THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN IMAGE: BENEDICTE SJO TISLEVOLL. PHOTO: JØRGEN BARTH, UIB CREDIT: PHOTO: JØRGEN BARTH, UIB Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, has found a new method that within hours can predict if certain cancer patients will survive or not after chemotherapy. Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive blood cancer with poor survival. Although...
by University of Seville A) Neuron of the cerebral cortex infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (viral particles in green). B and C) In B, cortical neurons infected by SARS-CoV-2 (in brown) and, in C, absence of infection in the same brain region of mice vaccinated with MVA-CoV2-S. Credit: IBiS Although the pathology of the respiratory...
by King’s College London Keloid formed after operation. One year since surgery. Credit: Michael Rodger/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Seeking to discover the association between excessive scarring and other conditions, researchers in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences and St John’s Institute of Dermatology at King’s College London used medical records available through the UK Biobank to investigate co-morbidities...
By Patrick Skerrett Jan. 9, 2023 In summer 2022, at least 70 children in Gambia died from kidney failure after using cough medicine made by India-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals that contained toxic chemicals. XAVIER GALIANA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Cough medicine tainted with ethylene glycol that killed at least 19 children in Uzbekistan in late December 2022 has once again...
Tympanosclerosis refers to scarring of the eardrum due to infection, surgery, or injury. Many people with the condition do not experience any symptoms. Treatments may include hearing aids or surgery. Tympanosclerosis is a post-inflammatory condition that affects the middle ear and tympanic membrane, also known as the eardrum. When tympanosclerosis affects only the eardrum, healthcare...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain US public health officials this week authorized pharmacies to sell abortion pills by prescription. What exactly does that change for women in the United States, after several states banned abortion last year? Where were they sold before? A medication-induced abortion, also known as medical abortion, involves taking two different drugs over...
by Rebecca Biason, University of Toronto EORTC QLQ C30 global health subscale QOL over time. Model predicted QOL stratified by curative versus palliative on the basis of our latent growth curve modeling, no difference by treatment arm (P > .05). EORTC QLQ C30, European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire...
by University of Copenhagen Reduced vitamin D-induced cathelicidin expression and M. tuberculosis elimination in macrophages from the HVDRR patient (A) mRNA and (B) protein levels of cathelicidin in macrophages from control subjects (VDRWT) and the HVDRR patient (VDRR80W). The macrophages were treated with 1,25(OH)2D3 and M. tuberculosis as indicated below the graphs. The cathelicidin levels were...
By Betsy Morris Jan. 8, 2023 9:00 am One of the latest trends in boutique fitness is electrifying. Literally. Called whole-body electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, the technique requires users to wear an electrode-studded suit that attaches to a machine. The suit delivers electrical impulses that make each exercise more difficult as muscles fight against...
Nancy A. Melville October 24, 2022 MONTREAL— Patients who discontinue levothyroxine for subclinical hypothyroidism may gravitate towards becoming mildly hypothyroid again, but they importantly show no differences in terms of symptoms and quality of life — and sometimes show even improvement — compared with those who continue treatment, new research shows. “Our results show feasibility of patient enrollment...
