“It feels like a ticking time bomb”: 3 women on being diagnosed with a life-changing brain tumour

Written by Lauren Crosby Medlicott To mark National Brain Tumour Awareness Month, Stylist speaks to three young women whose lives have been changed forever by an unexpected brain tumour diagnosis.   At least 88,000 people are currently living with a brain tumour in the UK. Although they tend to be more common in older adults, brain tumours can also affect younger […]

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Eating too many sulfur amino acids may boost cardiovascular disease and death risk

Eating too much food containing sulfur amino acids—primarily found in proteins such as beef, chicken and dairy—may increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to new preliminary research. Sulfur amino acids are essential for metabolism and overall health, but the average person in the United States consumes far more than needed—as much as two and a half […]

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Vitamin D2’s impact on human health questionable, but vitamin D3 could be important for fighting infections

New research has found significant differences between the two types of vitamin D, with vitamin D2 having a questionable impact on human health. However, the study found that vitamin D3 could balance people’s immune systems and help strengthen defenses against viral infections such as COVID-19. In a collaborative study by the Universities of Surrey and Brighton, researchers investigated the impact […]

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The evolution of healthcare data capture: Moving to clinical innovation

Photo: Donna Roach The healthcare industry is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic into a world that demands health equity. In times of major transition – enabled by the onset of leapfrogging technologies and/or seismic shifts in culture – information is vital to re-establish and reinvent best practices. But data alone does not equal information. Health IT leaders must keep the […]

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Florida Superintendent Who Pushed School Masks Is Ousted

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school superintendent who defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on pandemic masks for students has been fired by the local school board. The 3-2 vote to terminate the contract of Carlee Simon came late Tuesday night by the Alachua County school board. […]

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Barry Gibb health: ‘It’s killing me’ – singer, 75, recalls ‘extensive’ health problem

Barry Gibb receives knighthood at Buckingham Palace 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 After the devastating loss of his three brothers, two of whom Maurice and […]

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Researchers study EEG patterns in dying man to understand brain activity at the end of life

In a recent Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience study, researchers describe their observations from continuous electroencephalography (EEG) recordings obtained from the brain of a dying 87-year-old man who was experiencing a heart attack after a traumatic subdural hematoma. Study: Enhanced Interplay of Neuronal Coherence and Coupling in the Dying Human Brain. Image Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock Conscious processing in the human brain Within […]

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