by University of Limerick J Calvin Coffey, Foundation Chair of Surgery at UL’s School of Medicine in Ireland, whose major discovery led to the reclassification of the mesentery as a new organ in 2016, has published new research on the makeup and structure of the abdomen. Credit: Alan Place A pioneering University of Limerick professor...
by University of Connecticut Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A serious side effect of weight-loss surgery can take more than a year to appear. Vanessa Hurta is spreading the word. Hurta, who completed her doctorate of nursing practice at UConn’s School of Nursing this month, has worked as a nurse practitioner in a bariatric surgery practice for many years. UConn’s DNP...
NYU LANGONE HEALTH / NYU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE A surgical procedure meant to counter ulcerative colitis, an immune disease affecting the colon, may trigger a second immune system attack, a new study shows. The study results revolve around the immune system, the cells and proteins that destroy invading bacteria and viruses. Activating it brings about...
By RYAN MORRISON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 06:24 EST, 28 January 2021 | UPDATED: 10:21 EST, 28 January 2021 A new non-invasive treatment for prostate cancer is the ‘single biggest change in 20 years’ and can prevent side-effects related to surgery, a new study found. Researchers from Imperial College London studied the results of over 500 patient given the treatment – named focal therapy –...
IOS PRESS IMAGE: UNIDAD DE DETERIORO COGNITIVO CREDIT: VALDECILLA Amsterdam, January 21, 2021 – A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease carried out by researchers at the Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL University Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bonn Medical Center, proposes that major surgery is a promoter or accelerator of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The...
Testosterone injections can trigger drastic long-term weight loss in obese men, a German study has found. Men with an average weight of 18 stone (114kg) saw their weight drop by 4st and 3lbs (27kg) over a decade while having the jabs every three months as part of a study. Their body mass index (BMI) went...
by Washington University School of Medicine Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients. A longstanding theory has suggested that the operation may have unique, weight loss-independent effects in treating diabetes. But new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates...
Researchers at McMaster University and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have reported the discovery and diagnosis of an aggressive malignant bone cancer — an osteosarcoma — for the first time ever in a dinosaur. No malignant cancers—tumours that can spread throughout the body and have severe health implications—have ever been documented in dinosaurs previously. The...
by University of California – Berkeley When we dream, our brains are filled with noisy electrical activity that looks nearly identical to that of the awake brain. But University of California, Berkeley, researchers have pulled a signal out of the noise that uniquely defines dreaming, or REM sleep, potentially making it easier to monitor people...
by University of Birmingham Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows. The living brain is constantly producing regular rhythmic patterns of activity, which can be compared to musical notes. Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the UK, and the University of...
