When Katherine O’Neill noticed her 12 week old daughter’s eye was red, medics suggested treating her for eczema. But at six months old, baby Amelia was diagnosed with retinoblastoma – a rare eye cancer. After six rounds of chemotherapy, she had surgery to remove her eye. Now, after going through so much at such a young age, her mum described […]

Reviewers’ Notes New breakthroughs by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are set to transform cancer treatment in the UK and worldwide. Image Credit: National Physical Laboratory NPL scientists have worked on a range of projects that are set to significantly improve the accuracy of a type of radiotherapy treatment called proton beam radiotherapy. The benefits of this therapy […]

A recent Environmental Health Perspectives systematic review and meta-analysis aims to better understand the health outcomes resulting from cyclones. Study: Health Effects of Cyclones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Image Credit: Mike Mareen / Shutterstock.com More frequent and severe cyclones Extreme weather, such as cyclones, hurricanes, and tropical storms, have devastating effects on society. More recently, cyclone seasons have been associated […]

Q: Now that it has been documented infecting a person, how concerned should the rest of us be about this worm? Q: How did this woman get infected in the first place and how can readers avoid doing what she did? Q: Where do hookworm and pinworm show up? Q: Given that occurrences of nematode infections are lower here than […]

Vision Direct test people’s eyesight at Liverpool Airport Khuram Sarwar, an optician at Feel Good Contacts, said children experiencing eyesight issues “may read slower than usual”. Some children may refuse to read altogether as they struggle to read the words on the page. If you notice your grandchild squinting a lot of the time, or tilting their head to see […]

A recent Nutrients journal study evaluated how the combination of Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) supplement and dairy foods affected the gut microbiome in Australians at a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Study: Interactions between Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Dairy Foods and the Gut Microbiota Influence Cardiovascular Health in an Australian Population. Image Credit: DiViArt / Shutterstock Background Diet plays an essential role in regulating […]

Results of a multicenter phase II clinical trial led by the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center show that adding an immunomodulatory agent to treatment with the targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cediranib did not make a difference in outcomes for treating patients with an advanced form of thyroid cancer that develops from thyroid follicular cells called differentiated thyroid […]

Despite advances in treatment for high cholesterol, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) are investigating the role of a form of cholesterol called very-low-density lipoprotein—and their findings may lead to new treatment options in the future. The research team is led by Ze Zheng, MBBS, Ph.D., MCW […]

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Reviewers’ Notes About one in every five people carries a version of a gene that, although largely unsung, appears to confer protection against both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues have learned. These lucky people may someday benefit all the more from a vaccine that could slow or stall the progression of these two most […]