Pauline Anderson December 10, 2024 041 LOS ANGELES — A mattress designed to detect seizures in individuals with epilepsy who are lying face down and quickly reposition them onto their side could significantly reduce the risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), says one of the experts involved in its development. When used along...
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Lymphoedema: The ‘hidden’ cancer side-effect no one talks about
10 hours agoShareSave Katherine Wang Serenity Strull/ Getty Images Lymphoedema affects millions of people worldwide, but receives little attention (Credit: Serenity Strull/Getty Images) Patients who beat cancer can be left with an incurable, chronic and painful condition. Sufferers and doctors alike are fighting to bring this hidden condition to light. During a visit to the...
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Holding your pee can have dangerous health risks, experts say
Share Updated: 4:06 PM EST Dec 15, 2024Infinite Scroll Enabled Kristen Rogers, CNN bathroom SOURCE: DenBoma/iStockphoto/Getty Images via CNN Newsource CNN — When the bladder is begging for relief, ignoring one’s bodily cues for the sake of productivity or lounging around is common. How many times have you decided that you just need to get...
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Freezing the Pain: A New Way to Treat Rib Fractures
Robert D. Glatter, MD; Sergey M. Motov, MD; Gary S. Schwartz DISCLOSURES | December 10, 2024 Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi. I’m Dr Robert Glatter, medical advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Joining me today to discuss a novel way to treat pain related to conditions such as rib fractures and burns is Dr Sergey Motov, an emergency physician...
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PBMs took secret payments to allow free flow of opioids
By The New York Times | December 17, 2024 Topics addiction business strategy culture epidemic medical ethics opioids pharmacy regulation For years, P.B.M.s took payments from opioid manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma, in return for not restricting the flow of pills. As tens of thousands of Americans overdosed and died from prescription painkillers, the middlemen collected billions of...
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Just 1,000 more steps a day could reduce your risk of depression, study suggests
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN 4 minute read Published 10:00 AM EST, Tue December 17, 2024 1 comment Video Ad Feedback Watch: These common walking mistakes can ruin a good thing 01:57 – Source: CNN Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for free and confidential...
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Scientists uncover protein that helps cancer cells dodge CAR T cell therapy
by City of Hope National Medical Center Structure showing the targetable sites of the City of Hope-discovered YTHDF2 protein. Credit: Dr. Jianjun Chen’s Lab / City of Hope Scientists at City of Hope have collared a tricky culprit that helps cancer cells evade CAR T cell therapy. CAR T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to...
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‘Chance Finding’ a True Breakthrough for Spinal Cord Injury?
Pauline Anderson December 13, 2024 0132 Added to Email Alert Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites glutamatergic neurons in the LH, which appear to be key to restoring movement. The results represent a shift...
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Woman receives kidney transplant from genetically modified pig
Woman receives kidney transplant from genetically modified pigJoe Carrotta for NYU Langone HealthOver seven hours on November 25, surgeons in New York moved a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a 53-year-old woman who had needed a transplant since 2017. This is the third time doctors have performed a kidney transplant with an organ...
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Exploring role of understudied dysfunctional immune cells in severe COVID-19
by Trinity College Dublin Credit: JCI Insight (2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.171659 At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies had shown that COVID-19 patients with high levels of neutrophils, a key immune cell, presented with more severe disease and poor clinical outcomes. It was not clearly understood how or why this was happening. A recently published study from...