Andy Willis, 51, was handed a lifeline after being diagnosed with prostate cancer By ETHAN ENNALS PUBLISHED: 17:50 EDT, 21 October 2023 | UPDATED: 21:08 EDT, 22 October 2023 A man given only years to live after he was diagnosed with aggressive and incurable prostate cancer is now close to being tumour-free just months after he began a revolutionary drug...
Veronique Greenwood Updated Sat, October 21, 2023 at 9:04 AM MST System of neurons with glowing connections on black background (Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images)Some years ago, scientists in Switzerland found a way to make people hallucinate. They didn’t use LSD or sensory deprivation chambers. Instead, they sat people in a chair and asked them to...
Two new studies from UCLA Health suggest that the “window to the soul” may give a glimpse into the brain in depression Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES New findings from researchers at UCLA Health suggest that measuring changes in how pupils react to light could help predict recovery from depression...
By Brenda Goodman, CNN Published 3:55 PM EDT, Thu October 19, 2023 Researchers say they’ve detected leishmaniasis, which is spread by sand flies, in a number of samples from patients who say they have not traveled outside the United States.EzumeImages/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesMove over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread...
Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc.Oct 18 2023Knee and hip replacements are increasing globally due to an aging population. In the United States, the number of patients needing a joint replacement will exceed 2.7 million in the next 7 years. Post-surgery infections, while rare at 1-5% of patients, result in high patient morbidity and mortality. In...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe human gut microbiome has a significant impact on our health. Research has shown that it can influence the development and response of emotions, but the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the gut microbiome has been unexplored. PTSD is a fear-based mental health disorder that develops...
by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress Cumulative Incidence Curves of PSA Failure by Risk Categories. High risk category is defined as age younger than 70 years, PSA 10 ng/mL or more, and a Gleason score of 8 to 10. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36390Research led by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts, performed...
A study in mice and cell cultures suggests that Candida albicans can infect the brain and trigger Alzheimer’s-like mechanisms. Image credit: Paul Campbell/Getty Images.Researchers have uncovered how a common fungus enters the brain and generates toxic proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.By studying animal models, the team found that the fungus Candida albicans uses enzymes to...
Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMOct 18 2023Having a COVID-19 infection is associated with an increased risk of developing the rare disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome within the next six weeks, according to a study published in the October 18, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study also...
OCTOBER 18TH, 2023POSTED BY SARAH AVERY-DUKE DUKE UNIVERSITY“This study demonstrates proof-of-concept that a single vaccine that protects against both MERS and SARS viruses is an achievable goal,” Kevin Saunders says. “Given that one MERS and two SARS viruses have infected humans in the last two decades, the development of universal coronavirus vaccines is a global...
