September 18, 2024 by Lancet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAlthough stroke is highly preventable and treatable, there has been a rapid rise in the global stroke burden between 1990 and 2021, due to both population growth and the rise of aging populations worldwide, as well as a substantial increase in people’s exposure to environmental and behavioral...
September 19, 2024 by Jaimie Ding Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer takes questions at a news conference in Los Angeles on March 12, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, FileHealth officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S....
September 18, 2024 by University of Helsinki Credit: Pixabay/Gerd AltmannAbout one-third of patients with schizophrenia do not respond to conventional medications, leaving them with one effective treatment option: clozapine. Clozapine’s most serious side effect, a life-threatening drop in white blood cell levels, has been effectively controlled through strict monitoring. However, recent findings show that the...
September 18, 2024 by Rebecca Badeaux, UC Davis Credit: UC DavisTightness in the throat. Difficulty swallowing. A noticeable bump on your neck. These are the reasons why more than 40 people have sought out the expertise of endocrinological surgeon Claire Graves. Some have come from as far as Idaho for a procedure only available in...
By Bronwyn ThompsonSeptember 18, 2024 The 20-minute-a-day treatment aims to improve ADHD executive functionNeurode An innovative start-up is out to change how attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is managed, bypassing the traditional route of medication to instead use non-invasive light electrical brain stimulation delivered by a headband worn for just 20 minutes a day. Neurode, an Australian...
By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D.Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Proto-oncogenes are a group of genes that normally regulate cell division and growth by encoding regulator proteins for cell cycle, growth factors, transcription factors, DNA-binding proteins, and protein kinases that are involved in signal transduction. Upon mutation, proto-oncogenes change to oncogenes and transform normal cells into...
September 18, 2024 by Elana Gotkine A new prognostic model can predict and stratify hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in noncirrhotic adult patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), according to a study published online Sept. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Gi-Ae Kim, M.D., Ph.D., from Kyung Hee University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, and...
September 18, 2024 by Kobe University Using a multi-step screening scheme that strikes a balance between the least burden on the pregnant women and high test sensitivity, the Kobe University obstetrician Tanimura Kenji and his graduate student Tomimoto Masako measured how many women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus would have been missed had they used...
September 18, 2024 by American College of Cardiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe global prevalence of congenital heart disease is higher among women who live at high altitudes, according to a new study presented at ACC Latin America 2024 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. However, congenital heart disease in these regions is underestimated and underdiagnosed because...
September 18, 2024 by New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLast week, President Joe Biden and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury issued new rules meant to ensure that insurance coverage for mental health conditions and substance abuse disorder has parity with the...
