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A world-renowned cancer centre hit by whistleblowing concerns over alleged bullying has been downgraded by the health watchdog. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) told The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester it "requires improvement" in safety and leadership. A former trust nurse told the BBC leaders had intimid...	Health Policy
The Pandemic Is Over But Our Pandemic Stress Isn’t (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Survey after survey tells us that Americans are struggling. The latest, the American Psychological Association’s annual gauge of stress in the US, reveals that people continue to feel worse than before the pandemic. The question is what to do abo...	Stress and Wellness
NHS waiting times, staff shortages and service backlogs have been flagged as concerns in relation to dozens of patient deaths across England and Wales since the start of last year, the Observer can reveal, with coroners facing a succession of inquests concerning ambulance delays. Coroners issue prevention of future dea...	Health Policy
Emergency room visits related to three of the most disruptive viruses — the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and Covid — are falling nationwide.But does that mean the feared "tripledemic" is over? Hardly, experts say. Viruses are notoriously hard to forecast. "We've all learned over the past couple years, when you try ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
When a doctor listens to someone's heartbeat, they typically hear a characteristic sound: "lub-dub, lub-dub." In some people, though, this two-tone heartbeat is accompanied by whooshing or rasping noises, and these unusual sounds are called a heart murmur. But what is a heart murmur, exactly, and what causes it? A hear...	Disease Research
For immune health, some influencers seem to think the Goldilocks philosophy of "just right" is overrated. Why settle for less immunity when you can have more? Many social media posts push supplements and other life hacks that "boost your immune system" to keep you healthy and fend off illness. However, these claims are...	Disease Research
As modern medicine and health care help us live longer and longer, the number of older adults is on the rise worldwide. Unfortunately, one of the ailments often encountered at an advanced age is memory loss. Solving or even mitigating this problem would seriously improve the quality of life of many.Luckily there is som...	Medical Innovations
For two weeks recently, tens of thousands of private doctors in Rajasthan protested against a landmark bill which guarantees a right to health for the northern Indian state's 80 million people. The protests crippled private healthcare services and public hospitals were overwhelmed by patients. On Tuesday, the state gov...	Health Policy
Germany, France, and Italy are among the countries which last year enacted laws to stop the practice of culling male day-old chicks, because, as they do not lay eggs, are considered surplus to requirements. This was not just because of the waste created but also out of animal welfare and ethical considerations. The law...	Medical Innovations
Can you walk more? That may be the last question that you want to hear when you have a blood vessel condition called peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. Even walking short distances, as you likely know, may cause your legs to cramp up. But doctors say that if you push yourself to move more often and walk farther, you ...	Disease Research
FDA approves first opioid reversal drug from a non-profit company The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first version of over-the-counter naloxone from a non-profit company, a move that could bring cheap and even free doses of the opioid overdose drug to Americans who need it most. FDA approved RiVive...	Drug Discoveries
Companies providing freelance staff to the NHS to cover for big shortages of doctors and nurses have seen their income rise by tens of millions of pounds since 2019. Two companies, amongst the largest providing workers to the NHS, saw their turnover rise by 80% and 77.5%. BBC News looked at the financial records of abo...	Health Policy
An affordable microneedle skin patch that delivers a controlled dosage of medicine directly into the body, eliminating the need for injections or oral medication, has been developed by a team led by scientists at the University of Bath. It is hoped that the patches, which are described in the journal Biomaterials Advan...	Medical Innovations
The FDA’s 16-member advisory panel unanimously voted yesterday that oral phenylephrine, a common active ingredient in cold medications, is no better than a placebo for treating congestion. The call by the panel sets up potential FDA action that could force the removal of certain over-the-counter medications containing ...	Drug Discoveries
People tend to experience better sleep quality when they have increased bedroom ventilation, according to a four-week-long field intervention experiment. The findings, published in Science of The Total Environment, suggest that optimizing bedroom air quality through improved ventilation can lead to more restful nights,...	Stress and Wellness
An eight-year-old girl has been spared from taking life-long drugs to stop her body rejecting her kidney transplant thanks to a UK-first treatment. Aditi Shankar’s immune system was “reprogrammed” after a stem cell transplant, resulting in her body accepting a donor kidney as its own, clinicians said. Because the bone ...	Medical Innovations
