Patients have been forced to visit multiple chemists to find riluzole, which slows the progression of the brutal terminal condition by a few months, due to a supply issue that has created a UK-wide stock shortage since September. One MND sufferer, who did not want to be named, recently had to go to 15 pharmacies before they could get the […]

EXCLUSIVE I assumed my stomach cramps were down to my period… but they turned out to be an ultra-rare cancer which left me planning my own funeral in my 30s Faye Louise, from West Sussex, began experiencing severe menstrual cramps  The 39-year-old was shocked when doctors told her she had a 17cm cyst  A woman who assumed her stomach cramps […]

Dr Ellie on why people should be taking Vitamin D supplements It is no secret that our health and wellbeing is linked to our surroundings. Factors such as air quality, green spaces and exposure to sunlight all have an impact. And in the UK, the latter can be difficult to come by, especially in the winter months. While this may […]

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and Jason G. Newland, MD, a professor of pediatrics, both at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have been selected to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. The council advises the leadership of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on […]

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) poses a substantial burden for both caregivers and patients, according to a study published online Nov. 28 in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. Rakesh Jain, M.D., M.P.H., from the Texas Tech University School of Medicine-Permian Basin in Midland, and colleagues conducted an online survey to assess patient and caregiver burden of TD. The analysis included 162 unpaid […]

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the LMU have discovered that, in the case of brain injuries, specific cells in the brain become active in disease situations, exhibiting properties of neural stem cells. The authors further discovered that a specific protein regulates these cells and hence could function as a target for therapy and thereby contribute to better treatments for brain […]

Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey of patients that reaffirms the prevalence of racial discrimination in the U.S. health system. The KFF survey of nearly 6,300 patients who have had care in the past three years found that about 55% of Black adults feel […]

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers used cutting-edge blood plasma proteomics to investigate if human organs age at different rates. They analyzed 11 organs in almost 5,700 adults of different ages and found that nearly 20% of study participants experienced accelerated organ aging in at least one organ. Alarmingly, 1.7% of participants depicted accelerated aging in […]

Children born between 32 and 38 weeks’ gestation are more likely to have developmental disorders—such as language delay, cognitive impairment, ADHD and Cerebral palsy—compared with children born at full term, according to a major new study. While many of the increased risks are small, because around seven percent of babies in the UK are born moderately preterm each year, they […]

Reviewed The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago uncovered a novel mechanism that leads to motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This discovery offers a new target for treatment that overcomes important limitations of gene therapy and other current therapies for SMA. […]