Michael Gove says Government need to 'tackle' obesity The number of global diabetes cases is predicted to double, surging to a staggering 1.3 billion by 2050, new research has revealed. Currently, more than half a billion people live with diabetes, with the vast majority (96 percent) being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, which is associated with obesity. This is a significant […]
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Explaining why wait times can be so lengthy in the emergency room, a new study by UC San Francisco reports that emergency department capacity hasn’t kept up with patient demand in California over the last decade. The researchers found that the number of emergency departments (EDs) decreased by nearly 4% in California, while the number of ED visits rose by […]
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mainly affects the older population. Recent research found early disease signs in cell culture models of early human brain development, raising the possibility that the disease has its origins much earlier in life, possibly during embryogenesis—the formation and development of an embryo. Alzheimer’s disease is a highly prevalent, debilitating, and potentially fatal neurodegenerative disease with limited treatment […]
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The rate of benzodiazepine-related toxicity in Ontario, Canada, has decreased overall but has increased among young people, data indicate. In a population-based, cross-sectional study that included almost 26,000 patients, the age-standardized rate of benzodiazepine-related toxicity per 100,000 population decreased from 27.8 to 26.4 between 2013 and 2020. Clinicians should educate patients about the signs and symptoms of toxicity, “including extreme […]
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A new non-surgical bracing treatment may help to facilitate healing after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, a new study has found. Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the study looked at 80 people treated with the cross bracing protocol, and found 90% had evidence of ACL healing on MRI three months after ACL rupture. People with more […]
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Evidence from a small-scale clinical trial suggests that a variation of the advanced blood cancer immunotherapy known as CAR-T could be adapted to treat myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder of the nervous system. The modified CAR-T therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, used by scientists offers the potential for a longer-lasting reduction in myasthenia gravis symptoms and was well-tolerated […]
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The capability to reflect on their own mental state and that of others continues to develop throughout adolescence, with mentalizing scores varying by gender and personality traits, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alex Desatnik of University College London, UK, and colleagues. It has been established that the human brain undergoes […]
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Ever wonder where in your brain that interesting character called “I” lives? Stanford Medicine physician-scientist Josef Parvizi, MD, Ph.D., has news of its whereabouts. If skulls were transparent, you still wouldn’t see much going on in someone else’s brain. But Parvizi has ways of peeking into people’s heads and finding out what makes us tick. His experiments have pinpointed specific […]
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Dr Doom defends SAGE’s gloom: CMO Chris Whitty tells Covid Inquiry ‘morbid’ SAGE worst-case models that spooked ministers into lockdown are vital for pandemic planning… so we ‘know where to bury the bodies’ Horrifying predictions of upwards of 500,000 deaths spooked No10 READ MORE: Shamed ex-Health Secretary Hancock will be hauled in next week Sir Chris Whitty today defended worst-case scenario […]
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Cervical cancer: Expert discusses 'main symptoms' of condition A mum-of-two who survived cervical cancer is urging others to attend their cervical screenings, as it could save their lives. Esther Stevens, then aged 40, had the “biggest shock of her life” after a routine smear test in January 2020 led to a diagnosis of the disease. Specifically the test detected HPV […]
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