Smoking rates are falling, and lives are being saved as more countries implement policies and control measures to curb the global tobacco epidemic, according to a World Health Organization report issued Monday that rates country progress in tobacco control. New data show that the adoption of the WHO’s package of six to...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. The so-far unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab that arrived more than 2½ years later, just as her husband lost his job and the family was fighting to save their home. For Cory Day, it wa...	Health Policy
Lost careers. Broken marriages. Dismissed and disbelieved by family and friends. These are some of the emotional and financial struggles long covid patients face years after their infection. Physically, they are debilitated and in pain: unable to walk up the stairs, focus on a project, or hold down a job. Facing the en...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Laughing gas will be categorised as a class C drug and made illegal by the end of the year, the UK government has announced. Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as NOS, will carry a sentence of up to two years in prison. Laughing gas is one of the most commonly used recreational drugs by 16 to 24-year-olds. Heavy u...	Drug Discoveries
A dog disease that can jump from canines to humans is now spreading between dogs in Britain for the first time, the Telegraph understands. Brucella canis is a disease that leads to infertility in dogs and is incurable and was previously only seen in imported animals. But Dr Christine Middlemiss, chief veterinary office...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A study out this week suggests that semaglutide—the active ingredient in popular obesity drug Wegovy—might be able to help people struggling with alcohol use disorder, too. In a small sample of cases, researchers found evidence that people who took semaglutide for weight loss also experienced a significant reduction in...	Drug Discoveries
Get ready for Ozem-kids! Eli Lilly, the maker of Mounjaro, said it is planning to give the anti-diabetes meds to kids as young as six years old, according to Bloomberg News. The drug giant began recruiting children 12 and up this week for a clinical trial, according to the report. Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk is also in ...	Drug Discoveries
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican state lawmakers have proposed eliminating home grow provisions in Ohio’s new voter-approved recreational marijuana law, days before the measure is scheduled to take effect. In a promised sweeping re-write of the new law, Senate Republicans also have proposed setting lower limits for THC cont...	Health Policy
Sasha Pieterse isn't keeping her health journey a secret. The Pretty Little Liars star recently opened up about her struggle with a hormone condition known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and how it affected her since her teen years and while playing Alison DiLaurentis on the hit ABC family show. "This is part of t...	Women’s Health
Popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic could increase the risk of stomach paralysis as well as several other serious gastrointestinal conditions, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA. This was the first large epidemiological (disease-related) study to examine these adverse effects in non-diabetic ...	Drug Discoveries
U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cleared Perrigo's once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it ...	Women’s Health
Story at a glance - Omicron and its subvariants make up 99.9% of current COVID-19 spread. - What happened to the variants that once wreaked havoc? “For all intents and purposes, we can consider them gone,” said David Dowdy, an epidemiology professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. - A new variant is...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
One of the two main active ingredients in marijuana has been found in a plant other than cannabis, researchers claim. Scientists in Brazil said they've discovered cannabidiol (CBD) in the fruits and flowers of the Jamaican nettletree (Trema micranthum), an evergreen shrub that is native to tropical and subtropical regi...	Drug Discoveries
Sweet Smell of Success: Simple Fragrance Method Produces Major Memory Boost When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. In fact, participants in this study by neuroscientists from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), reaped a 226% i...	Medical Innovations
Adults under-50 in England have just over a week left to take up the NHS offer of a free Covid booster jab. It is the last opportunity for healthy 16-49-year-olds to get a top-up dose - a third shot - if they haven't already. The vaccine can help protect against severe illness, even if you have caught Covid before. App...	Vaccine Development
Over 230 people in Peru have developed a rare, paralyzing neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré Syndrome, leading government officials to declare a national emergency and the World Health Organization to send out a disease outbreak alert. So far, four people have died from the disorder, which involves the immune ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A new study published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine has found that beginning a romantic relationship or going through a breakup can impact poorly upon the sleep of adolescents, particularly in younger adolescent females. Adolescence is a turbulent, dynamic period characterized by new experiences, one of which may be com...	Mental Health Treatments
