Olivia Williams discusses ‘bizarre’ symptom of pancreatic cancer 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 Pancreatic cancer patients approaching the end of their lives can suffer additional […]

LeAnn Rimes thanks fans for their support on her Psoriasis 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 Psoriasis is considered an “immune condition” by the Psoriasis Association. […]

Type 2 diabetes: Doctor explains impacts of the condition 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 Why? The key to diabetes management is controlling glucose levels in […]

Can you imagine transforming your whole life in just half a day? Adventurer Colin O’Brady claims you can do just this in his new book, The 12-Hour Walk, in which he invites you to step out of your front door and start walking with nothing but your thoughts for company. The idea is to give yourself enough time to shift […]

Individuals with Down syndrome have less-frequent viral infections, but when present, these infections lead to more severe disease. New findings publishing on October 14 in the journal Immunity show that this is caused by increased expression of an antiviral cytokine type I interferon (IFN-I), which is partially coded for by chromosome 21. Elevated IFN-I levels lead to hyperactivity of the […]

Ugandan authorities insist that an outbreak of Ebola that has killed 19 people across the country has not reached Kampala, despite a couple testing positive for the virus in the capital. The World Health Organization says there have been 54 confirmed cases of the highly contagious viral haemorrhagic fever since the outbreak was first reported in the central district of […]

Europe saw a 14% decrease in live births in January 2021, just nine to ten months after the first peak of the COVID-19 epidemic and the first lockdowns, compared to the average numbers of live births in January 2018 and 2019. The researchers of the study, which is published in Human Reproduction, say that the decrease may be associated with […]

More than 3 months after the Dobbs decision by the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and revoked the constitutional right to an abortion, dermatologists who prescribe isotretinoin, a teratogenic drug used to treat severe nodular acne, say they worry even more than in the past about their patients and the risk of accidental pregnancies. Some have beefed up […]

Autistic individuals interact with the justice system at high rates as both victims and offenders. Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute explored ways to improve interactions between autistic individuals and the justice system. The collaboration led to the recently published policy brief, “Autism and the Criminal Justice System: Policy Opportunities and Challenges,” with wide reaching recommendations and considerations for the […]

Cardiothoracic surgeon Domenico Pagano, MD, champion of evidence-based medicine and former head of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), effects of rosuvastatin versus atorvastatin died October 10, according to a statement from the society and reports on social media. Pagano “was not only a first-class surgeon, he was also a passionate advocate for the fair representation of the merits […]