It happens every year, but we still feel a bit silly when it hits: the January blues. After the excitement of Christmas and New Year’s Day, it’s easy to sink into a major slump. The dip in mood makes sense when you think about it. You’ve just spent weeks – or months, if you’re a real festivity fan – gearing […]

Immunotherapies called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells use genetically engineered versions of a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer. These treatments have energized cancer care, especially for people with certain types of blood cancers. Now, scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) have developed new CAR T cells that can do something their predecessors […]

Lorraine: Dr Amir says spine could shrink if deficient in vitamin D 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 We all need vitamins and nutrients to keep […]

High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips 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 You can find out if you have high cholesterol through a blood test. […]

Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, according to a new scientific study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. At the start of the decade in 2010, total cancer deaths numbered 8.29 million worldwide and new cancer cases were […]

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2021/uk-health-officials-pr.jpg" alt="UK health officials prepare for omicron surge at hospitals" title="Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a Covid vaccination centre at the Rainbow Pharmacy in the Open University Campus, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, bupropion hcl sr tab Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021. Credit: Geoff Pugh/pool photo via AP” width=”800″ height=”530″> England’s National Health Service is building temporary structures at […]

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) variants of concern (VOC) have emerged, leading to repeated surges in cases, deaths, and hospitalizations throughout the world. Classification of these variants by the Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages (PANGO) nomenclature shows that although they have descended from a common ancestor, they are […]

Radical prostatectomy after confirmation of cancer via two advanced imaging techniques without biopsy is feasible, according to a retrospective study of 25 patients who refused biopsies. “Results of our case series may trigger the discussion about [radical prostatectomy] without prior biopsy as a possible option in well-selected patients,” Valentin H. Meissner, MD, and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich, […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for December 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. President Biden issued a proclamation Tuesday overturning a November travel order that barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in eight southern African countries from entering the U.S. WHITE HOUSE LIFTING OMICRON TRAVEL BAN ON SOUTHERN AFRICAN […]

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker tests people at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing site in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado RuvicSARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia has identified its first 10 Omicron infections and there are likely more, with the highly transmissible coronavirus variant expected to become dominant in the next couple of months, health officials said on […]