A to Z guide of ALL those confusing medical terms: From what an epidemiologist REALLY does to how Cristiano Ronaldo’s loved cryotherapy works From epidemiologist to cryotherapy, it can feel impossible to understand jargon Bodily functions, illnesses and treatments often have names based in Latin The Mail health team have cut through the science to explain their meaning With terms […]

Stomach cancer: Surgeon explains the symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Stomach cancer is a ruthless disease that strikes roughly 12 new people each day. […]

The study covered in this summary was published on medrxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaway Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) predicts recurrence after curative-intent surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC). Why This Matters The study shows that ctDNA may help identify patients who could benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy and heightened surveillance following CRC surgery. Study […]

A recent study in The FASEB Journal has identified metabolic perturbations in the liver and skeletal muscle of young nonhuman primates on normal diets whose mothers were obese during pregnancy. For the study, tissue biopsies were obtained from 19 post-pubertal offspring of mothers who were fed a Western diet and were obese during pregnancy, and from 13 control animals born […]

Not only is depression a debilitating disease, but it is also widespread. Approximately 20 million adult Americans experience at least one episode of depression per year. Millions of them take medication to treat their depression. But for many, the medications don’t work: Either they have minimal or no effect, or the side effects are intolerable. These patients have what is […]

ETH Zurich researchers have found that a set of proteins have different shapes in the spinal fluid of healthy individuals and Parkinson’s patients. These could be used in the future as a new type of biomarker for this disease. Many human diseases can be detected and diagnosed using biomarkers in blood or other body fluids. Parkinson’s disease is different: to […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to further restrict the use of certain PARP inhibitors in patients with ovarian cancer, citing recent data showing an increased risk for death with the agents versus chemotherapy. These restrictions could mean bankruptcy for one company. Earlier this year, several companies voluntarily withdrew their respective PARP inhibitors for heavily pretreated patients […]

Jess Jones, a licensed clinical social worker, treats a number of patients with ketamine-assisted therapy—where clients take ketamine, prescribed by a psychiatrist, in a series of sessions to treat severe depression or other serious mental health issues. Interest in psychedelic-assisted therapies such as these is growing in the United States, and an emerging body of research suggests that ketamine can […]

An all-too-common hallmark of life in a human body after 25: back pain. Despite stretches and regular workouts, CBD rubs or expert-recommended products meant to give your sore back some relief, it’s estimated that something like 31 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time, according to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). And, it’s understandable that this pain (like […]

People who grew up in deprived socioeconomic conditions, or who were overweight in childhood, are more likely to have poorer kidney function in their 30s and 40s and are more at risk of developing chronic kidney disease as they get older, a University of Otago study has shown. However, the same study shows maintaining healthy blood pressure, a healthy weight, […]