Tony Leys/KFF Health News toggle caption Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023. Tony Leys/KFF Health News Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an ad...	Medical Innovations
A mother with a rare autoimmune disease had to call 999 from her hospital bed after staff “silenced the monitor” which was alerting staff that her heart was failing. Ava Stanley “thought she was going to die” while staying in Medway Maritime Hospital’s emergency department and was placed under safeguarding measures by ...	Disease Research
A young woman has learnt you get what you pay for after she had a severe allergic reaction to lip filler injections that left her looking like a duck. Emma, from Kentucky, USA, said she always wanted lip fillers and found a clinic that would do them for half the normal price. However hours after getting the injection...	Medical Innovations
The Home Office has told an asylum seeker with tuberculosis they are going to be moved onto the Bibby Stockholm barge, i can reveal. The doctor treating the migrant is trying to prevent the move and has warned of a “public health catastrophe in the making”. Dr Dominik Metz, a GP for more than 250 asylum seekers in Oxfo...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Nurse Lucy Letby said it was a "huge unexpected shock" when a baby boy died shortly after she started her shift on a neonatal unit. The newborn twin, known as Child A, died just over 24 hours after his birth at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Giving evidence for the second day, Ms Letby, 33, said she felt like she ha...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A dose of pomegranate in your dog’s water bowl might just help keep their teeth and gums healthy, new research suggests. The randomized, controlled study found that dogs given an over-the-counter water additive made with pomegranate extract experienced less plaque and tartar on their teeth over a month’s time. The prod...	Disease Research
The health secretary has admitted the government will not build 40 new hospitals by 2030, as long promised, but said the projects involved “a range of things” including new wings and refurbishments. Steve Barclay, who nonetheless insisted this did not break the Conservatives’ manifesto promise for 40 new hospitals, als...	Health Policy
As Rishi Sunak, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Barclay and NHS England chair Amanda Pritchard offered fawning tributes to the NHS at Westminster Abbey earlier this week, I couldn’t help but wonder if their time might have been better spent drawing up emergency plans to fix our ailing health service. Working on the front line ...	Health Policy
- Drugmakers spent nearly $500 million on advertisements for obesity and diabetes treatments in the U.S. during the first seven months of this year, according to new data. - That's up 20% from the same period a year ago, said advertising analytics firm MediaRadar. - The increase demonstrates the rush by companies to ca...	Drug Discoveries
The government has been criticised for its “completely inappropriate” endorsement of an e-cigarette manufacturer blamed for fuelling an “epidemic” of underage vaping in the US. Juul Labs was promoted in an official briefing circulated by the Department of Health and Social Care about the prime minister’s plan to close ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Sleep is a critical part of a child’s overall health, but it can also be an important factor in the way they behave. “Stressful environments are shown to make adolescents seek immediate rewards rather than delayed rewards, but there are also adolescents who are in stressful environments who are not impulsive,” said lea...	Mental Health Treatments
Media releaseFrom: Edith Cowan University There is a growing momentum for the creation of community-based safe spaces for people experiencing emotional distress or suicidal crises, as an alternative to visiting hospitals and emergency departments. The Mental Health Commission’s ‘Suicide Prevention 2020’ report outlined...	Mental Health Treatments
Levi Dewey became one of the sickest patients in the country, his parents were told, as they were warned he might not survive when he caught pneumonia that developed into sepsisLevi had to undergo life-changing surgery just days before his 21st birthdayA young man was forced to have both of his legs amputated just days...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Daylight saving time changes can wreck people’s sleep schedules, but they don’t have to, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. South Carolina and the rest of the U.S. has once again nearly reached the end of another daylight saving time. The annual tradition this year is set to end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, requiring all Ameri...	Stress and Wellness
Technology entrepreneur Nick Hungerford, whose daughter inspired him to set up a charity to support bereaved children, has died at the age of 43. Mr Hungerford, who had terminal bone cancer, set up Elizabeth's Smile, which is named after his two-year-old daughter. The charity said on its website that it was "deeply sad...	Mental Health Treatments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to 15 companies for selling "unauthorized e-cigarette products" — otherwise known as vapes — disguised as school supplies, food and drinks, toys and other kid-enticing designs, according to a Wednesday press release. The letters were sent to 15 online sell...	Health Policy
