People with chronic epilepsy often experience impaired memory. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now found a mechanism in mice that could explain these deficits. The German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) was also involved in the study. The results are published in the journal Brain, but a preliminary version is already available online. Suppose you go to visit […]

Thinking about your resolutions for 2023? Many hail manifesting as an easy way to help your resolutions become a reality – the thinking being that it’s literally a case of mind over matter. But manifesting has to be done in a certain way for it to be effective, and if you’ve not tried it before, it can be hard to […]

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (EBG), "Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities in a general-risk population: An evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics." Noninvasive prenatal screening with cell-free DNA (cfDNA), also referred to as NIPS, was introduced into clinical practice in […]

From stargazing to Viking battles – yet more ways to forge friendships and defeat loneliness Over the past few weeks The Mail on Sunday has partnered with charity Age UK in an effort to beat loneliness by showcasing some of the best places to meet like-minded people. We have highlighted just a few of the countless groups catering for just about […]

CW: suicide It seems that the entire United States is haunted by the news of Stephen “tWitch” Boss‘s untimely death at age 40 by suicide. But what’s even more haunting is the fact that, just two days before his last moment, he posted a video to TikTok doing what he loved to do: dancing, diclofenac sodium aspirin allergy smiling, entertaining. […]

The origins of the serious cancer-like disease Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) have been identified by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital. The findings presented in Science Immunology may lead to new, targeted treatments. LCH is a serious type of cancer-like disease that mainly affects children and can be fatal in severe cases. About five to ten […]

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2022/want-to-email-your-doc.jpg" alt="Want to email your doctor? You may be charged for that" title="A registered nurse works on a computer while assisting a COVID-19 patient in Los Angeles. Hospital systems around the country are rolling out fees for some messages that patients send to physicians, saying their providers are increasingly spending more time poring over online queries, some so […]

What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts? It’s anyone’s guess what the next dozen or so months hold […]

The federal government admitted Thursday it needs more time before expanding Canada’s controversial medical assistance in dying (MAID) policy to include mentally ill people. Although the government had recently announced its intention to proceed with expanding MAID for those with long-term mental health disorders by next March, Justice Minister David Lametti said he had heard from medical experts that the […]

According to recent estimates, over 140 million people from 50 countries regularly get exposed to arsenic through drinking water. The exposure level significantly exceeds the guideline value (10 μg/L) stipulated by the World Health Organization. It is an established fact that chronic arsenic exposure from drinking water causes a variety of cancers including skin cancer. Unfortunately, there is a general […]