September 9, 2024 by Tanesha R. Johnson, University of Kentucky Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChildren who were diagnosed with a chronic condition at an early age face challenges that go beyond their physical health. Diseases like sickle cell have an especially stressful impact on not just the patient, but their families and caregivers as well. Sickle...
September 9, 2024 by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: National Institutes of HealthSickle cell disease is a common genetic disorder characterized by periodic occurrences of pain that occur repeatedly throughout life. These episodes, referred to as vaso-occlusive episodes, happen when sickled cells obstruct blood vessels. The degree of pain may range from a mild...
September 9, 2024 by Ludwig Cancer Research Credit: Cancer Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.08.012A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that recurrent tumors of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) grow out of the fibrous scars of malignant predecessors destroyed by interventions such as radiotherapy, surgery and immunotherapy. Led by Ludwig Lausanne’s Johanna Joyce, Spencer...
September 9, 2024 by University College London Credit: Ageing Research Reviews (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102445People with dementia are more likely to have suicidal thoughts but are not necessarily more likely to attempt or die by suicide than the general population, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Ageing Research Reviews, analyzed...
September 10, 2024 by Dennis Thompson Taking steroids more than doubles a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. Patients taking steroid pills, injections or infusions are 2.6 times more likely to develop diabetes than those not on steroids, researchers reported Sunday in a presentation at the annual meeting of the...
By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D.Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Nucleic acids are building blocks of DNA or RNA of any cellular organisms or viruses.1, 2, 3A mutation is a change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene, which may occur due to errors in DNA replication during cell division, viral infection, and exposure to mutagens.4...
September 9, 2024 by Phillip Reese, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAbout 11,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and about 1,500 died. The latest federal data shows the rate of new breast cancer diagnoses in Asian American and Pacific Islander women—a group that once had relatively...
September 9, 2024 by George Hale, Texas A&M University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Diabetes affects millions of Americans, with 1.4 million new cases diagnosed each year. This chronic condition is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and accounts for more than $320 billion in annual health care costs. In addition,...
By Usha Lee McFarling Sept. 9, 2024 Abusy medical student, Vanessa Apea wasn’t her usual energetic self. So she dragged herself to the doctor to get checked and have her blood drawn. A week later, she received a call telling her to return to the clinic; it was urgent. When she arrived, the doctor asked...
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > ESC 2024 Sue Hughes September 05, 2024 LONDON — Two new trials have confirmed that time of day does not matter when it comes to taking antihypertensive medication. Both the BedMed and BedMed-Frail trials, presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, showed no difference in death...
