As the saying goes, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail; and some medicines can work that way, spreading throughout the body and “treating” every cell, without discrimination. This is a real problem when it comes to cancer treatment. But now, researchers from Japan have reported an anti-cancer treatment that zeroes in on tumor cells […]

A first-of-its-kind study published today in AIDS and Behavior suggests that parents can be taught to communicate with their gay or bisexual sons about safe sex. Even better, this study finds that parents in the intervention group talked to their sons more about condoms and HIV and engaged in other parenting behaviors aimed at keeping their sons healthy. The study […]

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been around for centuries. With a history of almost 3,000 years dating back to the early Zhou Dynasty, it has been incorporated into China’s present medical system. The traditional practice involves the use of plants, animals, and minerals. It works on the principle of maintaining the delicate balance between “yin” and “yang”—the opposite but interconnected […]

Millions have died due to COVID-19 infection, and millions more continue experiencing the chronic condition, Long COVID, which makes discovering practical, accessible, and powerful SARS-CoV-2 preventatives and COVID-19 treatments essential. At the nonprofit biomedical research institution, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Derya Unutmaz, M.D., and his team have adapted what is typically a cancer therapeutic technique, CAR T cell […]

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed human genome variants related to the susceptibility and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Studies have reported that the genomic susceptibility of the host can increase the risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infections. Many studies have been conducted on host genetics for COVID-19 […]

To ensure continuity of care for patients taking clozapine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will temporarily exercise “enforcement discretion” with respect to certain clozapine risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program requirements. In a November 2 notice on its website, the FDA said it is aware that healthcare professionals and patients continue to experience ongoing difficulties with the […]

The most detailed map ever made of the communication links between the hippocampus—the brain’s memory control center—and the rest of the brain has been created by Australian scientists. And it may change how we think about human memory. “We were surprised to find fewer connections between the hippocampus and frontal cortical areas, and more connections with early visual processing areas […]

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The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also has the ability to spontaneously restore muscle function following a nerve injury was discovered by a research group at MedUni Vienna’s Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and […]

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, Mayo Clinic researchers identified substantial health disparities in rural versus urban areas in diabetes-related deaths, with other disparities based on gender. Using nationwide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the researchers examined rates and trends from 1999 to 2018, in diabetes-related deaths among adults based on county urbanization, […]