Zion Clark was born with caudal regression syndrome, a rare disorder that impairs the development of the lower spine. In Zion’s case, it meant his legs did not develop. The 22-year-old from Ohio says that one in every 100,000 children are born with the congenital condition each year. Unfortunately, Zion ended up in foster care for the first 16 years […]
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Governments and businesses are ramping up precautions as coronavirus case numbers rise to dire new levels in parts of the U.S. and around the world, potentially wiping out two months of progress. Indonesia was expected to pass the 50,000 mark for confirmed infections on Thursday. In Melbourne, health workers planned to go door-to-door to test more than 100,000 residents in […]
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Neuroscientists of the University of Zurich shed a new light on the mechanisms responsible for familial migraine: They show that a genetic dysfunction in specific brain cells of the cingulate cortex area strongly influences head pain occurrence. Migraine is one of the most disabling disorders, affecting one in seven people and causing a tremendous social and economic burden. Several findings […]
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Dozens of college students from Austin contracted COVID-19 after a spring-break trip to Mexico, according to a new report. Officials first learned of the outbreak in late March when three students at the University of Texas at Austin developed symptoms including cough, sore throat and shortness of breath, and tested positive for COVID-19. All three students said they had been […]
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A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1.5 times higher for individuals with one to two visits to the emergency department for any medical issue than for people with no hospital visits. The researchers also found that individuals with a hospital visit where […]
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Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, recorded a clinically significant change in participants’ irritability, aggression, self-injury, and yelling. The intervention was also […]
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Some of Britain’s leading medical experts called Wednesday for a swift review into the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak to learn lessons before what they said was a “real risk” of a second wave this winter. The call comes the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively brought to an end a nationwide lockdown imposed in late March to […]
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Fresh insights into why some harmful substances are so efficient at causing cancer could aid the quest for better treatments. New research reveals how chemicals can cause changes in cells to help them dodge the body’s immune system and build resistance to cancer drugs. Scientists tracked the impact of a toxic substance—similar to compounds found in tobacco, exhaust and some […]
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While many industries have been given the green-light to reopen in England from July 4, questions remain about when the nation might be able to step foot in the gym again. Boris Johnson told the Commons on Tuesday that from this date, ‘most leisure facilities and tourist attractions will reopen if they can do so safely, including outdoor gyms and […]
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In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Israel Oluwasegun Ayenigbara from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria considers accumulation of visceral fat and preventive measures among the elderly. Visceral fat is a specific fat that is produced in the body, transformed into cholesterol, and circulated in the blood to other parts of the body. The circulated cholesterol, usually in […]
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