Dr Hilary Jones suggests fining people for missed GP appointments General practice is “standing on the brink of an existential crisis”, the chair of the Royal College of GPs has told the body’s annual conference in Glasgow. Professor Kamila Hawthore delivered a damning assessment of the current state of primary care, warning that the job of a full-time family doctor […]

Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center believe that some drugs already approved by the FDA or currently in clinical trials could be repurposed for certain breast cancer patients whose cancer has become resistant to standard therapies. Ozgur Sahin, Ph.D., a professor and SmartState Endowed Chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, led the research, which was published Nov. […]

Reviewed A new study published by researchers at the University of Toronto indicates a very high level of resilience among Canadians with arthritis whose activities were restricted due to pain. The vast majority (76%) of these individuals were free of any mental illness in the past year, including depression. The paper was published online this week in PLOS ONE. More […]

A good night’s sleep prepares us for the next day. Conversely, inadequate sleep diminishes performance in tasks requiring attention, memory, and executive functions that have real world consequences. “Readiness scores” currently provided by consumer fitness and sleep trackers were designed to predict physical performance rather than how we would handle daily tasks and social interactions. Both manufacturers and users loosely […]

FRANCE — During a visit to a 24-hour doctor service in Paris, followed by a visit to a psychiatric unit in Versailles, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, France’s health professions minister, accompanied by Aurélien Rousseau, minister for health, announced the long-awaited plan to protect the country’s healthcare workers. At the start of the week, Jean-François Cibien, MD, chair of Action praticien […]

Starring on Dr Mosley’s Just One Thing podcast, Professor Ruth Melo spoke of the sit and stand test. The professor from the University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil, revealed that the test is a good measure of frailty. Frailty refers to the likelihood of falls, which can be detrimental in older age. Professor Melo explained that the sit and stand […]

Obesity Week 2023, which this year will be conducted only on site in Dallas, Texas, from October 14 to 17, will once again offer researchers and clinicians a wide array of the latest knowledge about obesity — from preclinical research findings to the latest information about obesity prevention and patient management. Almost 240 abstracts, which have been selected by the meeting […]

There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and colleagues in Australia, Germany and the U.S. has found. The findings, published today in Trends in Cognitive Science, have important clinical, ethical and potentially legal implications, according to the authors. In […]

Reviewed Scientists have long speculated about the physical changes that occur in the brain when a new memory is formed. Now, research from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) has shed light on this intriguing neurological mystery. In a study recently published in Nature Communications, The research team has succeeded in detecting the brain neuronal networks involved in trauma […]

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