Risk-adapted starting ages of screening vary by sex and polygenic risk score (PRS) among individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), monopril dosage according to a study published online Oct. 25 in JAMA Network Open. Xuechen Chen, Ph.D., from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, and colleagues illustrated derivation of risk-adjusted starting ages of CRC screening based on […]

Reviewed The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials demonstrating their potential in preventing disease transmission. Now, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have conducted an analysis of the World Mosquito Program's randomized control trial […]

Patients with dementia have markedly increased risks for psychiatric disorders before dementia diagnosis, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Network Open. Minjia Mo, ovares dehydroepiandrosterone and folic acid soft gelatin capsules Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined temporal risk patterns of psychiatric disorders among patients with dementia before, at the time of, […]

In a recent review published in the Journal of Neurochemistry, researchers evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Study: COVID-19 and the impact on Alzheimer's disease pathology. Image Credit: alexialex / Shutterstock.com Background COVID-19 primarily affects older individuals with medical disorders that compromise their immunity. The varied neurological manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]

Dr Hilary discusses health impacts of central heating With temperatures slowly dropping around the country, many face the difficult decision of whether to put the heating on during the ongoing cost of living crisis. Health experts often warn of health risks associated with cold homes, but Dr Hilary Jones shared that central heating could also spell trouble. According to the […]

Researchers in São Paulo state, Brazil, have developed a low-cost anti-inflammatory hydrogel that in future could help treat chronic skin lesions such as those often seen in people with diabetes. They report the results of animal tests in an article published in the journal Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. According to the International Diabetes Federation, Brazil ranks sixth among countries with the […]

Reviewed A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran from Arkansas who survived a work-related high-voltage electrical accident. The surgery included transplanting the entire left eye and a portion of the face from a single donor, making this the first-ever human whole-eye transplant in medical history and the […]

A promising new cancer therapy also appears extremely potent against one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB). Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) have found that the therapy dramatically reduces TB growth, even for bacteria that are drug-resistant. The findings, reported in the journal Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, were made in novel cellular models featuring TB-infected […]

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers conducted a systematic review of human clinical trials that examined the administration of oral probiotics to improve gut microflora and manage type 2 diabetes mellitus. Study: The Effects of Oral Probiotics on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM): A Clinical Trial Systematic Literature Review. Image Credit: FOTOGRIN / Shutterstock Background Type 2 diabetes […]

Scientists at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) have uncovered one way tobacco smoking causes cancer and makes it harder to treat by undermining the body’s anti-cancer safeguards. Their new study, published in Science Advances, links tobacco smoking to harmful changes in DNA called ‘stop-gain mutations’ that tell the body to stop making certain proteins before they are fully […]