A transgender father who breastfeeds his baby boy after giving birth to him has clapped back at haters who told him that carrying and nursing his child makes him 'less of a man.'Tanius Posey, 31, who was born female, said he felt like 'something was off' from early on, but 'never knew exactly what it was.'Six years ago...	Women’s Health
Families of care home residents banned from visiting their relatives during the Covid pandemic have demanded an official apology. Campaigners want to know why restrictions were tougher than for other members of the public. It comes as the judge leading the probe into Scotland's Covid response sets out how the investiga...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Biden’s marijuana review process recommends DEA move weed to Schedule III The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on mar...	Drug Discoveries
Creating artificial life is a recurring theme in both science and popular literature, where it conjures images of creeping slime creatures with malevolent intentions or super-cute designer pets. At the same time, the question arises: What role should artificial life play in our environment here on Earth, where all life...	Vaccine Development
An Ohio county has reported an "extremely high" number of pneumonia cases among kids this fall. There's no evidence that these cases are tied to an unusual or unknown cause; they've been attributed to known respiratory pathogens. China and several European countries, including Denmark, have also reported significant up...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
New harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe, the EU's agency monitoring drugs and addiction said Friday. The grim finding was part of the agency's annual report. It also said that drug users in Europe are now exposed ...	Drug Discoveries
A few mosquitos in Florida have tested positive for the the parasite that causes malaria. The finding follows multiple confirmed human cases of the disease—four in Florida and one in Texas—believed to be the first domestically acquired instances of malaria in the U.S. in 20 years. The newly reported mosquito test resul...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Urgent action is needed to prevent people dying from eating disorders, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman for England has warned, as he said those affected are being “repeatedly failed”. The NHS needs a “complete culture change” in how it approaches the condition, while ministers must make it a “key priorit...	Mental Health Treatments
You sit down to dinner with a rumbling stomach and finish the meal in record time — but then, half an hour after clearing your plate, you suddenly feel uncomfortably full, as if your tummy could pop. People say there's a lag between taking your first bite and satisfying your hunger, and the general belief is that this ...	Nutrition Research
The Power of Placebo in Psychedelic Trials Ketamine is increasingly used as an antidepressant. A new clinical trial suggests the drug's effects may be placebo-based. Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. It’s a story that launched a thousand research grants. A patient suffering from treatment-...	Mental Health Treatments
June 1, 2023 -- The morning of his stroke, Evan Parker woke up feeling ill at ease. He recalls he was drinking a cup of coffee at about 9 a.m. He had noticed a slight headache for the past few days, but now it was much worse. He sensed âa wave just washed overâ him and went to get a glass of water.Â When Parker arrived...	Disease Research
A leading Conservative MP and former health minister did not properly declare his second job for a health recruitment firm when lobbying Matt Hancock and Michael Gove during the pandemic, the standards watchdog has found. Steve Brine, the chair of the Commons health committee, was found to have breached the rules twice...	Health Policy
In an effort to reduce lung cancer deaths across the country, the American Cancer Society has updated its lung cancer screening guidelines. The update comes Wednesday, Nov. 1, the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and recommends yearly lung cancer screenings for people aged 50 to 80 years old who smoke or formerly ...	Disease Research
Dani Izzie and her husband, Rudy, insist there's nothing really extraordinary about how they're raising their twin girls, Lavinia and Giorgiana, in rural Virginia. Double the fun always means double the chaos. "I've had periods over the past two-and-a-half years where I've been very tired, just like any other new mom, ...	Women’s Health
Greg Nash Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to discuss the President’s FY 2023 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Health and Human Services (H...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Twin sisters who were conjoined at the chest and stomach have undergone successful surgery to separate.Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, announced Wednesday that 16-week-old sisters JamieLynn and AmieLynn are now sleeping in separate cribs after the separation surgery, the first surgery of...	Medical Innovations
COVID and flu vaccines are rolling out across England today having been brought forward after a new coronavirus variant emerged in the UK. The vaccines are being prioritised for people who are housebound or in care homes, though the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recommends the jab to over-65s, those with a weakene...	Vaccine Development
