Millions of patients are told ‘DON’T go to A&E’ unless you’re dying as NHS crisis sees six trusts warn of 12-HOUR waits while busy ambulance trust tells callers to make their ‘OWN WAY’ to hospital Hospital A&Es in West and North Yorkshire are only treating patients in ‘genuine, life-threatening situations’ South Central Ambulance Service declared a critical incident this morning […]

Today in disappointing news: a recent study from University of Bath found that moms who earn more than dads still do the majority of the housework. Study author Dr. Joanna Syrda examined data from 1999 to 2017 and looked at more than 6,000 duel-earning heterosexual couples. Despite the fact that women have been making more and more money since 1997, […]

Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), which is typically due to a neurocardiogenic mechanism, with migraine have lower odds of mortality and acute complications compared with TCM patients without migraine, according to a study published online March 24 in Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. Jobin Joseph Varghese, M.D., from the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., and colleagues queried the National Inpatient […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An implantable system can both produce and release CAR-T cells in the body to combat cancer, a mouse study shows. The system, called MASTER (Multifunctional Alginate Scaffolds for T cell Engineering and Release), is a biocompatible, sponge-like material decorated with antibodies. When it comes in contact with patient T cells combined with an engineered virus, […]

Curious about why some people have been so passionately, often angrily, opposed to vaccination against the COVID-19 virus, a team of researchers with access to rare and unusual insights into the childhood forces that shape our adult lives thought they'd try to find out. "We had so many friends and family who initially said that the pandemic was a hoax, […]

Almost one in three patients surviving a stroke of unknown cause have atrial fibrillation (AF) detectable using continuous cardiac monitoring, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association, held from April 3 to 5 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Barbara Ratajczak-Tretel, M.D., from the Østfold Hospital Trust in Sarpsborg, Norway, and colleagues attempted to quantify […]

This Morning's Dr Chris discusses the signs of high cholesterol 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 High cholesterol describes the build-up of a fatty substance called […]

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 Lead author Danielle Whitham, at Clarkson University in the US, said: “Although mammograms are a useful tool for catching breast […]

The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways The investigators attempted to estimate the metabolic features of genetic liability to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at seven different stages across the life span, with the aim of identifying early features of AD pathogenesis that may be potential targets […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans are advancing legislation that would strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them. The bill is part of a coordinated nationwide effort by anti-abortion groups responding to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision allowing women to pick up the abortion medication in person. Multiple […]