A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a strategy to noninvasively track immune cells known as macrophages within brain and breast tumors in living mice. Cancers often recruit and reprogram these tumor-associated macrophages, or TAMs, to support their own growth and confer resistance to therapies. Led by Ludwig Lausanne's Johanna Joyce and Davide Croci and their colleague at the Lausanne […]

Loneliness is a risk factor for depression, but it can also be a symptom. Mental health professionals who treat patients experiencing both must navigate the complex relationship between the two conditions, yet also understand and treat them individually. To shed light on this, a multidisciplinary collaboration between Penn, Purdue, Stanford, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) combined traditional […]

A big group of bacteria found in our soil, our water and our showerheads are harmless for most of us, but a new study indicates they are associated with an increased risk of dying in individuals whose kidneys have failed. In what appears to be the first study of its kind, investigators at the Medical College of Georgia and Charlie […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. On a Sunday afternoon in August, health services researcher Stacie Dusetzina was sitting alone in her office at Vanderbilt University, watching C-SPAN and crying. The U.S. Senate was voting on the Inflation Reduction Act, which among other things is designed to ensure that people on […]

Researchers examined the link between blood protein levels and long COVID incidence. They found that levels of certain blood proteins six weeks after contracting SARS-CoV-2 may predict long COVID risk. They noted that larger studies are needed to confirm their results. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), long COVID is characterized by symptoms that occur around three months after […]

Covid has changed the way we view health and the role of the NHS. But how genuine is government chat around transitioning to a preventative health society, and what role should fitness professionals be playing in helping with those new priorities? A few years ago, I qualified as a level three PT. As well as being able to lead group […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled since September, hardening the resolve of authorities to eliminate outbreaks as quickly as they appear and dimming hopes for an easing in their zero-COVID stance. China reported 1,624 new COVID-19 infections for Oct. 12, of which 372 were symptomatic and 1,252 asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. […]

It was a summer of pure magic for Bruce Willis, Emma Heming Willis, and their two daughters. In a video shared by Willis’s wife, the father of 5 is seen enjoying sweet quality time with his youngest daughters, Mabel Ray, 10, and Evelyn Penn, 8. The heartwarming video, set to Maren Morris‘s hit, “Bones,” shows the proud papa doting on his […]

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, have optimized a method for tumor diagnosis using radionuclides. Potential side-effects can now be significantly reduced through a molecular trick. The researchers report their results in the current issue of the scientific journal Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. With the development of a new class of so-called radiopharmaceuticals, the […]

A global study of over 28,000 people has provided the strongest evidence to date that lowering blood pressure in later life can cut the risk of dementia. Dr Ruth Peters, Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney and Program Lead for Dementia in The George Institute’s Global Brain Health Initiative, said that in the absence of significant dementia treatment breakthroughs, reducing the […]