June 14, 2023 â People in crisis may not know which toll-free hotline or other resource to turn to for help with challenges such as suicidal feelings, addiction, or abuse. Some people are choosing "other" by asking artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT or Bard because they come back with answers quickly. So h...	Mental Health Treatments
Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain does not have the ability to rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or stroke, for example, say scientists from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University. Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain does not have the ability to rew...	Disease Research
Face mask — check. Goggles — check. Gloves — check. Protective measures like these were all too familiar to health care workers caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite all these efforts to reduce the virus' spread, medical providers were still tempted to engage in a likely risky but all-too-common...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The proliferation of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic is having an unintended side-effect on snack makers — a reduction in sales, according to a report. Walmart said customers who have been taking the popular meds to slim down are cutting back on high-fat and salty treats because the weight-loss drugs help to suppress ap...	Drug Discoveries
By Hiroshima University Department of Public Relations The night shift simulations showed that those who took two naps lasting 90 and 30 minutes, respectively, fought off drowsiness until 6 a.m. Meanwhile, participants who took a single 120-minute nap reported feeling worse levels of drowsiness as soon as 4 a.m. (Andre...	Stress and Wellness
Medical treatment for your psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is essential for managing symptoms and protecting your joints. But alongside therapies and regular checkups, there are daily practices you can also adopt to promote joint health and keep flare-ups at bay. Move your body. Exercise helps keep your joints loose and limb...	Disease Research
A team of scientists may have developed a breakthrough in wound repair: bioprinted skin that’s closer to natural skin than ever. In experiments with mice and pigs, the researchers found their skin was able to accelerate wound healing with less scarring than usual. It’s possible that this technology could one day help p...	Medical Innovations
NEW YORK -- A recent bird flu outbreak at a mink farm has reignited worries about the virus spreading more broadly to people. Scientists have been keeping tabs on this bird flu virus since the 1950s, though it wasn't deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong among visitors to live poultry markets. As...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A new way of screening ambulance calls is to be introduced across England in an effort to improve response times. NHS England is asking ambulance crews to review which calls other than those categorised as immediately life threatening can be treated elsewhere. The calls - known as category two - include emergencies suc...	Health Policy
- Novo Nordisk's high-dose experimental obesity pill helped overweight or obese adults lose around 15% of their body weight, according to new late-stage clinical trial results. - Novo Nordisk's pill is an oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in the company's blockbuster weight loss injections Ozempic and ...	Drug Discoveries
SEATTLE — In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research laboratories quickly mobilized to review historical specimens and found the fungus had been present in the country since at least 2013. In the years since, New York City has ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. Fifty-three people died. Amid an already-heavy rainy season, the storms Ana and Gombe caused devastation across southern Malawi to homes, crops, and infrastructure. “That March, ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
By Foster Lasley, MD, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Â If your lung cancer canât be treated with surgery, it doesnât mean thereâs nothing you can do.Â You may still have treatment options like radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Nonsurgical treatments can lead to good outcomes and theyâre commonly used around the world...	Disease Research
A personal trainer who has five children has revealed she ran approximately 3,000 miles during her most recent pregnancy - and has run ultramarathons while carrying her other children. Sophie Carter, 43, kept up daily exercise while carrying all five of her children, Faith, Ethan, Isla, Jaxon, and Teddy, and believes ...	Women’s Health
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determines whether to approve a vaccine against RSV for adults 60 and older, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that the American public is ill-informed about the virus, unfamiliar with its most common symptoms, and more hesitant to recomme...	Vaccine Development
MicroRNA holds clues to why some mammals are cancer-prone Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) have identified an important pathway that reveals why some mammals, like humans, dogs, and cats, regularly develop mammary cancer while others, such as horses, pigs, and cows, rarely do. They used an unusua...	Disease Research
Mocktails and so-called zero-proof beverages are growing commonplace on menus as more people opt to follow a "sober curious" or strictly teetotal lifestyle. Many are familiar with the "Dry January" challenge to stop drinking alcohol for a whole month, but recently, the trend of saying goodbye to the dreaded hangover ha...	Stress and Wellness
