With forecasts showing an “extremely active” hurricane season and the entire country under varying degrees of grappling with physical distancing and fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, planning and preparation will be key, experts say. Our hospital systems are already stressed taking care of COVID patients, so our capacity to take care of others is diminished,” said Dr. M. Tyson Pillow, […]
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Nightclubs closed their doors Monday in four more regions of Spain as new measures to curb a rise in COVID-19 infections came into effect, a day after a noisy Madrid protest against virus restrictions. Spain’s most populous region, Andalusia, along with Galicia and Cantabria in the north and Castilla and Leon in the centre were the latest Spanish regions to […]
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The development of chemotherapeutic agents with selective anti-cancer activities is increasingly unattractive due to the emergence of resistance, poor targeting of cancer tissues, and subsequent metastasis. Among tumor characteristic cell types, cancer stem cells are increasingly associated with cancer progression and metastasis, reflecting self-renewal and their propensity to enter the circulation. Scientists at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology […]
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While the volume of research of infectious coronavirus diseases is very high after an outbreak, it drops substantially upon containment, which prevents a full understanding of coronavirus management and prevention, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. In the study published in GigaScience, the researchers developed and analyzed a dataset of 35 million papers over […]
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A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has released new clinical practice guidelinesto help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic hypercapnia. Hypercapnia is the buildup of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. The guidelines, published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory […]
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Canadian pediatricians saw dozens of children and teens harmed by vaping and recreational cannabis last year—numbers some experts say may underestimate the problem. Yet, when it comes to vaping, many pediatricians remain unsure of how to raise the issue with young patients. Pediatricians reported 88 cases of illness or injury related to vaping over a 12-month period, according to a […]
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Just 339,242 patients were sent for scans and biopsies from April to June this year – a 43 percent drop on the 594,060 referred in the same period last year. The dramatic dive has led campaigners to warn the COVID-19 crisis could soon be followed by a new cancer crisis. Michelle Mitchell, Cancer Research UK chief executive, points to the […]
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A mum says giving birth to her son has left her incapable of feeling pain. Emily Madeley, 24, had a standard pain threshold prior to giving birth to her son Alfie in 2015. Even when she went into labour, she reported not experiencing much pain. When the labour process began in November 2015, she had no clue it was happening. […]
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Pink drink is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers… by making tumours ‘glow in the dark’ The drink, called Gliolan or ‘5-ALA’, uses a dye that reacts with a compound in the cancer which glows a pinkish colour when an ultraviolet light is shone on it Brand new innovation is now being used by neurosurgeons across the UK Technique doubles […]
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