More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and asked her how the shortage affects health care for nursing home residents, if nursing homes in poorer neighborhoods have been hit harder by […]

Lynette Charity, MD When Lynette Charity, MD, was in her 40s, she found herself standing on a bridge, prepared to jump. That’s not a metaphor. Real bridge. Real urge to jump. At the time, she was working as an anesthesiologist and had started hearing voices in her head — not the funny kind. As she stood on the bridge, one […]

Skin cancer: Dr Chris outlines the signs of a melanoma If you don’t practise sun safety, there’s a high risk of developing skin cancer. Since the early 1990s, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have increased by 140 percent in the UK, leading charity Cancer Research UK warns. In order to minimise your risk of the disease, Dr Borysiewicz – based […]

Recent research from UTHealth Houston suggests that the administration of some vaccinations, including those for tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), shingles (herpes zoster), and pneumococcus, are associated with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research revealed that individuals who had received at least one influenza vaccine had a 40% lower probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared to those […]

Standing alone in the rain, I felt rejected from society once again. I had come out of a dentist appointment and was waiting for a taxi I had booked to take me and my guide dog Marty home. All of a sudden, I got a call from the driver. After approaching us, he decided he didn’t want to collect me and Marty, […]

Britain’s first WOMB transplant: Huge medical breakthrough sees mum, 40, donate her uterus to childless younger sister in mammoth 17-hour op – and now she wants ‘as many babies as I can’ Procedure marks a breakthrough for British women who unable to give birth The 40-year-old donor, who already has children, made the gift to her sister The UK’s first […]

High levels of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 may reduce or overcome the protection that vaccination and prior infection provides, according to a new study by researchers from Yale University, revatio heart failure the University of Florida, and the Connecticut Department of Correction. The findings, published Aug. 19 in Nature Communications, suggest that in densely crowded settings, control […]

Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topics, from covid treatments and vaccines to reproductive health issues, a new poll from KFF shows. The confusion about what’s true—and who’s telling the truth—is […]

Scientists have detailed how a combination of grafted replacement motor neurons and optical nerve stimulation—using light to activate neurons—can improve muscle function in a highly aggressive mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Their research in mice, published today as an eLife Reviewed Preprint, is described by the editors as a fundamental study that presents convincing evidence for the restoration […]

Ballet flat shoes—those thin-heeled lightweight slip-on shoes—are making a fashion comeback. And it’s not hard to see why: they’re versatile, easy to wear, soft, flexible and often worn by celebrities. We have often been warned of the dangers of high-heeled shoes, so you might think ballet flats are problem-free. When you look at the research, however, a complicated picture emerges. […]