NHS waiting lists could top eight million by next summer, even if doctor strikes cease, according to modelling work by the Health Foundation charity. It says industrial action has only contributed a small amount, lengthening the list by about 210,000 or 3% of the 7.75 million total by August. Chronic shortages of NHS s...	Health Policy
The Chief Medical Officer said a Covid vaccine could not be fast-tracked because the virus had a “low mortality rate” in the early days of the pandemic, messages reveal Prof Sir Chris Whitty told Matt Hancock and others that diseases with a mortality rate in the range of one per cent would need a “very safe” vaccine an...	Vaccine Development
An Arkansas man has a new eye after being the subject of the first-ever human eye transplant in May. The eye transplant was part of a complex partial-face transplant performed by a team of surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Aaron James, a high-voltage utility line worker, lost most of his face in a work a...	Medical Innovations
Published in the European Heart Journal and supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the study is the first to assess how different movement patterns throughout the 24-hour day are linked to heart health. It is also the first evidence to emerge from the P...	Aerobics & Cardio
Researchers report October 25 in the journal Neuron that cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how we perceive and learn from rewards. Though people with cocaine addiction have similar expectations of rewards compared to controls, their dopamine neurons send out much weaker signals when these rewa...	Disease Research
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave your feedback For the first time, the White House has unveiled 10 drugs up for price negotiation with pharmaceutical companies on behalf o...	Health Policy
Patients with suspected cancer may have to wait longer to get a diagnosis, under government proposals due this week. The target that all patients should see a specialist within two weeks of an urgent referral for cancer tests by a GP is expected to be scrapped under NHS England plans to streamline cancer targets. Minis...	Health Policy
By genetically testing nearly one thousand embryos, scientists have provided the most detailed analysis of embryo fate following human in vitro fertilization. Nearly half the embryos studied underwent developmental arrest because of genetic mishaps in early development -- a revealing insight that suggests more IVF babi...	Disease Research
The first phase of the Covid Inquiry has heard from its final witness. In total, 69 politicians, civil servants, scientists and other experts have been asked about the UK's planning for a pandemic and the state of the healthcare system when Covid struck. Baroness Hallett and her team will now write up their findings, w...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
- The pandemic saw essential immunization levels decrease in over 100 countries , leadingto rising outbreaks of measles, diphtheria, polio and yellow fever. - ‘The Big Catch-up’ is an extended effort to lift vaccination levels among children to at least pre-pandemic levels and endeavours to exceed those. - Led by a bro...	Vaccine Development
Did talcum powder cause the cancer that killed Maureen? Her widower is one of more than 200 people planning a group action against the manufacturers. They allege that talc - contaminated with asbestos - triggered tumours. Here, we examine the evidence When Maureen Wright was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, both she and ...	Disease Research
When breast cancer spreads, it often targets the spine. Now scientists may have finally discovered why. A newfound kind of stem cell drives cancer cells to bones in the vertebrae, pathologist Matthew Greenblatt of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and his colleagues report September 13 in Nature. The find helps e...	Disease Research
In what is believed to be a world first discovery, University of Otago researchers have found wheat gluten causes brain inflammation in mice. The research, led by Associate Professor Alex Tups, and published in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology, may be of importance for human physiology. "Mice are an excellent model to...	Disease Research
Angelica Ross attends Vanity Fair And Lancôme Celebrate The Future Of Hollywood at Mother Wolf on ... [+] March 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Steven Simione/WireImage. WireImage You’ve seen her on TV in American Horror Story and Pose, where she made history as the first transgender woman to appear in two ser...	Mental Health Treatments
Explore the region. Get involved in your community. Experience moments of joy. CapRadio By Jon Hamilton \| NPRMonday, July 3, 2023 Scientists have pinpointed a special part of the brain that, when stimulated, appears to produce out-of-body experiences. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Certain drugs can produce an out-of-body experi...	Medical Innovations
TL;DR: As of August 17, you can get a one-year subscription to the NeuroNation brain-training app for just $39.99 instead of $84 – a savings of 52%. Your brain may not be a muscle, but it might work like one. If you want to keep yourself feeling sharp, you might benefit from dedicated brain-training in the same way you...	Mental Health Treatments

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