregnant participants, Dr. Susanne Schweizer from UNSW Science, together with colleagues in Europe and the US, collected data on mental health at multiple time […]

Who among us has never laughed out loud when a friend stumbles on the pavement, bumps their head while standing up, or misses a step on the stairs? I’m the first to admit to being guilty of this behavior. So I would like to take this opportunity to apologize (once again) to my colleague Janie for bursting out laughing when […]