By VANESSA CHALMERS HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 13:41 EDT, 10 July 2020 | UPDATED: 13:54 EDT, 10 July 2020 Of a small number of patients, 15% died compared with the 85% expected Overall 70% of patients who were on the brink of death saw improvements The researchers admitted they did not expect such positive...
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There was a crooked man: Scoliosis and the deep history of the brain’s inner sanctum
by John Hewitt , Medical Xpress Lurking just beneath the surface of just about every common nursery rhyme is a complex record of times long gone. For example, the “crooked man” who “laid a crooked sixpence upon a crooked style” was none other than the great 17th-century Scot General Sir Alexander Leslie. The crooked stile...
Cochrane Review confirms effectiveness of MMR vaccines
by Wiley New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today finds MMR, MMRV and MMR+V vaccines are effective and that they are not associated with increased risk of autism. Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (also known as chickenpox) are infectious diseases caused by viruses. They are most common in children and young adults, and can...
Doctors urged to reconsider controversial acne drug
UC Riverside study calls for ‘interdisciplinary approach between psychology and dermatology for optimal acne treatment’ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE Acne treatment including the highly effective acne medication isotretinoin should be made more readily available despite reports of its association with depression and teen suicide. That’s the implication of a study just published in the...